using compressed air as boost

[JdiZzla]

ok before i even ask this i just want everyone to know that i am not very good with mechanics or how an engine works but with the little i do know i want to know if this would work.... I want to hook up a compressed air tank to my bike then have it flow into the intake like a power jet and then connect it to a gate valve that could be activated by an electronic switch on the handlebars like a noss switch. This way i could get boost like a turbo or charger withought either one. i would want to use this for short drag races, where you could fill up the tank after each run. i know this may sound dumb and not really useful but i would like to try and build it just to build it, to see if i could even make it work. So what do all you engineers think?

[blowit]

ok before i even ask this i just want everyone to know that i am not very good with mechanics or how an engine works but with the little i do know i want to know if this would work.... I want to hook up a compressed air tank to my bike then have it flow into the intake like a power jet and then connect it to a gate valve that could be activated by an electronic switch on the handlebars like a noss switch. This way i could get boost like a turbo or charger withought either one. i would want to use this for short drag races, where you could fill up the tank after each run. i know this may sound dumb and not really useful but i would like to try and build it just to build it, to see if i could even make it work. So what do all you engineers think?

 

You will need a huge volume of air to do something like that. You must also maintain a constant pressure for tuning. You will need to introduce more fuel for that new oxidizer. I would say that unless you have the math at hand to calculate how much air, what volume, how much fuel, changes in air density, pressures, and such, I would not recommend playing with it. You either need big volume from what you get from a turbo, or a much more dense oxidizer like from liquid NO2. I have not done the numbers but I would bet on a range of 5hp increase for 30 seconds of run time.

 

The think that will get tricky there is you will try to "boost" the intake with a regulator system. Unless the you have a throttling valve for cfm comp. you will not be able to regulate boost pressure very well. Turbos and SCs increase in volume and pressure with engine demand. That is what you would have to simulate. For what cost you might have in playing with something like that, might as well get a NOS kit and have fun.

 

 

Brandon

[JdiZzla]

So basically it would be pointless because you couldnt get much hp from it. Well then my next question is does anyone have a banshee that they have turbo charged that runs really well? I just want to have a project quad that is a little out of the norm so something like a turbo might be interesting