Who needs a Supercharger when you can have a Turbo?

Stolen from the Facebook Norton Commando page.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... e=1&ref=nf

12:1 compression with a turbo??? If he can get that to live, he knows something I don't. Ceramic Pistons maybe? :shock:

Olephart said:

12:1 compression with a turbo??? If he can get that to live, he knows something I don't. Ceramic Pistons maybe? :shock:

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That caught my eye too. Probably a typo.

Nah, just set your boost real low, it'll survive.

...it won't go fast, but it will survive!

Or . . . . . . run really cool fuel . . . . and retard the timing too.

Has anyone in recent year (past 10-15) attempted a turbo norton, perhaps with fuel injection? With modern technology I would think someone could build quite a quick bike. Assuming internals were built to handle as well.

Wonderful creativity and balls to turbo a Norton 360' low reving twin. Wonder if they ever did get is sorted to race and how close to 10 sec ETs?

At 15 PSI boost, if it actually could, would imply almost 20:1 effective CR, especially as turbo cams don't tolerate much over lap or turbo back pressure blows the intake charge back the other way.

Also can ya imagine the heat loads, one the extra fuel burn and two the extra stopper in the exhaust heat path out, ugh.

This heat pump ain't going to take much throttle on pump gas, anti-detonation fluids and refrigerant fuel like methanol might let it kick up its turbo power for real.

There is one totally upgraded, cryo temped, big block, anti-heat, anti-friction, anti-IR photon reflection coated, oil jetted pistons, anti-detonation fuel injected optically triggered, 17+:1 91 octane pump gas engine in the womb nearing end of gestation period that won't have restriction in exhaust path and no lag at all but similar non linear rise in boost as a tubro, not set ratio hard but limited hits or heating of positive displacement compressors.

Vulin said:

Has anyone in recent year (past 10-15) attempted a turbo norton, perhaps with fuel injection? With modern technology I would think someone could build quite a quick bike. Assuming internals were built to handle as well.

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It has certainly been on my mind. Now if I didn't have to work for a living. :roll: Jim

You could always go with one of these.

YUCK :shock:

comnoz said:

YUCK :shock:

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It was at a local bike thing I was just at. They are rare, and at 82hp from a 500cc Fuel Injected engine, not too bad. But I wouldn't want one. At least the TURBO badging is subtle. :mrgreen:

Now now, even if I agree, just because its not our cup of tea is no reason to get recoiled by these over blown appliances. But there is a niche for turbo bikes and saw em run at Texas Mile, work fine in public too, just not real road racing where power curve prediction matters. Here's a place I went to for help on my project
http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRW38bFq ... r_embedded
Nice ride huh? :roll:

Hortons Norton said:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRW38bFqxXo[/video]&feature=player_embedded
Nice ride huh? :roll:

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That road was so rough they almost need knobbies!

comnoz said:

YUCK :shock:

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I bet once someone ditched all that bodywork and went with a plain tank/seat that could be a really cool bike.

pelican said:

comnoz said:

YUCK :shock:

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I bet once someone ditched all that bodywork and went with a plain tank/seat that could be a really cool bike.

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No. Not really. :mrgreen:

lol

a little better

The guy who worked on my tank did this one.



btw, folks, it's perfectly legal to hijack your own thread. :mrgreen: