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Based on the idea presented here http://www.autoblog.com/2005/12/09/bmw-tur...s-hot-and-goes/

Instead of using the steam to drive a crankshaft connected to the engine use it to drive a turbocharger. At low temperatures you could have a temp activated valve so that the turbo is not an inlet restriction. Whether there'd be enough pressure to spin a turbo to the speeds needed to create enough boost to be of any use I don't know however I think it'd be an interesting idea.

Any thoughts?

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but when the motor is cold, and there's no steam production, so your turbo ain't spooling no where...

and also, if when the car is idling, the turbo is spooling like a mad man because of the steam production turning the turbo... LOL

won't work.. IMO hahah

but when the motor is cold, and there's no steam production, so your turbo ain't spooling no where...

and also, if when the car is idling, the turbo is spooling like a mad man because of the steam production turning the turbo... LOL

won't work.. IMO hahah

Use a recirculating bov at idle, or to stop the turbo wearing out from constantly spooling some sort of valve for the steam side of the turbo.

Yeah its a weird idea, but it would hopefully increase the efficiency of the engine whilst also increasing power.

edit: replace "some sort of valve" with and electronic wastegate

Edited by Rolls

need to have it in a closed loop and whenever you put your foot on the gas it lets the steam out up a pipe which in turn spools the turbo. basically the reverse of how a blow off valve works. if you imagine that the bov opened when you put your foot on the gas and it let the steam into the intake pipe (but it isn't going into the motor) and then goes through the turbo and spools it up. so it would work like a cross between a supercharger and a turbo. but no boost when the engine is cold.

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