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Well im still considering this option and thought i would bring a new lease of life to the thread...........got the compression problem solved........series 2 vl commodore bottom end, not only do you get the extra capacity its a fairly straight forward swap and brings compression down to 8.9:1. This conversion has been covered extensively in the turbo section of the forum, so anyone interested, its about a 35pg thread. Very interesting, its for a turbo set up, but the core idea could easly be applied to this idea..........

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Spot on Warpspeed,

Have you seen the ESC400 @ http://www.boosthead.com/home.php

It looks like an eaton driven by 3 starter motors providing about 18 hp and drawing 1200 amps from a seperate deep discharge battery...interesting....

p.s. I finally have my yt1500A (m90)...this is going to be a very interesting mechanical installation, but it should just fit...and be out of sight as well.

He he, thanks Phantom.

Golly, I never thought anyone would actually do that. But the figures seem about right. I wonder how big the battery is, and how much it weighs? As soon as you say mil-spec on anything it means big $$$$.

I am just in the final stages of completing my third airflow test bench at home. The centrifugal blower generates just over 2psi, at around 480 CFM, and it is driven by a 7.5 BHP three phase electric motor. The motor amps are right up at full rated load as well.......

It's a shame that the ESC400 only runs for a maximum of 15 seconds...

You'd need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 Gigawatts of electricity needed for continual use/time travel....Emmet Brown style :D

My biggest worry is where would you stick the flux capacitor and what would happen if you hit 88Mph down the quater mile?

Dan

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