Aerocharger - Variable Vane Turbo

[gobiz]

Anyone interested in using this?

Seems to be very well developed, especially with the self-contained lubrication system which looks unique to my eyes.

Is full boost by 2000rpm really possible?

http://www.aerocharger.com/aerochargers.php

[Adriano]

A few years ago they had heaps of failures, and disappeared from the market, apparently the owner died. Im surprised they have made a comeback. Best suited to bikes running low boost (look at the comp maps). They cost about $5000

[Sarumatix]

[SargeRX8]

Is that dotted line the new power curve? I like the way it comes on f**king hard but doesn't hold power. Tao was trying to do something similar with a second turbo to pre spool on idle. Didn't get far I don't think.

[Adriano]

If they are serious about marketing these, once proven reliable, thy need to drop the price, and offer a much better range, especially higher pressure ratio compressor wheels(ie gtx wheels) unfortunately a gtx wheel wouldnt have a surge line that suits this.

[GTScotT]

Cool. But I dont see it as something you couldnt replicate or exceed with an existing (read old) technology turbo.

[Adriano]

TBH if they can get the exhaust vanes to hold together, then they are heaps better than anything available, hence why pretty much all diesel cars now have vnt's

[rob82]

They may work on higher compression E85 setups - with the cooler EGT's that is.

[Rolls]

What is it that goes wrong with them, the high temps stuff the moving parts?

[badhairdave]

Thought they went under.

I remember reading Maximum Boost by Corky Bell and he wrote a fair bit about them. I did some searching at the time and they were no longer available.

Plenty of people trying to figure out what to replace them with though...

I'd be more interested in one of these. Is porsche, is good.

[Adriano]

Thats basically what i have, a couple of iveco VCT turbos, i imagine porsche is using magic metal for the vanes. Im pretty sure the iveco(garrett) stuff is good for 550deg.