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Re: [Land-speed] exhaust superscavenging

To: "Dan Wright" <dwright@genetics.utah.edu>, <rbuck@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] exhaust superscavenging
From: "Rich Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:36:03 -0800
Remember the guy who had the megaphones with cones in them to creat a low 
pressure. I guess like an expansion chamber. Conada? They looked cool.  RF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Wright" <dwright@genetics.utah.edu>
To: <rbuck@xmission.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:50 AM
Subject: [Land-speed] exhaust superscavenging


> Ray
> Some experimenting has been done in the area you asked about.  I was told 
> that
> Jim Fueling experimented with a mechanically (rather than exhaust driven)
> driven supercharger to forcibly extract exhaust gasses.  He called the 
> gizmo a
> "SuckCharger".  Since filling the cylinder with a new charge is the goal, 
> the
> suckcharging operation was very fussy about valve overlap.  As I 
> understand
> Fuelings experiments, the resulting performance increases were not 
> sufficient
> to generate great excitement.
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