Chris Wilson Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Not something you see every day, these were the infamous 1.5 litre 1000 BHP plus jobbies. Note the throttle BEFORE the turbo, and no blow off valve in sight.... And no, they didn't use 200,000 mile old road car blocks, nor did staff urinate on them to weather them..... Old wives' tales, the blocks were special and trick. And fully mirror polished inside to remove stress raisers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus GTE Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 That's a beast. Liked the lights out bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Awesome Surely having the throttle before the turbo negates the need for a BOV anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 And no, they didn't use 200,000 mile old road car blocks, nor did staff urinate on them to weather them..... Old wives' tales, the blocks were special and trick. And fully mirror polished inside to remove stress raisers. Aww, you've ruined one of my most fun motorsports stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Never ceases to amaze me how they stay together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Never ceases to amaze me how they stay together There were and still are, a lot of deceased ones, but modern management made a huge difference to holding them together, and adding some breadth to the torque curve. The period management was ultra crude by even fairly basic modern ecu standards. Here are some nice detailed photos of one. http://www.gurneyflap.com/bmwturbof1engine.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 They were immense then, but I do remember M Walker yelling is that smoke I can see coming out of the back of that ......... and next clip massive amounts of flame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 There were and still are, a lot of deceased ones, but modern management made a huge difference to holding them together, and adding some breadth to the torque curve. The period management was ultra crude by even fairly basic modern ecu standards. Here are some nice detailed photos of one. http://www.gurneyflap.com/bmwturbof1engine.html To be honest, i'm amazed any of these engines stay together, some of the v10's etc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX2L-kS7ZL8&t=19s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 It may not be doing 12 or 20,000 RPM but even big diesels can go bang on the dyno if allowed to run away from themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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