The brass cast manifolds
manifolds in drilling phase
manifolds in drilling phase
Bugatti straight 8 cylinder with blower, design, 3D printed molds, castings , machining, assembly
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exhaust pipes after brass welding and after painting with high temperature paint
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That is some awesome work. Great demonstration of several skills there. I tip my hat to you Sir!
The blower, I built and milled all the aluminum castings but for now I install it without the rotor bilobe , first I have to start the engine only with the carburetor, without unnecessary complications
The original blower
My drawings
Cover
2 Bi-lobe rotor
My aluminum casting obtained through the lost PLA / plaster method
After milling and sandblasting
partially assembled
The original blower
My drawings
Cover
2 Bi-lobe rotor
My aluminum casting obtained through the lost PLA / plaster method
After milling and sandblasting
partially assembled
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The blower assembled to the engine
Superchargers are pure engineering porn!
Wonderful.
Wonderful.
ajoeiam
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I'd be curious as to how you fabricated and machined the bi-lobe rotor - - - please?
(That is if you are going to create it or have created it! Merci beaucoup!)
Maybe in future, if the engine works well, I will complete the blower with 2 rotors
The rotors will be printed with 3D printer, aluminum poured and milled only on the small rectangular protrusions you see in the model photo. Of course I will also make the 2 central holes to lighten the rotors
Extreme precision is not necessary because it is only a fan, +/- 0.1 mm is enough, in my opinion , i hope
Hi Foketry,
In my experience of this type of supercharger, i.e. positive displacement, as opposed to a turbine type, it is important that the rotors have very small clearances.
When the rotors become worn, the efficiency of the blower degrades quickly to the point where it takes more power to drive it than is gained from the boost.
If I were making a blower with long rotors like the Bugatti design, I would probably make them in short, manageable sections, keyed to a shaft.
Pete.
In my experience of this type of supercharger, i.e. positive displacement, as opposed to a turbine type, it is important that the rotors have very small clearances.
When the rotors become worn, the efficiency of the blower degrades quickly to the point where it takes more power to drive it than is gained from the boost.
If I were making a blower with long rotors like the Bugatti design, I would probably make them in short, manageable sections, keyed to a shaft.
Pete.
It doesn't take much to spin the blower unless it's making boost. If clearances are real loose it will not make boost and wont steal much power. Of course it would make more sense to leave the case empty if you don't plan to make it fully functional and at least make enough boost to replace the power lost to the blower load.
Hi Pete
I have no experience with blowers, I got information in a workshop near me that restores vintage Bugatti, he told me that there was clearence between rotor-rotor and rotor-casing, over 0,1-0.2mm (0,010 inch)
I saw the disassembled rotors and the finish was not particularly sophisticated
You must consider that we were in 1923-1930 , at that time in the United States the Ford T was built
I found on internet ,months ago, an analysis of clearance and leakage, about bi-lobe blower, analysis speaks of clearance 0.011-0.014 inch
In any case it would be my great happiness if my engine ran ,even without blower
The analysis , a page of 11
Hi Steve
Yes correct , at the moment I leave the case empty, I don't know if the engine will work well without blower, I'm not looking for complications.....
The head cover, underneath, flows the cooling water which, through 4 flanged pipes, collected in a conical tube, goes to the radiator
after chrome plating
after brazing
after chrome plating
after brazing
ajoeiam
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Please - - - would like the reference to the article (if possible)?
Re. Supercharger clearances:
The clearance will need to be smaller in a small blower, both in proportion with the rotor diameter and because the smaller blower has a cube law capacity relationship to a larger one and a square law leakage relationship.
So if the blower is simply scaled down 1:2, it will have 1/8 capacity but 1/4 leakage.
A leaky blower will consume almost as much power as a good one. The rotors displace exactly the same volume, but much of the flow is wasted as it leaks back from the hp side to lp.
The clearance will need to be smaller in a small blower, both in proportion with the rotor diameter and because the smaller blower has a cube law capacity relationship to a larger one and a square law leakage relationship.
So if the blower is simply scaled down 1:2, it will have 1/8 capacity but 1/4 leakage.
A leaky blower will consume almost as much power as a good one. The rotors displace exactly the same volume, but much of the flow is wasted as it leaks back from the hp side to lp.
yes i agree, i had not considered the size, my blower is 3.3 times smaller than the original, it means the max lobe / lobe clearance should be 0.03 mm (0.001 inch)
I can not maintain these tolerances with my self built CNC milling machine, on such a complicated profile
I will leave the blower empty
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