Hookup up 6hp shop vac to exhaust side of turbo...

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Jul 28, 2004 | 06:17 PM

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jacobcartmill

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whats the point of this? lol

Jul 28, 2004 | 06:18 PM

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hugo20

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turbo like spinning with no oil...

Jul 28, 2004 | 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by hugo20

turbo like spinning with no oil...

it was only spooling for like 20 seconds with NO heat, people need to quit bringing this to attention, its annoying. I ALREADY KNOW

Jul 28, 2004 | 06:52 PM

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i dont care if you already know or not. I just said, its no good.
I don't know for how much time u did it, and i dont want too.

Jul 28, 2004 | 06:59 PM

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scathcart

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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake

Just an aside, but a 6 HP Shop Vac is a serious vacuum! That's 4470W, which is 37.25A from a 120V outlet. Which is also well past the maximum rating of the NEMA 5-15R, 5-20R or 5-30R outlets found in most houses and garages. Something tells me that vacuum doesn't actually make 6 HP.

By NEC, it would require a 50 amp breaker, too. Not too many 50 amp single pole breakers used in residential, if any at all. The biggest breaker typically found in any home is the 40 amp 2-pole 240 VAC used to power the range.

The rated "peak" hp is usually a far cry from the actual power the unit produces. This is one of the reasons many suppliers of air compressors, for example, give the manufactuer's claimed hp and an "real horsepower" rating.

Jul 28, 2004 | 07:03 PM

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Jul 28, 2004 | 07:03 PM

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I guess it's like speakers and PMO and RMS.

Jul 28, 2004 | 09:30 PM

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Steel

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oh guys.. i had a wheel bearing in my hand the other day, and like... i spun it, but it had no grease, you think i broke it?!?!

Jul 28, 2004 | 09:32 PM

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oh guys.. i had a wheel bearing in my hand the other day, and like... i spun it, but it had no grease, you think i broke it?!?!

Exactly.

Jul 28, 2004 | 10:15 PM

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Lmao

Jul 29, 2004 | 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Steel

oh guys.. i had a wheel bearing in my hand the other day, and like... i spun it, but it had no grease, you think i broke it?!?!

You realise this comment makes you sound totally ignorant about turbos right?

Jul 29, 2004 | 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by NZConvertible

The oil is not there to protect against heat. It's there to stop two metallic surfaces, one moving at very high speed, from touching each other. Which they were...

friction=heat????

Jul 29, 2004 | 02:53 AM

#38

totallimmortal

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I think he gets the point no its not good but its done anyway, kinda cool to hear the tbo spool like that i wonder how fast the gets it spinning

Jul 29, 2004 | 05:21 AM

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NZConvertible

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Originally Posted by fcturbo2

friction=heat????

The heat generated from doing this would be less than the turbo experiences during normal running.

Jul 29, 2004 | 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Steel

oh guys.. i had a wheel bearing in my hand the other day, and like... i spun it, but it had no grease, you think i broke it?!?!

had no clue that rx7s were equipped with ball bearing turbos. Or most any stock turbo for that matter.

Jul 29, 2004 | 03:21 PM

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You should have done the video with the vacuum as far away as possible.

Jul 29, 2004 | 03:44 PM

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Aaron Cake

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I just watched the video...Scary...That can't be good for the bearings, regardless of heat. I doubt there's enough oil in there to keep an oil film in place...so you're probably close to running metal on metal.