Bongo Fury

How easy is it to remove the turbo ? Just thinking with escalating fuel prices, I may 'improve' mpg without it ? Would it still run ? I'm really not worried by any loss of acceleration, so long as it is slightly quicker than a lorry.

You may well find the MPG worse without the turbo - much lower power to weight ratio means engine struggling in lower gears for longer.

I would have thought that removing a turbo form a Bongo, or any vehicle for that matter, would have a few consequences :

1). The power and torque would drop substantially. The vehicle would be as flat as a fluke & you would likely struggle to overtake anything.

2). As a result of the above, your fuel consumption would increase, not decrease.

3). You'd need to be a dab hand with fabrication stuff to make a turbo exhaust manifold suitable for use without a turbo. Then you'd need to find a home for redundant oil/ water hoses /pipes.


All superchargers compress the intake air to basically 'stuff' more air/ oxygen into the combustion chamber of a petrol or diesel engine/. The more air/fuel mix you can stuff in, the bigger bang you get. Turbochargers (while still technically superchargers) use the waste exhaust gases to act as an energy source to spin the compressor turbines around. As such, they sap very little power from an engine , and generally improve performance, without compromising efficiency

Basically. I would be amazed if it works. Don't do it

Put a 1½" thick bit of wood behind the throttle pedal instead, so you can't press it down as far.

when our turbo went i drove it for a few metres just to check a few things out.
dont even consider removing the turbo, apart from the increased fuel consumption you will
be able to run faster than the bongo.they rely heavily on the turbo so don t waste your time.

Now you tell me I've removed the turbo, and there are pipes everywhere. Nah, haven't done a thing, thanks for the advice. The lump of wood behind the accelerator seems the way ahead for me.

mick wrote:Now you tell me I've removed the turbo, and there are pipes everywhere. Nah, haven't done a thing, thanks for the advice. The lump of wood behind the accelerator seems the way ahead for me.

If done properly, with a spring as well, it also acts as a cruise control if you can't get your wife to do the driving instead.

All you do is make the block the right thickness to stop the throttle pedal at the speed you want to cruise at and plant your foot on it.

If you want to get really sophisticated you can cut blocks of different thicknesses for different speeds and change them as you go along to suit different road conditions.

Any particular wood ? Hardwood is probably best eh ?

scanner wrote:

mick wrote:Now you tell me I've removed the turbo, and there are pipes everywhere. Nah, haven't done a thing, thanks for the advice. The lump of wood behind the accelerator seems the way ahead for me.

If done properly, with a spring as well, it also acts as a cruise control if you can't get your wife to do the driving instead.

All you do is make the block the right thickness to stop the throttle pedal at the speed you want to cruise at and plant your foot on it.

If you want to get really sophisticated you can cut blocks of different thicknesses for different speeds and change them as you go along to suit different road conditions.

Don't forget to attach them to long sticks - it would be dangerous to change them otherwise

lol.....

images of a golf bag behind drivers seat with variuos wedges in....

"darling, we are coming up to a dual carriageway, please pass my 70mph wedge"


you could have adjustable wedges too, so you could dial in a bit more movement for inclines.... and dial a bit out when going down hills, maybe the handle could turn to operate a worm and pinion that slide a wedge over another, to modify the thickness of the wedge, the handles could be made decorative too, say inlayed with mother of pearl and ivory



John

John the sparky wrote:lol.....

images of a golf bag behind drivers seat with variuos wedges in....

"darling, we are coming up to a dual carriageway, please pass my 70mph wedge"


you could have adjustable wedges too, so you could dial in a bit more movement for inclines.... and dial a bit out when going down hills, maybe the handle could turn to operate a worm and pinion that slide a wedge over another, to modify the thickness of the wedge, the handles could be made decorative too, say inlayed with mother of pearl and ivory



John

you've taken it too far!!!







Anyway, would it not have to be left handed clubs, that you use?


The problem I see with blocks of wood is....

What if it dislodges and goes under the brake pedal just as you are about too........errr....BRAKE!!!!!

John the sparky wrote:lol.....

images of a golf bag behind drivers seat with variuos wedges in....

"darling, we are coming up to a dual carriageway, please pass my 70mph wedge"


you could have adjustable wedges too, so you could dial in a bit more movement for inclines.... and dial a bit out when going down hills, maybe the handle could turn to operate a worm and pinion that slide a wedge over another, to modify the thickness of the wedge, the handles could be made decorative too, say inlayed with mother of pearl and ivory



John

Even better if you could get some sort of device that would automatically shorten and lengthen the throttle cable to keep speed constant.

Now if somebody could invent that it would be the Wae(co) to go.

This is the thin edge of the wedge(wood of course ) this thread has gone way off topic

Peg leg Pete wrote:This is the thin edge of the wedge(wood of course ) this thread has gone way off topic

But it did it at a nice steady speed.................................

scanner wrote:

Peg leg Pete wrote:This is the thin edge of the wedge(wood of course ) this thread has gone way off topic

But it did it at a nice steady speed.................................

It had no choice without a turbo (does that bring it back on topic? )