Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:02:07 -0400 From: Bill Bradley <senatornopsamAMsgi.net> Subject: Re: turbo question
MH wrote: > > > No, if the rod comes off nothing is _closing_ the wastegate, > > so it swings completely open at any amount of exhaust pressure. > > That is how I would design it, intrinsic safety; if something breaks it should lead to a non dangerous situation. > > (Like railway signals, that will go on 'stop' if something breaks or if power fails and not like the Tsjernobil nuclear plant that needed electric power to lower the control rods into the reactor to stop the runaway nuclear reaction, that electric power was not available because of some other malfunction.) > > ------------------------------------------- > MH > '72 97 '77 96 '78 95 '79 96 > http://go.to/saab96 It's not completely failsafe. If the hose to the wastegate fails you get a LOT of boost very quickly. Bill