Bullet Diesel Turbo'ed

greenhorn · 24th May 2009, 09:41

The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Students tweak diesel motorbike for better performance

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Thiruvananthapuram: A group of students of the Lourde Matha College of Science and Technology at Kuttichal, near here, has developed a turbo-charged engine for the Royal Enfield Taurus, the only diesel motorcycle in the Indian market.

check out the link for more info. Does anyone have any other details ?

tarunmadhok · 24th May 2009, 10:01

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Originally Posted by greenhorn

The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Students tweak diesel motorbike for better performance
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check out the link for more info. Does anyone have any other details ?

Gerat work... Key points:
Tests carried out on the prototype in the college laboratory showed that the bike generated 15 per cent more power while fuel efficiency went up by five per cent. Road tests also proved that the vehicle was smoother than the factory model, with substantially lower vibration and noise.
the modified engine had shed the diesel ‘thud’, the most jarring element of the bike
If Royal Enfield could incorporate our modifications, the Taurus can be relaunched in the market with little additional cost

JayPrashanth · 24th May 2009, 21:36

Wow. Full marks for the effort. 15% more power means 0.975 bhp which is a tad disappointing. The increased smoothness though, will be priceless, especially on the agricultural Taurus. I hope the guys manage to get the boost levels up and generate atleast double the power from the taurus. That, would be something really great. Meanwhile, how about taking an LB500 and giving it the turbo treatment with 1 bar boost? Well, someday will be "the day" for my LB500.

greatmana2000 · 24th May 2009, 21:48

I am sure if that really works . A turbo canbe fitted to an engine with a minimum displacement of 700 cc atleast for it to work properly . Another point would be the mechanical fule injection pump . It cannot be tweaked much without the support of any fuel injection manufacturer as the pump needs to be recallibreated .

jkdas · 24th May 2009, 23:10

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Originally Posted by JayPrashanth

Wow. Full marks for the effort. 15% more power means 0.975 bhp which is a tad disappointing. The increased smoothness though, will be priceless, especially on the agricultural Taurus. I hope the guys manage to get the boost levels up and generate atleast double the power from the taurus. That, would be something really great. Meanwhile, how about taking an LB500 and giving it the turbo treatment with 1 bar boost? Well, someday will be "the day" for my LB500.

Good effort. Hope youtube gives us a video soon.

drsamuelk · 24th July 2011, 01:05

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24th May 2009, 21:36	#3
JayPrashanth Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Bangalore/Goa Posts: 1,302 Thanked: 2,074 Times	Wow. Full marks for the effort. 15% more power means 0.975 bhp which is a tad disappointing. The increased smoothness though, will be priceless, especially on the agricultural Taurus. I hope the guys manage to get the boost levels up and generate atleast double the power from the taurus. That, would be something really great. Meanwhile, how about taking an LB500 and giving it the turbo treatment with 1 bar boost? Well, someday will be "the day" for my LB500.
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24th May 2009, 21:48	#4
greatmana2000 BANNED Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: chennai Posts: 703 Thanked: 58 Times	I am sure if that really works . A turbo canbe fitted to an engine with a minimum displacement of 700 cc atleast for it to work properly . Another point would be the mechanical fule injection pump . It cannot be tweaked much without the support of any fuel injection manufacturer as the pump needs to be recallibreated .
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24th July 2011, 01:05	#6
drsamuelk BHPian Join Date: May 2009 Location: vellore Posts: 88 Thanked: 45 Times	Re: Bullet Diesel Turbo'ed 25hp v-twin diesel engine products, buy 25hp v-twin diesel engine products from alibaba.com 25hp v-twin diesel engine Sales, Buy 25hp v-twin diesel engine Products from alibaba.com Has anyone thought of installing in a bullet, a Chinese V-twin Diesel 870 cc 25 HP engine. It costs ($850) approx Rs 38,000, Shanghai port duty price inclusive. I wonder what custom duty it will incur. This engine is used for bikes, ATV's, lawnmovers and water pumps. I wonder if a farmer imports it for agriclutural purposes, will the customs be lower? I like them for 2 reasons because the twin exhaust note of a vtwin rocks and height wise it's smaller than the enfield 350 engine. There are lots of diesel vtwins on the 'alibaba' website, has anyone any experience in buying anything on alibaba from China? I recently saw a thunderbird in Vellore, Tamil Nadu with a diesel vtwin, I couldn't catch up with him, pretty fast man, now I'm all fired up. look at the link above and ponder...
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