S2R Turbo

**half man, half mole** · 15 Apr 08, 10:13 AM

Turbo Ducati S2R

Interesting ...............

Mike

K · 15 Apr 08, 11:29 AM

Bit odd that they have kept the air box and there is just a pipe going to the side of it?

**half man, half mole** · 15 Apr 08, 11:39 AM

It is described as 'Under Construction' in the web page so there's probably a bit of tweaking to come.

Turbo3.jpg

turbo4.jpg

I did wonder why they opted for an 800 and not a 1000

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Mike

**stevel** · 15 Apr 08, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by K

Bit odd that they have kept the air box and there is just a pipe going to the side of it?

K/ How else would you get the air in from the blower?
Looks an interesting challenge, but the received wisdom is ususally that fitting a turbocharger to a twin is not a great success due to the lumpy nature of the exhaust impulses, much more successful with a 4 cyl engine where the pulses can be smoothed out giving a consistent impeller speed.....unless you count that sexy blast from the past, the H*nda CX500 turbo

**Rob998** · 15 Apr 08, 06:42 PM

Where are they going to put the "OBRUT" sticker?

**Montana** · 15 Apr 08, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by K

Bit odd that they have kept the air box and there is just a pipe going to the side of it?

There is a air filter on the front of the turbo, so I presume it will be a mixture of the standard airbox and air intake on the turbo itself, which is not an easy task.

Andy

K · 16 Apr 08, 12:39 PM

Just looks like some one has stuck some pipes together for a laugh to me.

The air box being pressurised would mean that they would have to do a lot off messy messing about to make the air box not leak/pop bits off than there would be to make up a manifold to supply the throttle bodies.

**half man, half mole** · 16 Apr 08, 02:03 PM

Although if anyone is likely to do it successfully, my moneys on these crazy Aussies. Just have a look around their website:

Ducati Bunbury - Australia

I also found this nitrous and twin turbo 999 drag bike!

Ducati 999R Twin-Turbo Drag Bike

K · 16 Apr 08, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by half man, half mole

Although if anyone is likely to do it successfully, my moneys on these crazy Aussies. Just have a look around their website:

Ducati Bunbury - Australia

I also found this nitrous and twin turbo 999 drag bike!

Ducati 999R Twin-Turbo Drag Bike

No. They think a bit of wood will work as a shock on the rear.

**half man, half mole** · 16 Apr 08, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by K

No. They think a bit of wood will work as a shock on the rear.

None of yer soft springey nonsense from the Ducatisti down under, it appears!

Mike