Hey everyone. In my school we have an ISI course. For all of you that do not know what that is its an International Science Program for science projects (thats the best I can describe it). I will be in it next year and i will doing an engineering project. The thing is, is that I have to engineer a thing that hasn't been done or something along those lines. It has to be orginal to (not sure how to describe that). Now I do have some ideas for a project but i need to know if it has been done before or not. Here are the ideas:

1. Engineer an electric supercharger where the boost that it puts out can be controled (maximun boost would be something like 7-9 psi, and I have an idea on how it could be done).

2. Engineer a new TTB 6 inch lift (front and rear) by increasing the angle dimesions of the I-beams in a rather ingenuise way. An create a new rear suspension based on the new TTB if I have enough time to do so (have ideas and drawings to do so).

3. Engineer a new long travel high performance 4 X 4 suspension(have an idea and drawing for this).

4. Engineer a way to use compressed oxygen to be able to be used for a power added (i know why you can't use compressed oxygen in engines and if my theroy is right it might be very simple to do so if it is true).

One more thing i have to add is that I have to make a working proto-type of one of these designs. Making the proto-type might be a problem due to lack of money and materials due where I live (Coutts Alberta, but i go to school in Sunburst Montana). But since all of the work will involve ford in some way it makes that much easier and faster not to mention if it goes all the way then you just see it on future fords. I also have to worry about any laws that this project might interfere with. So when I get the thumbs up from my teacher i will let everyone here know.

One important thing i have to say is that i will need your guys/gals permmission and what not to use your advice due to the rules of the competion. Oh Ken if I do do a project (one of the ones above) would i have permission to use information I find? (I don't know what the rules will be for sure on stuff like this but i am just being sure because you can't be to safe).

Thank you guys for any help you give me and i will post when I get the thumbs up from my science teacher. Sorry for the long post you guys and gals. But it had to be done cause i think this is one of the best sources of information on stuff like this due to the 30,000+ people and great managing.



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Make us proud Grass Hopper!!

Sounds good, make sure you keep us up to date!

 

I'll help ya out, I'm pretty good at theoretical (hypothetical?) stuff.

I imagine (1) has been done, don't know enough to say about (2), I don't know if you can do much better than Baja trucks on (3), I can't imagine (4) has been done (sounds like the same principle as a cutting torch.)

Can't say much more without hearing your plans.

 

sounds like a wicked project. ill try to help ya out if i can. keep us informed as you have got me qiuet interested

 

Don't want to rain on your ideas, but just want to help inform ya a little. Your idea 4 is a good one, however that is what NO2 (or NOS for the NOS fans) is for. When the NO2 is introduced into the combustion chamber the molecule breaks down and the O2 is released allowing much more fuel to be burned. Hence the idea of adding more oxygen to the system. Not sure what the amount of oxygen you would have to have to have the same equivalent amount of energy for the system compared to NO2 though. (I just re-read that sentence, wow, bad grammer). You get the idea though. I think the NO2 packs more energy per unit than just pure oxygen. Keep up the good work though! Now if you could come up with something to make a propane catalyst you could retire and we'll all use propane powered trucks!

 

Just so you know guys know about the O2 thing: O2 can't be used in engines because it burns to fast and thus its creates an uncontrolled explosion. And nitrous is only 36% oxygen (i think) and as you all know the astmosphere is about 20% oxygen or so, and stuff in tourches will burn to hot for an engine. so I would want to find an additional additive to the O2 to make to be able to burn in a internal combustion gsaoline engine. In thereoy compressed (and cooled) oxygen has never been used in gasoline engines for that reason.

I believe I will go with the idea of a new lift and if time permits i will fabricate a automatic camber adjuctment for when you take those bumps, jumps, and towing the wheels will always have a full contact patch with the road. Its rather ingusine way, it might just surprise you how simple it really is brief description: it involves three
hydralic shocks that transfer the hydralic fluid(presureized), coil over shocks with resivors, a IFS shock tower thingy, a movable top king pin assembly(or whatever you call) and joints for everything to move to the adjustable camber.

If I don't go with that idea i need to find out more about idea #1 above cause i have never heard of anything like that and i like to read/find things out about things like this.

I will also need to find detailed drawings/blueprints of the TTB to make the process much easier on my work load much lightly so i don't have to go and guestimate measurements with a tape measrure.

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I have been told by my wife that if I could bottle & retail the

results of the flatulation that my body emits,

for use in an combustion engine, that I would make a lot of money.

Maybe that would be your secret formula !

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I havve to clear up on number three a little bit. It would be a world rally style suspension made for smaller trucks so you can take on and off road with amazing results.


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K you guys here goes a brief description of idea number 2 . I warn you this might get long.

To gain the 6 inches of lift you have to cut the I-beam of where it joins to the pumpkin(looking at the front of the truck you cut on the left side of the pumpkin) then you simply move the pumpkin downwards as far as you can so that the I-beam that you cut off the pumpkin still has full contact with the pumpkin and this will give you approximately 6 inches of lift. The other I-beam is just as simple because all you do is cut the I-beam in the right spot then reweld it to them together at a greater angle. Most likely you will need to do some work to axles in the I-beams do to the 6 inch lift.

Now to get the automatic camber adjustment you have to do more cutting and welding and you will also have to get more complicated but its still pretty simple in the end. First you have to cut the thing that has the top of the king pin (or whatever its called i will use just use king pim for now) Now before that you need a 2 coil over shocks (one for each wheel, and to be able for use with the 6 iinch lift)then after you hook those up using a ifs shock mounts (for a lifted suspension but it has to have 2 shocks mounts per wheel) mount those making sure that they can cope with the automatic camber adjustmen. Then you fabricate a hydralic shock that can transfer the fluid it has through a hose to 2 other smaller shocks that can do the same, and mount that to the remaining shock mount on the shock tower. The way you attach the kingpin to the I-beam so that it can move back and forth (how far determines on the suspension travel). To move the kingpinback and forth you use the 2 smaller hydralic shocks mounted to the side of the I-beam with hoses running to the bigger one on the shock mount. Now when there is pressure put on the hydralic shock (the big one) it will send pressure to the smaller ones and adjust the camber so your wheel always has a full contact patch with the road.(simple then you thought isn't it)

Thats a pretty clever way to lift the I-beams with camber adjustment don't ya think? Well I hope I get the go ahead to do this project for ISI and if I do you guys will be sure to let everyone of here A.S.A.P.


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Hey everyone, the project is a go!!!!!! I justed talked to the science teacher and he said go for it. Oh I will be posting under the title: ISI project; please read and respond. K later all.


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