Good work Robin, a well rounded opinion.
Hi Yoof mate, I do like the idea of an EMC pulley and have considered it in the past. However do you think it would be viable to get one to fit on one of the PSD conversions inside a 68mm pulley? I could always run a higher belt speed and use larger pulleys all round. Have you any photos/links to an EMC pulley?
Yup I would like to run something like the stepper motor idea but I was after something I could hijack rather than have to do some development from scratch. Soldering comes easy to ducks...just gotta watch out for the damn pond water. Stuff gets everywhere.
Andy, I like the idea of getting a DBW TB and didn't think of that. I have thought of pressure controlled actuation or electronics but I can not see an easy way to avoid sudden intake pressure changes.
Lance, gives me something to think about though! I will look at the double throttle cable as a starter as I wish to try out the system mechanically before going further!
If you've been out in a cooper S you will know that the eaton is pretty quiet if done right. The trick is to get it recirculating in rarefied air to reduce the pressure wave out through the cone filter. My idea is to give the inlet tract to the 2nd air filter (small one) a good length duct and some noise isolation.
Thanks for the input guys I will keep populating the drawing board in my head with all your ideas!
Duck.