Turbocharger / Supercharger / HOW?

[HonzaVinCZ]

Hey guys, I really struggle in creating turbo / supercharged modular engine. I checked propably all existing up to date threads about turbo/supercharger in stormworks but none of these work with my setup. My engine max rps are at 60 with max throttle, air/fuel ratio is 14:1 and if I add turbocharger by adding impeller pump behind clutch and I engage the clutch even just little bit, engine slowly dies. Pipes are far away from their max. flow capacity.

There are some pics explaining my setup:
https://imgur.com/a/yB3wGyp
- First three screenshots are engine running fine with disconnected pump
- Other three screenshots are after engaging clutch just little bit - engine slowly dies
- Last two shows how it is connected outside

It is very roughly built because I'm trying to understand how this works.

[HonzaVinCZ]

Originally posted by DiscoSynthesizer:

I haven't had any luck with getting the air/fuel mix to respond quickly enough to pump speed changes, so have only really been using forced induction with an electric motor at a constant speed. If the air pressure is high enough and doesn't change, you can use a straight ratio to determine your air/fuel mix like you can with the naturally aspirated engines. My highest Air/Fuel mix ratio so far was 1:0.92 with a single electric motor through a 3:1 gearbox and it makes crazy power.

I can't make higher power of turbocharged engine at all. Power is always building up signifiantly slower than without the turbocharger ( if I control air/fuel ratio manually ). I tried to manually play with air/fuel ratio by using throttle levers and non turbocharged engine reacts a lot quicker. I didn't try connect electric motors yet because I'm building starter boat and I'm already at $18k so electric motor is no way there. However I'll try that too. But it seems like engine just can't run air pump by its power to gain more power by pushing more air into cylinders.

[HardlyLivin]

I'd recommend using the ZE ecu microcontroller. Just make sure your charger pump is constantly moving at a set speed with an electric motor or link it directly to the engine. If you choose the last option, make sure the pump is always running with the engine. Or in other words, make the modular clutch permanently engaged and run an inline clutch after the supercharger pump to drive your propellers. Otherwise the ECU can't predict air flow and the engine will die.

[RiftHunter4]

It sounds like a combination of resistance in the turbo and too lean of a fuel mix.