I can't help but think that Kubota engine, somehow mated to a Prius transaxle / motor/generator, with a pack of lithium ion cells would really be the cats pajamas of fuel economy, and ICE vehicle cabin heat / practicality for cold climates. It would also make for a decent standby power source in an emergency. Might have to upgrade the fuel cell, though. Happy 2023.
Happy New Year Jimbo! Glad you're feeling better and made it through the cold snap. While this is one of the best series on youTube, please make sure to take care of yourself and your family before anything else. All of us will wait an extra week (or 2, or 3, etc) to make sure you're at 100%. Wishing you the best for 2023!
Happy New Year from Germany! I really like Your experiments. Doing something like You did is next to impossible here because we have SO MANY hoops to jump thru getting something street legal. No way the state would allow something like this being on the road- that´s why I really dig Your vids. Stay safe, stay healthy Jimbo!
I don't know what the others said about the alternator but *my* point was that it was unlikely the new smaller one was more efficient. You said you wanted to change it because it was too high a load on the engine but I think you're wrong as the load depends on how much current you draw. It's possible the first alternator was more efficient and would put less load on the engine whith a current draw of 20 A
Happy New Year Jimbo! 5 minutes is kinda long to say "we were too hung over to edit but we are almost recovered now. Really can't wait to see the upcoming videos I'm sure you have planned!
Happy New year! Hopefully you all are feeling better. Sounds like you had a rough couple of weeks. You have come a long way since the insight. Thanks Jimbo, and helpers.
Thank you for a great 2022 and I am looking forward to what you bring us in 2023. BTW, I knew you would have covered off on the charging, you would have told us if you hadn't, plus we would have seen a video for the charging fix if a fix was required. 👍.
Hey Jimbo, your charging system is actually working better than some OEM charging systems I've worked on! Some Chrysler vehicles (JK Jeeps, Chrysler/Dodge T&C/Caravan) have such undersized alternators that they can't even keep voltage above battery level with all the things in the car running! They installed an alternator smaller than the load, probably banking on 'eh it'll be close enough' and let me tell you it certainly is not. A 160 amp *rated* maximum alternator on a vehicle that uses about 160 amps does not work, it's like they forgot about voltage droop when everything gets hot. Have a safe and healthy start to your new year!
a stock saturn alternator will pull 2-3 hp at full load, so if you mounted it to the kabota and just used it for the lights and blower, it would only be using 1/4 of it's capacity, I'd stick it on. when you add the turbo it'll be less relevenat
I have always assumed the average car requires about 100 HP to maintain highway speeds. I'm continually impressed with your attempt to do it with so little HP.
We had a cold snap here in Coastal South Carolina, fortunately no power outage where I live. It actually got down to 18° and stayed below freezing for 4 days. Now we are back into the 60s and 70s.
Those gauges are awesome: super legible, cleanly mounted, reminiscent of the Back to the Future Delorean. Nice! Was the opening on your coffee making a nod to the Bad Obsession Motorsports video stylings? 👍🏼
Welcome back JimBo to the land of the living!! I’m glad you could join us and bless us with another video, even if it is a montage. Get well bud, we will be here when you get better!
65 190d had a 12 v 30 amp generator, car had huff air from Thermoking that used the engine for their reefers. Always kept up with charging even fog lights and wipers
Hope everybody is feeling better now. We fared better in that nasty weather that hit right before Christmas. Just bitter cold and wind but no power outages here in Indiana. I don't think the wind chill reached -50F. Can't wait to see the next episode. Phil
Cmon Jimbo that coffee machine is slow n needs grid power. A small combination waterwheel/ solar/windgenerator attached to the roof downpipe should cover alternative natural power sources
20A is typical... for a motorbike. For a car, you can make it workable for night driving if you replace headlight bulbs with LEDs that give same light but are less than 10W each.
While I'm aware that this is just an experiment with this car, 20 amps is just barely adequate.. The blower motor pulls just as much if not more than that on high.. Even on lower settings it still pulls a pretty good chunk of amperage, and you couldn't possibly run the exterior lights while maintaining a proper voltage, then there is the little detail of the fact that automotive alternators unless specifically modified and/or built to do so, aren't really meant to produce more than about 50 or 60% of the rated amperage for more than 30 to 60 seconds.. while this alternator is adequate for your purposes, it's going to crap out at some point.. quite soon.. It did sit in storage for quite a while, and such a small alternator is intended for a piece of equipment that is going to run for many hours or days at a time.. Even the little two three and four cylinder diesels that are used in reefer units have at least a 50 or 70 amp alternator.. And they aren't really doing much except powering the controller, the fuel lift pump, and maybe some accessory lights on the trailer, a few trailers actually are set up to where the reefer unit will run all the lights on the trailer.. But that doesn't really pull much juice either.
Awwww....more please. I only got two shovels of Cap"N Crunch into me and my bacon now sits cold and lonely in it's black cradle of seasoned cast iron. So sad...but then...it's still bacon, my Cap"n Crunch is not soggy and the coffee remains warm...inviting.
Same here in Buffalo NY storm hit us very hard lost power for 3 days the 9 months baby almost freezes to death and 2 years child we walk through-15 degrees F Took us 1 hrs to get the fire station that less then a mile away but thanks to heroes fire fighter and the police officers helped us to get warm station I learned the hard way got a generator, dc inverter and emergency heater unfortunately our the total fatality pass the 39
Happy new year!!! Love what you are doing and all the great content. With your charging issues, if you lower the pulley size, it should over drive the alternator to increase your at idle voltage.
I wasn't even expecting a video, people do need time off and it is New Year's. You're gettin' purdy good with that 3d what-a-ma-call-it, all them gauges and stuff. Happy New Year Jimbo keep warm. Maybe you should move up to our fine balmy country Canada here, less pipes breaking etc. Keep up the excellent content!
Jimbo! it’s good to hear back from you man. keep the videos coming. i’m always waiting on youtube sunday morning waiting for the video to drop. please get better!!!
That alternator is good with a good charging voltage when running. But i think its inadequate if you will be using it as a daily driver or using it at night. You were testing it while reving the engine. It means it can supply adequate power while moving. But what if you were stuck in traffic at night. That wouldn't be enough.
I would like to see you put a motorcycle engine on an automatic car transmission I've had the idea for my smart car and didn't know how to make it work
All the best in the new year, Jimbo. My own work on Darwin has been successful and with the addition of a few things she should be ready for road tripping.
Maybe install one of those large capacitors like they use in car audio? Don’t know if that would help smooth out the drops in voltage as you turn on things like the heater.
The battery is acting like a capacitor. Adding capacitance won't fix anything. It's only a 20a alternator, the blower fan on high will draw almost 20a, so as long as voltage dosen't remain below 12.8 the battery is not discharging. He just has to keep an eye on voltage and not overdo it. The only true fix would be a larger alternator... But this will be able to keep up with his needs.
Happy New Year Rose! AhHAH! See I seem to remember when the weather was nice and someone moved to Kansas, I warned him about how cold it gets here, even if he is from Michigan 🤣
Happy New Year Jimbo. Me personaly I'm sick of people arguing about the alternator. And Jimbo is sick of the "Virus of unspecified origin" Take care and get well. We will wait.
Why do people in the comments assume Jimbo is such an idiot. Like he doesn't understand how the alternator works? Sure it isn't going to power the blower marker lights, head lights, cigar lighter, windshield wipers, backup lights, subwoofers, and underglow all at the same time. I'm sure Jimbo understands that.
@@crissd8283 Yeah I hate this kind of thinking as well. If you can figure out all the other stuff to make this swap work, then clearly you understand basics like alternator amperage.
Hey - at least the coffee maker didn’t freeze and burst !! Feel better soon
I can't help but think that Kubota engine, somehow mated to a Prius transaxle / motor/generator, with a pack of lithium ion cells would really be the cats pajamas of fuel economy, and ICE vehicle cabin heat / practicality for cold climates. It would also make for a decent standby power source in an emergency. Might have to upgrade the fuel cell, though. Happy 2023.
All best in new year and thank you for your effort and amazing content in 2022!
Move on trumpard...
More UA-cam channels really need to rock Glockenspiel tunes. Happy new year from Canada 🎉
Happy New Year Jimbo! Glad you're feeling better and made it through the cold snap. While this is one of the best series on youTube, please make sure to take care of yourself and your family before anything else. All of us will wait an extra week (or 2, or 3, etc) to make sure you're at 100%. Wishing you the best for 2023!
Happy new year.
Cant wait for the turbo upgrade
Funny to think that is running on the same engine as my 7500w generator lmao
Happy New Year from Germany!
I really like Your experiments. Doing something like You did is next to impossible here because we have SO MANY hoops to jump thru getting something street legal. No way the state would allow something like this being on the road- that´s why I really dig Your vids.
Stay safe, stay healthy Jimbo!
I don't know what the others said about the alternator but *my* point was that it was unlikely the new smaller one was more efficient. You said you wanted to change it because it was too high a load on the engine but I think you're wrong as the load depends on how much current you draw. It's possible the first alternator was more efficient and would put less load on the engine whith a current draw of 20 A
Happy New Year Jimbo! 5 minutes is kinda long to say "we were too hung over to edit but we are almost recovered now. Really can't wait to see the upcoming videos I'm sure you have planned!
sorry about your pipes and about you being sick. Happy new year, looking forward to the next video!
Happy New Year Jimbo and all your subscribers. Thanks for the videos, especially the Kubota Saturn ones
Happy New year! Hopefully you all are feeling better. Sounds like you had a rough couple of weeks. You have come a long way since the insight. Thanks Jimbo, and helpers.
Happy New Year guys!
New Year’s resolution: buy a robot cantina coffee cup when they become available
Thank you for a great 2022 and I am looking forward to what you bring us in 2023. BTW, I knew you would have covered off on the charging, you would have told us if you hadn't, plus we would have seen a video for the charging fix if a fix was required. 👍.
For a small alternator, it's getting into AGM battery charging territory at high revs.
Hey Jimbo, your charging system is actually working better than some OEM charging systems I've worked on! Some Chrysler vehicles (JK Jeeps, Chrysler/Dodge T&C/Caravan) have such undersized alternators that they can't even keep voltage above battery level with all the things in the car running! They installed an alternator smaller than the load, probably banking on 'eh it'll be close enough' and let me tell you it certainly is not. A 160 amp *rated* maximum alternator on a vehicle that uses about 160 amps does not work, it's like they forgot about voltage droop when everything gets hot. Have a safe and healthy start to your new year!
a stock saturn alternator will pull 2-3 hp at full load, so if you mounted it to the kabota and just used it for the lights and blower, it would only be using 1/4 of it's capacity, I'd stick it on. when you add the turbo it'll be less relevenat
Happy New Year to all here especially Robot Cantina and greetings from Berlin Germany !! 🍾🥂
I have always assumed the average car requires about 100 HP to maintain highway speeds. I'm continually impressed with your attempt to do it with so little HP.
Happy New Year, folks!
this channel is a hidden gem, looking forward to what you get up to in 2023
(maybe not hidden anymore, congrats on 100k subs)
Best way to start the year!
@robot.cantina my butt bro get out of here with the weak scam game
We had a cold snap here in Coastal South Carolina, fortunately no power outage where I live. It actually got down to 18° and stayed below freezing for 4 days.
Now we are back into the 60s and 70s.
It went from mid 30s in florida (almost unheard of down here) and now it’s almost 80 out today😂
@@haydenwiseman3056 was fairly below 0 in northeast Ohio, big surprise I know, and has been in the 40's and suppose to get around 60 2moro.
Those gauges are awesome: super legible, cleanly mounted, reminiscent of the Back to the Future Delorean. Nice! Was the opening on your coffee making a nod to the Bad Obsession Motorsports video stylings? 👍🏼
Welcome back JimBo to the land of the living!! I’m glad you could join us and bless us with another video, even if it is a montage. Get well bud, we will be here when you get better!
65 190d had a 12 v 30 amp generator, car had huff air from Thermoking that used the engine for their reefers. Always kept up with charging even fog lights and wipers
Updated to a bolt on bracket and a delcotron 10 with @94 amp , was harder on the belt…
Hope everybody is feeling better now. We fared better in that nasty weather that hit right before Christmas. Just bitter cold and wind but no power outages here in Indiana. I don't think the wind chill reached -50F. Can't wait to see the next episode. Phil
Sound a bit sick take it easy man thanks for the update. 👍
Cmon Jimbo that coffee machine is slow n needs grid power. A small combination waterwheel/ solar/windgenerator attached to the roof downpipe should cover alternative natural power sources
Sorry for the rotten luck, Jimbo. Hope you have a productive new year!
Sorry to hear about your lack of power problems, looking forward to seeing more videos. Happy new year to you and your family 👍.
20A is typical... for a motorbike. For a car, you can make it workable for night driving if you replace headlight bulbs with LEDs that give same light but are less than 10W each.
Have a happy new year Jimbo! I'm excited to see what power you can add to the most interesting of engines.
have a great 2023 Jimbo... I wish you not losing bolts and nuts and spanners, all things working at the first time and gnomes out your way.
Hopefully you and the lawn gnomes can find peace this new year, I'm sure they could be helpful around the shop!
Happy new year and we are looking forward to all the adventures this year brings.
While I'm aware that this is just an experiment with this car, 20 amps is just barely adequate.. The blower motor pulls just as much if not more than that on high.. Even on lower settings it still pulls a pretty good chunk of amperage, and you couldn't possibly run the exterior lights while maintaining a proper voltage, then there is the little detail of the fact that automotive alternators unless specifically modified and/or built to do so, aren't really meant to produce more than about 50 or 60% of the rated amperage for more than 30 to 60 seconds.. while this alternator is adequate for your purposes, it's going to crap out at some point.. quite soon.. It did sit in storage for quite a while, and such a small alternator is intended for a piece of equipment that is going to run for many hours or days at a time.. Even the little two three and four cylinder diesels that are used in reefer units have at least a 50 or 70 amp alternator.. And they aren't really doing much except powering the controller, the fuel lift pump, and maybe some accessory lights on the trailer, a few trailers actually are set up to where the reefer unit will run all the lights on the trailer.. But that doesn't really pull much juice either.
Awwww....more please. I only got two shovels of Cap"N Crunch into me and my bacon now sits cold and lonely in it's black cradle of seasoned cast iron. So sad...but then...it's still bacon, my Cap"n Crunch is not soggy and the coffee remains warm...inviting.
Same here in Buffalo NY storm hit us very hard lost power for 3 days the 9 months baby almost freezes to death and 2 years child we walk through-15 degrees F
Took us 1 hrs to get the fire station that less then a mile away but thanks to heroes fire fighter and the police officers helped us to get warm station
I learned the hard way got a generator, dc inverter and emergency heater unfortunately our the total fatality pass the 39
@_robotcantina- Thank you 🙏
Gnome guarding the coffee.
Oh no the "spicy cough" hope that you and your family have recovered. All the best for 2023. Looking forward to all the new shenanigans.
Can you show closer where you hooked up the heater core hoses to the 722? I have the same motor in my skid steer and would love to add heat to it
Happy New Year to you all. Thanks for the great work Sir
Happy new year robot cantina crew, good health and good fortune!
Five minutes? OMG!!! a gnome! 🙌🏼
Happy New Year!
Got COVID here in Australia with nearly entire family really ill. But temperature was HOT here.
Happy new year!!! Love what you are doing and all the great content.
With your charging issues, if you lower the pulley size, it should over drive the alternator to increase your at idle voltage.
Happy New Year from right across the state line.
Do a drag race between the Kubota-powered Saturn and the Predator-powered Honda
I wasn't even expecting a video, people do need time off and it is New Year's. You're gettin' purdy good with that 3d what-a-ma-call-it, all them gauges and stuff. Happy New Year Jimbo keep warm. Maybe you should move up to our fine balmy country Canada here, less pipes breaking etc. Keep up the excellent content!
Good luck fixing the garage, Jim ! happy 2023 !!
The best way to kick off another season!
Would be interesting if you in the future would test out the chinese V2 air cooled diesels
Jimbo! it’s good to hear back from you man. keep the videos coming. i’m always waiting on youtube sunday morning waiting for the video to drop. please get better!!!
That alternator is good with a good charging voltage when running. But i think its inadequate if you will be using it as a daily driver or using it at night. You were testing it while reving the engine. It means it can supply adequate power while moving. But what if you were stuck in traffic at night. That wouldn't be enough.
Looking forward to 2023 with your channel!
Stay safe and healthy Jimbo! Also, where can I get one of those snazzy coffee mugs?
Ha 1202 on the clock... reminds me of something. Oh yeah, diesel. The UN number for diesel, 1202.
Oh man that virus is a rough one get lots of rest stay hydrated!! Love the different approach you have to you tube automotive content!!
What a treat- we get to hear the whole Glockenspeil tune!
Best low-effort video this year!
Hope you all get well soon and get back to R&D !
Happy New Year and all that Jazz ! 🥂🎊🎉😎👍
Happy New Year, Jimbo! Keep up the great work.
Happy New Year to Jimbo and the Gnomes!
All the best for the new year!
Wishing you and yours a great 2023 Jimbo. :D
Michiganders. I should have known.
Try some very thin tyres on this thing, should give more MPG and top speed given the limitted power.
denso has a small alt thats same size and can output 35a, dont remember the part number but i would recommend swapping out that weak sauce one
Happy New Year and all the best to you. Thank you for your videos
Get well JIMBO happy new year!!!
I would like to see you put a motorcycle engine on an automatic car transmission I've had the idea for my smart car and didn't know how to make it work
Turbo Time ⏲ season 3 😁
Happy new year to you too hope yall are doing well.
Hope you had a happy new year Jimbo, all the best to you and yours!
Happy new year to you also!
What kind of 3d printer do you use?
All the best in the new year, Jimbo. My own work on Darwin has been successful and with the addition of a few things she should be ready for road tripping.
Maybe install one of those large capacitors like they use in car audio? Don’t know if that would help smooth out the drops in voltage as you turn on things like the heater.
The battery is acting like a capacitor. Adding capacitance won't fix anything.
It's only a 20a alternator, the blower fan on high will draw almost 20a, so as long as voltage dosen't remain below 12.8 the battery is not discharging. He just has to keep an eye on voltage and not overdo it. The only true fix would be a larger alternator... But this will be able to keep up with his needs.
Love your work, Jimbo 👍
yeah its almost 60F degrees here in kansas on new years day... its insane...
K cups, starter fluid, same difference.
Hope the plague doesn't leave you with any lingering effects. Happy new year!
2 years later and my sense of smell is still damaged.
Will you ever look at doing stuff like biodiesel in the saturn etc? For example, how hard it'd be to be self sufficient fuel wise?
I hope Jimbo looks into this as well
Sorry you got sick, i caught it at the doctors office wearing a mask,?
get better soon dear sir , all the best, keep up the great work sir. :D
Nice cold, dense air for maximum power
Well that learned 'em Jimbo!
happy new year fam, may all your needs come true. thanks for the great content. i always smile through the whole video.
JIMBO you have hit the big times you now have actual bots in the comments 😂😂😂
What is the brand, model of alternator, and where did you purchase it?
Now turn on the lights and rear defroster just to be sure
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO!
Happy New Year Rose! AhHAH! See I seem to remember when the weather was nice and someone moved to Kansas, I warned him about how cold it gets here, even if he is from Michigan 🤣
Happy New Year's 🎊🎊🎊
Happy New Year !
Where may I get one of those coffee cups?
Happy New Year Jimbo. Me personaly I'm sick of people arguing about the alternator. And Jimbo is sick of the "Virus of unspecified origin" Take care and get well. We will wait.
Why do people in the comments assume Jimbo is such an idiot. Like he doesn't understand how the alternator works? Sure it isn't going to power the blower marker lights, head lights, cigar lighter, windshield wipers, backup lights, subwoofers, and underglow all at the same time. I'm sure Jimbo understands that.
@@crissd8283 Yeah I hate this kind of thinking as well. If you can figure out all the other stuff to make this swap work, then clearly you understand basics like alternator amperage.
Sweet!!
I think you should do trip with that experiment car. And see the realibity is 😀