l think it just a matter of time b4... The feds bustivate these videos and federally imprisoonate these/those filmmakerz, of alternative diesels hashtag farm experimenters those involvVed with... either prison time, or stupid "carbon tax" fines!! Stupid, hundreds and millions of *_* **Whatever valuable ahi's of coin zflibbitz ( money changerrz ) inspired by the news Smakz of the recentz happennningz*_* smh 👾📲 🤔
An old farmer taught me to add 2 stroke oil to the diesel at about 100:1 It has a nice effect - running quieter and cleaner. Generally sweeter. Farmers don't usually invest money in anything unless it ultimately saves money! It would be interesting to see if you can achieve any mpg gains
It's insane how much power those predator b twin engines can make. The performance kits that they make for garden pulling tractors can crank them up well into the 50 HP range before even getting into forced induction.
That Renault is GORGEOUS, this series is gonna be extra special. Making cool projects garners views... doing it in style even more so. Heck I bet it'll be better than the original car as far as top speed goes!
Love how you were afraid the cops see the leave blower stuck in the front of the car, but are perfectly fine with the exhaust pipe smoking out of a hacksaw made hole in the hood :D
I wish you could keep the Saturn project going. It’s such a cool project! There are still things I’d like to see done. For instance. Does running a colder engine help or hurt fuel power? Or what if we cooled the fuel or preheated the fuel, how would that effect power and fuel Econ? What would adding a propane wet spray do to the power and fuel Econ? Would adding a oil cooler help or hinder the engine performance by making less friction inside the motor? What about using water? I’ve heard story’s of diesel engines running better when the moisture in the air is heavier. I’d like to know if that helps or hurts performance. There are other amazing ideas that could be tried too. Please don’t kill the Saturn project yet. It’s what got me hooked on your Chanel to start with.
Water content evaporates and causes cooler charge, to really oversimplify what's going on in most cases that folks are talking about that. It's not so much that the water itself matters, its what it does with the temps, at least in any cases I've seen water injection used on any engine.
I'm not sure that gains anything because of the conversion losses. Manual transmission has the lowest overall losses without doing something exotic like a welded diff. Inverter or motor drives tend to be built for cheapest cost, not for best efficiency. Same deal with the alternator. You could go one motor controller per wheel and essentially create a computer-based differential with one gear change, but at the end of the day, you still have all of the various conversion losses going from rotating to electrical to rotating.
@Augustus T. Titus I'm not sure where you get the idea that inverters, electric motors and generators are not built for efficiency. And mechanical transmissions and drivetrains have power losses too which are not insignificant. Consider the difference between flywheel horsepower and wheel horsepower on the same engine for a given car, the difference can be substantial. Regardless, the fact that you think differently than me only suggests that such a test is necessary.
@@AugustusTitus The _vast_ majority of the conversion losses are in the combustion engine. Practically anything that can make the engine run more efficiently will improve overall fuel economy. Traditional ICE cars run the engine under all sorts of conditions. Purpose-built engines for hybrid cars are designed for a much more narrow rpm and load range which is much easier to optimize for.
Common rail diesels are perfectly capable of running without rolling coal. Even without a particulate filter, it's pretty much an aesthetic decision (I shall refrain from casting aspersions on those who do) rather than something which actually improves performance. Running so rich you leave a visible smoke trail only improves power output insignificantly over a 'clean' map. It's a very different situation to old school diesels running lower injection pressure, with less precise (or even no) trimming of fueling to current boost levels...
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13:05 - Yeah, I loved old Saabs, namely turbo 900s... those turbos were so big for that 2 liter engine they wouldn't even begin to boost until about 3,500 rpm and you could feel it at about 4,000... but I guess at the time the garrett turbo they used was about as small as it got. Made for a real bad turbo setup, but a real great gimmick... the way that thing would just sail once it hit 4,000 rpms put a smile on your face every time!
@@drippingwax Think of it this way, a window opened half way will not pass as much air as fully opened. The small hood scoop is like a window partially opened as well as not being fully above the boundary layer of the air moving over the car. To visualize the air flow tape around 4 to 6 inch long pieces of yarn with the end frayed slightly in front of the scoop (tuft flow). If the yarn is being directed into the scoop that's good, just open the window more. This is used on aircraft to visualize airflow in flight. In aeronautics, tufts are strips of yarn or string, typically around 15 cm (6 in), attached to an aircraft surface in a grid pattern and imaged during flight. The motion of the tufts during flight can be observed and recorded, to locate flow features such as boundary layer separation and reattachment.
@@victorboucher675 Most cars have it facing the correct direction. Directing it backward made sense in the sixties, when windshields had far steeper angles, but not for modern cars, even this Saturn--unless you are trying to force hot air from the engine out that hole, but Jimbo never determined which way the air was blowing, and he isn't modifying the car further.
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Got me thinking about something kinda cool. You can make a supercharger using pieces of pipe welded onto shafts using a pair of cam drive gears. It doesn't have to produce more than 600mBar so it doesn't need to be helical. Two chambers with the pipes 90° off between chambers with both shafts should produce smooth enough and be easy enough to rig and balance. Two 2 inch long chambers would be enough, total size maybe 8" long and I think you need 2.5" radiuses so maybe 6.5" wide and it can be in the pipe instead of on the intake. Saw the design someplace.
Very impressive Jimbo, thanks for all your efforts on these car re-engine projects (just the kind of thing us engineers find facinating)! I had no idea the exhaust system back pressure was so critical on diesels. This explains why I have seen so many full size pickups with stove pipe diameter exhaust systems.
Well, I had no Idea as well, and just for fun we tried it and it makes a big difference. We will do our best to correctly size the exhaust in the next diesel build. should be fun!
@@robotcantina8957 Jimbo, you will route the exhaust past your window, right? Right?! :) Bill, how often have you seen big exhaust tips, but the actual muffler opening is smaller? I have seen tons of stuff like that because people only care about looks.
I've been watching this since the project started. Pretty impressive work all around. My only thought (although it may have been mentioned before, I usually don't read the peanut gallery, of which I'm ironically now a member) is that when you move on to other projects with this engine, consider using a turbo that will run between 5 and 10 psi of boost *at cruise*. I think you'll find that your power band is much flatter, and that you'll get even better fuel economy (plus a much happier egt even with an exhaust system that exits the rear of the vehicle) as well. If this has been considered or otherwise commented before, please feel free to ignore :) PS: For those that don't know: In the United States road diesel is either undyed, or fluorescent green. Basically, like Jimbo says, *anything* other than red is road diesel, and off road diesel is *unmistakably* red. Not just a little red, but like RED red. Fun fact? That red dye dyes stainless steel permanently when carried as a concentrate in a smooth bore stainless steel tank trailer.
Rip little old Saturn, the crew cab Saturn will have to take your glory from here. I’ve loved this series and very much looking forward to the v-twin big block Renault!
You could make a better exhaustmanifold to help the turbo spool, shorter and better flowing and the egt would be lower, also fuelpump and pressure regulator so it increases fuel pressure on boost = less smoke before boost and better performance
I doubt changing the fuel pressure would matter unless the injection pump is being starved for fuel. I think i heard mention of some engines using another actuator on the IP to increase fuel flow on boost but I'm not sure how that's set up.
@@mercMADCommando yes it helps because it rases the base fuel pressure in the pump and in the "elements" so it helps espessially at higher revs and yes for example a wastegate or something that would adjust the rack depending on the boost level would also help but i think the elements are pretty mutch at their limit because it was never designed for this, a turbo engine pump would also be a great upgrade, even if it doesen't need the extra fuel due to how the mechanical pump works it squirts the same amount of fuel in faster witch means basically "tighter timing"
As much i loved Saturn series, since i first saw Renault i couldnt wait to see some episode focused on it, i am grateful to Saturn for being test subject but i am also happy it will be replaced by renault soon, can't wait for next episode.
You've got me so beat on mpg. I just hit my best numbers on a drive to Illinois. 487 miles and used 9.6 gallons of gas, so I averaged 50.5 mpg in my three cylinder Fiesta. Not as good as the Saturn but not bad either.
I want to suggest, when you get rid of the Saturn, keep the hood and hang it on the shop wall. It says a lot on its own and I think that would look nice. A nice way to remember the silly thing. Love the content, good sir! I've learned a fucking lot watching it
I've got a turbo Saab that's pvc system had a thin 6mm tube connected to a plastic check valve, I was replacing them once every 2 years here in the florida heat (the valve would fail or the tube would expand away from the valve allowing leakage)... I bought some thick made in america fuel line made in USA and a stainless steel check valve, attached the valve with some made in Germany hose clamps... YEAH. I'm excited to see how many years this part lasts, the factory option wasn't lasting me and I'm ready to not even look at that check valve for the next ten years, so here's hoping! Anyways ideas like this, I think channels like Robot Cantina help me try these kinds of experiments or at least get my gears turning, so I really appreciate all the mind opening content. Thanks for being a terrific content creator!
Congrats on the extreme MPG! Of course it's diesel, which brings its own set of qualifications - but it's still an impressive number. I just got about 61 miles per US gallon on regular pump gas, so I'm not too far behind you... although you definitely beat me. Of course, my Elantra Hybrid will also do 0-60 in 8.4 seconds, so there's that. Anyway, congratulations!
I was hoping you would bring the Saturn to Barrett Jackson so some rich guy could buy the world's only 80mpg diesel Saturn. Your knowledge is vast and inspiring. a sincere thank you
So enlarging the exhaust past the turbo does not affect the exhaust pulses traveling through the turbo. The pulses traveling into the turbo have to do with the exhaust manifold and valve timing. However I think that the exhaust is now too big for that turbo as the exhaust velocity is too low now. I think that the 1.5 inch pipe was perfect but it was the rest of the exhaust system causing restrictions possibly.
yk, i have been watching the saturn series since the beginning. loved it and really felt attached to it being that for the last 2 years my daily driver has been a 2002 Saturn SC1 in Blue. Its been one of my all time favorite cars ive ever had. yesterday, i lost her. i was in a head on collision at 45 mph that totaled it. im gonna miss you, ole blue 💙
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Well if you didn't have to go on the freeway...this badboy would be the bees knees in fuel economy! It did it's duty..provided tons of data and even MORE entertainment! Awesome! Keep em coming...heck now you can make that Renault an in town daily driver for sure!
A good upgrade for that predator engine in the future as the project progresses would be to put two small mikuni slide carbs on the individual intakes with long straight intake runners. It's a cheap way to make a mini ram air for them that alot of lawnmower tractor pullers use.
Honestly I think it would have been cool to see you maybe attempt an electric turbo set up. Since that little kubota doesn't seem to be making it spin up all that well, maybe bypassing having the exhaust spin it at all would be the next step? Perhaps something as simple as a small, 12v electric motor hooked up to the turbo to get it to spin full turn whenever you want and can adjust from the inside would be cool to see. Really liked this series!
Windows being open in my Tesla results in ~10% less range. Not sure if same impact on a diesel saturn, but its worth noting that you may want to consider that when doing the next run.
No flapper on the hater stack!! COME ON THE STREET TRACTOR JOKE WAS RIGHT THERE In the continuation of this series I’d love to see how those tiny superchargers ( AMR-500 ) would work on this engine along with the turbo! Make it into a mini Detroit!
Im a truck mekanik, in my old work place, one of my old mates told me that in sweden, ole truckers used to mix gas and diesel to get more hores power, on old truck engiens/mecanical indjektion pumps. 80%diesel 20% gas mix.
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It's been an epic journey with the turbo diesel Saturn and I'm going to miss it but it was a lot of fun. Can't wait for the next project, I'll have to start breakfasting on baguettes now. Au revoir.
Next episode with the Saturn it would be neat to see a flapper on the exhaust for even more laughs.🤣 Thanks again for making the diesel Saturn for our entertainment.
So glad you gave a shout out to the OLD ROUTE 66. Route 66 is one of the most famous highways around the world and the first national highway in the United States.
The highway became one of the most famous roads in the United States It originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before terminating in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California
Portions of the road that passed through Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, and Arizona have been communally designated a National Scenic Byway by the name “Historic Route 66”
@@ocdman202 Route 66: The TV Show A popular television show during the early 1960s bore the road's name: "Route 66". Starring George Maharis as Buz, and Martin Milner as Tod, the two young adventurers drove the road in their Chevrolet Corvette for 116 episodes. Despite the name of the series, most episodes did NOT take place on the historic road, but in 25 different U.S. states. The show was filmed mostly on location, and became known for its cinematography. A long list of well-known actors and actresses appeared on the series. The show ran from October, 1960, through March, 1964, and created a huge following. The interest in the show continues today by "Baby Boomers" who remember the original showings, and new generations of viewers fascinated by the show who watch it on DVD.
The Demise of Route 66 Route 66 underwent many improvements and realignments during its lifetime. The passage of the Federal Highway Act of 1956 sounded the death knell for the old road, and gradually segments were replaced with new, safer and faster superhighways. ts final demise was the completion of the Interstate Highway System. The last town by-passed by the Interstate system was Williams, Arizona, on October 13, 1984. Subsequently, U.S. Route 66 was officially removed from the United States Highway System on June 27, 1985. Route 66 was replaced by five Interstates: I-55 southbound from Chicago, I-44 across Missouri and Oklahoma, I-40 in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, I-15 and finally I-10 into Los Angeles.
We will all miss the little Kubota three cylinder, intercooled, turbodiesel, manual shift, aero modded, hood scooped, cut hood exhaust stacked, custom South African gauge cluster equipped, race weight lightened, single mirrored, mostly red Saturn coupe. Walmart executives are probably drooling at the mouth thinking of all the under $10 things they can sell from the scrap. But that R10 is something else...it'll be a fun project and definitely one worth saving on when it's done instead of sending off to be shredded and melted and turned into electric kitchen gadgets.
I probably have no idea what I'm talking about, but I feel like the best setup for cruising on a diesel is lower RPM with gobs of boost. I have no idea what sort of wastegate control you have but the boost is pathetic these past few runs. I have no idea how you'd get there but I feel like cruising down the highway at 1500 RPM and 5-10 pounds of boost would be peak economy. I almost feel like something is broken. I can't believe that the engine refuses to bog down and spin up the turbo at lower RPMs. Maybe try propane injection?
I ran Kubota tractors for 20 yrs. Way before any emissions stuff. It would plow heavy snow all night and use only 10 gal. of fuel. I had a opportunity to buy several 50+ HP Turbo Diesels from Kubota, and could very much kick myself that I did not. I wanted to try in a small car the Diesel turning a generator to Elect motor just as a Train does. Now a LOT of heavy equipment is doing this. I had a V.W. Rabbit that got over 50 MPG even if you drove it wide open. Over 500 miles on a 10 Gal tank. I have a hard time grasping that this could not be done today in a production vehicle.Even when I had a 95 GMC Diesel I got 17-18 MPG pulling a travel trailer. What they are turning out now is BS. I am POSITIVE that the milage most cars get now could be at least 50% better.
@@NoneNomad Truly wish I could. I got pretty racked up about 10 Yrs ago. Spine, hips, knees, and a partridge in a pear tree. Now my days are unpredictable. I have the room to do it, and would love to. I have a gas car no, Equinox with a non turbo 4. but after driving Diesels for 40+ Yrs I stop on the pedal and am not used to the car saying, "Well soon" instead of full power at 1800 RPM. I need another one. Keep it up[ with the Kubota. I love it. Ever consider a Diesel over Electric like the Volt was? Im confident it could be done with a 50 HP.
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A would love a last episode on the Saturn with low budget aero hacks, covered wheels, tape on seams, plastic covered bottom, tiny mirrors, high tire pressure, and weight reduction etc. just to squeeze the last MPG out of that poor thing!
5:21 Imagine him pulling up to a red light right next to a huge lifted Cummins RAM and playing with the throttle like that ;) You'd need a lot of confidence to pull that off!
Great series, drove a Saturn L300 for quite some time and it was a great little car! Thank you for your service Saturn, thank you for the great content RC crew, and i look forward to the Renault 670!
It's so exciting to see these episodes :) I can't believe you got your hands on a Renault 10 of all things and on top of that, have the guts to fiddle with it rather than keep it stock 😄 I truly love it! My dad had a Renault 8 from the time period. He swapped the engine from an Alpine (I don't remember which model) that he ordered from America. This must've happened in the early 90's after the collapse of the USSR since we're from Bulgaria. If you are finding weird cars fun to work on and don't mind checking the Eastern European markets, ZAZ 968's had a rear mounted magnesium alloy V4 engine and were produced for almost 30 years. It shouldn't be too hard to find one cheap (if we ignore the import costs) if you ever wonder what to do next 😆
I was in KS from OK yesterday to buy a two-thousand twelve one point four liter turbocharged intercooled gasoline six speed manual chevy cruze sedan. I had your outro song playing in my head the whole way home, ha!
To the crew at ROBOT CANTINA ====== Fantastic video here.. I just sat down to a big stack of pancakes and platter of bacon. We have the grandkids over and these videos going on repeat to make everyone happy..
Next test for the diesel. Find a Prius or similar, Put a generator on the diesel, Swap out some of the batteries for super capacitors and see how far you can go with the diesel topping up the batteries before you needto stop to recharge, and how long it takes , how much fuel it takes to get to full charge.
Probably one of the very few times where a CVT might be the better solution to optimize the engine and drivetrain combo for acceleration, speed, economy and longevity.
Fair well Sweet Saturn! Hey, Jimbo! You should put the original engine back in this tur......er....car, and run it through Bring A Trailer. That would be a HOOT!
I've been watchin ya since the predator honda swap and I can't begin to tell ya how much I enjoy your channel. You inspired me and I installed a AEM AFR to my 73 step van and got it to spit out r232 data to an adapter and I can live graph to my laptop. Thanks for all the hard work.
Would a good wheel alignment perhaps improve fuel consumption? The steering wheel doesn't look straight. Very nice video, very entertaining even as a mechanic. Keep up the good work.👍 Greetings from Germany 🍺🥨
Thank you Jimbo for your dedication to these projects. Showing us all skeptics that small engines can really make cars go. I saw my friends Kubota tractor, and he's got an D1005 in it. I laughed, and I showed him your video. He was pretty impressed.
Badass. Another cool effect of hood dump is; the soot will make any water that lands in the V of the exhaust plume bead off instantly. Its like ghetto wax 😂
Fun fact, its possible to have larger downpipe and smaller exhaust pipe. At least on a naturally aspirated Honda the downpipe until after the CAT might be 2.25 2.5 or so and the rest of the pipe will be 1.75-2" This makes sense if you consider the air will get cooler as it travels back and it is less dense nearer the exhaust port or just after a catalyst. Or they want Cat-Back systems to get all the reasonable (streetable) horsepower available without the need to tamper with the emmissions equipment. 🤷♂️ Its a theory. Obviously you have a turbo. Looking forward to your findings
I'm very excited for the Renault 10 670 swap. The original car had about 40 hp in standard 1.0l engine. I think you could match that with that 670 and a supercharger, or turbo, maybe? Great videos Cantina, great videos. Very fun to watch
@@bensmith4563 yeah, very interesting engine. Just expensive. These Predator engines don't ship to Europe. We got genuine Hondas for a 1000 bucks and Robin Subarus, Kawasakis. And then Honda clones that gulp oil by the gallon from the start
It was only a matter of time before the diesel got a stack 😂
l think it just a matter of time b4...
The feds bustivate these videos and federally imprisoonate these/those filmmakerz, of alternative diesels
hashtag farm experimenters
those involvVed with...
either prison time, or stupid "carbon tax" fines!!
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Wheres the flapper ?
@@EmeliaBelle oh shoot,we totally need that LOL
@@gustiwidyanta5492 how are we supposed to see the braap braap without a flapper for the tractor engine
On a long enough timeline...
A straight piped diesel stack on a saturn coupe is not something I thought I'd ever see in my lifetime, but I'm glad I have now.
A turborcharged 719cc 3 cylinder diesel at that
Nah, I would imagine seeing that long before seeing a radial airplane engine a Toyota MR2!
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The most surprising part of this is that you have the heater connected!
I was thinking the same!
It's gotta have a Sport Mode switch: turn it on, get more power! (Or a safety backup, if you're no fun at parties.)
They hooked the heater up in case as they did overheat the engine.
Strange how much I enjoy this series.
Me too🤣☠️
Odd but entertaining.
Because everyone is tired of the typical LS swap, lame car restoration formula most car UA-camrs do.
Not strange at all. This is thought-provoking material for sophisticated and mature audiences like us. Ooooo... Add a jet engine to the back next!
Yeah I'm a little concerned about how invested I am in this😅
These Saturn experiments have easily been one of my favorite series on UA-cam in a hot minute... sad to see it go but looking forward to the Renault !
I actually looked for old Saturns so I could test some stuff and share my results, but the only one I found needed an engine! :D
I know somebody getting rid of a Saturn. It won’t have an engine either but it needs a wheel bearing... and a hood 😄
An old farmer taught me to add 2 stroke oil to the diesel at about 100:1
It has a nice effect - running quieter and cleaner. Generally sweeter. Farmers don't usually invest money in anything unless it ultimately saves money! It would be interesting to see if you can achieve any mpg gains
A common practice here in my country
Fill a 200 liter of diesel then ad 1 liter of 2 stroke oil into the tank.
Not good advice if you have catalytic converters.
@@MiGujack3 but for the kubota engine it should be perfect
Adding a little transmission fluid to diesel fuel does the same thing.
@@MiGujack3 diesels do not have catalytic converters. They use particulate filters.
It's insane how much power those predator b twin engines can make. The performance kits that they make for garden pulling tractors can crank them up well into the 50 HP range before even getting into forced induction.
I've heard of 100 out of their Kohler counterparts, I think somebody will do it with a predator sooner or later
What a Warhorse! No Saturn has ever been as interesting as this one!
Congratulations on making this the most interesting Saturn that ever existed.
That Renault is GORGEOUS, this series is gonna be extra special. Making cool projects garners views... doing it in style even more so. Heck I bet it'll be better than the original car as far as top speed goes!
Yea, looking forward to this!
Could place an electric motor under the v-twin shelf too...make your own PHEV?
Love how you were afraid the cops see the leave blower stuck in the front of the car, but are perfectly fine with the exhaust pipe smoking out of a hacksaw made hole in the hood :D
RIP the Saturn. It gave more pleasure than any other Saturn I know of.
Now all you need for the final send off of the Saturn is to have it featured on Doug DeMuro's channel.
“THIS is a Saturn S coupe but with a major quirk and less features”
I hope not
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this thing would get a zero in the dougscore lol
I wish you could keep the Saturn project going. It’s such a cool project! There are still things I’d like to see done. For instance. Does running a colder engine help or hurt fuel power? Or what if we cooled the fuel or preheated the fuel, how would that effect power and fuel Econ? What would adding a propane wet spray do to the power and fuel Econ? Would adding a oil cooler help or hinder the engine performance by making less friction inside the motor? What about using water? I’ve heard story’s of diesel engines running better when the moisture in the air is heavier. I’d like to know if that helps or hurts performance. There are other amazing ideas that could be tried too. Please don’t kill the Saturn project yet. It’s what got me hooked on your Chanel to start with.
Water content evaporates and causes cooler charge, to really oversimplify what's going on in most cases that folks are talking about that. It's not so much that the water itself matters, its what it does with the temps, at least in any cases I've seen water injection used on any engine.
I like the puff of smoke it produces with each gear change. It looks more like a mad max car with each new modification.
Easiest way to put a bigger pipe is the oval it a bit. Then mark the od on the flange.
80mpg is impressive. I know you don't really care about the MPG tests, but making a hybrid diesel would be pretty interesting.
He doesn't care about fuel economy, but how many fuel economy runs did he do?! One was extra long! :)
I'm not sure that gains anything because of the conversion losses. Manual transmission has the lowest overall losses without doing something exotic like a welded diff. Inverter or motor drives tend to be built for cheapest cost, not for best efficiency. Same deal with the alternator. You could go one motor controller per wheel and essentially create a computer-based differential with one gear change, but at the end of the day, you still have all of the various conversion losses going from rotating to electrical to rotating.
@Augustus T. Titus I'm not sure where you get the idea that inverters, electric motors and generators are not built for efficiency. And mechanical transmissions and drivetrains have power losses too which are not insignificant. Consider the difference between flywheel horsepower and wheel horsepower on the same engine for a given car, the difference can be substantial.
Regardless, the fact that you think differently than me only suggests that such a test is necessary.
A Custom hybrid diesel could be pretty sick.
@@AugustusTitus The _vast_ majority of the conversion losses are in the combustion engine. Practically anything that can make the engine run more efficiently will improve overall fuel economy. Traditional ICE cars run the engine under all sorts of conditions. Purpose-built engines for hybrid cars are designed for a much more narrow rpm and load range which is much easier to optimize for.
Common rail diesels are perfectly capable of running without rolling coal. Even without a particulate filter, it's pretty much an aesthetic decision (I shall refrain from casting aspersions on those who do) rather than something which actually improves performance. Running so rich you leave a visible smoke trail only improves power output insignificantly over a 'clean' map.
It's a very different situation to old school diesels running lower injection pressure, with less precise (or even no) trimming of fueling to current boost levels...
I am absolutely casting aspersions on those who do!
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Westen Chanplin would be proud. The hood exhaust is akin to his SmokeStang
13:05 - Yeah, I loved old Saabs, namely turbo 900s... those turbos were so big for that 2 liter engine they wouldn't even begin to boost until about 3,500 rpm and you could feel it at about 4,000... but I guess at the time the garrett turbo they used was about as small as it got. Made for a real bad turbo setup, but a real great gimmick... the way that thing would just sail once it hit 4,000 rpms put a smile on your face every time!
The hood scoop needs to have a higher profile to be fully in the airflow over the hood. 😉
I cannot find any wind tunnel tests for a Saturn, but the pictures I can find show attacked flow until the top of the hood.
@@drippingwax Think of it this way, a window opened half way will not pass as much air as fully opened. The small hood scoop is like a window partially opened as well as not being fully above the boundary layer of the air moving over the car.
To visualize the air flow tape around 4 to 6 inch long pieces of yarn with the end frayed slightly in front of the scoop (tuft flow). If the yarn is being directed into the scoop that's good, just open the window more. This is used on aircraft to visualize airflow in flight.
In aeronautics, tufts are strips of yarn or string, typically around 15 cm (6 in), attached to an aircraft surface in a grid pattern and imaged during flight. The motion of the tufts during flight can be observed and recorded, to locate flow features such as boundary layer separation and reattachment.
It is on backwards anyway people ...
@@victorboucher675 Most cars have it facing the correct direction. Directing it backward made sense in the sixties, when windshields had far steeper angles, but not for modern cars, even this Saturn--unless you are trying to force hot air from the engine out that hole, but Jimbo never determined which way the air was blowing, and he isn't modifying the car further.
We took a vote here, and agree, this is your best fuel economy yet!
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Got me thinking about something kinda cool. You can make a supercharger using pieces of pipe welded onto shafts using a pair of cam drive gears. It doesn't have to produce more than 600mBar so it doesn't need to be helical. Two chambers with the pipes 90° off between chambers with both shafts should produce smooth enough and be easy enough to rig and balance. Two 2 inch long chambers would be enough, total size maybe 8" long and I think you need 2.5" radiuses so maybe 6.5" wide and it can be in the pipe instead of on the intake. Saw the design someplace.
Very impressive Jimbo, thanks for all your efforts on these car re-engine projects (just the kind of thing us engineers find facinating)!
I had no idea the exhaust system back pressure was so critical on diesels. This explains why I have seen so many full size pickups with stove pipe diameter exhaust systems.
Well, I had no Idea as well, and just for fun we tried it and it makes a big difference. We will do our best to correctly size the exhaust in the next diesel build. should be fun!
@@robotcantina8957 Jimbo, you will route the exhaust past your window, right?
Right?! :)
Bill, how often have you seen big exhaust tips, but the actual muffler opening is smaller?
I have seen tons of stuff like that because people only care about looks.
I've been watching this since the project started. Pretty impressive work all around. My only thought (although it may have been mentioned before, I usually don't read the peanut gallery, of which I'm ironically now a member) is that when you move on to other projects with this engine, consider using a turbo that will run between 5 and 10 psi of boost *at cruise*. I think you'll find that your power band is much flatter, and that you'll get even better fuel economy (plus a much happier egt even with an exhaust system that exits the rear of the vehicle) as well. If this has been considered or otherwise commented before, please feel free to ignore :)
PS: For those that don't know: In the United States road diesel is either undyed, or fluorescent green. Basically, like Jimbo says, *anything* other than red is road diesel, and off road diesel is *unmistakably* red. Not just a little red, but like RED red. Fun fact? That red dye dyes stainless steel permanently when carried as a concentrate in a smooth bore stainless steel tank trailer.
Rip little old Saturn, the crew cab Saturn will have to take your glory from here. I’ve loved this series and very much looking forward to the v-twin big block Renault!
I look forward to new episodes of Robot Cantina with the same excitement I used to feel for new Star Trek episodes. Give us more
You could make a better exhaustmanifold to help the turbo spool, shorter and better flowing and the egt would be lower, also fuelpump and pressure regulator so it increases fuel pressure on boost = less smoke before boost and better performance
I doubt changing the fuel pressure would matter unless the injection pump is being starved for fuel. I think i heard mention of some engines using another actuator on the IP to increase fuel flow on boost but I'm not sure how that's set up.
@@mercMADCommando yes it helps because it rases the base fuel pressure in the pump and in the "elements" so it helps espessially at higher revs and yes for example a wastegate or something that would adjust the rack depending on the boost level would also help but i think the elements are pretty mutch at their limit because it was never designed for this, a turbo engine pump would also be a great upgrade, even if it doesen't need the extra fuel due to how the mechanical pump works it squirts the same amount of fuel in faster witch means basically "tighter timing"
always exciting when a new episode drops
I was about to panic when I didn't receive a notification, but I quickly found it! :)
As much i loved Saturn series, since i first saw Renault i couldnt wait to see some episode focused on it, i am grateful to Saturn for being test subject but i am also happy it will be replaced by renault soon, can't wait for next episode.
You've got me so beat on mpg. I just hit my best numbers on a drive to Illinois. 487 miles and used 9.6 gallons of gas, so I averaged 50.5 mpg in my three cylinder Fiesta. Not as good as the Saturn but not bad either.
I want to suggest, when you get rid of the Saturn, keep the hood and hang it on the shop wall. It says a lot on its own and I think that would look nice. A nice way to remember the silly thing.
Love the content, good sir! I've learned a fucking lot watching it
I've got a turbo Saab that's pvc system had a thin 6mm tube connected to a plastic check valve, I was replacing them once every 2 years here in the florida heat (the valve would fail or the tube would expand away from the valve allowing leakage)... I bought some thick made in america fuel line made in USA and a stainless steel check valve, attached the valve with some made in Germany hose clamps... YEAH. I'm excited to see how many years this part lasts, the factory option wasn't lasting me and I'm ready to not even look at that check valve for the next ten years, so here's hoping!
Anyways ideas like this, I think channels like Robot Cantina help me try these kinds of experiments or at least get my gears turning, so I really appreciate all the mind opening content. Thanks for being a terrific content creator!
Congrats on the extreme MPG! Of course it's diesel, which brings its own set of qualifications - but it's still an impressive number. I just got about 61 miles per US gallon on regular pump gas, so I'm not too far behind you... although you definitely beat me. Of course, my Elantra Hybrid will also do 0-60 in 8.4 seconds, so there's that. Anyway, congratulations!
I was hoping you would bring the Saturn to Barrett Jackson so some rich guy could buy the world's only 80mpg diesel Saturn. Your knowledge is vast and inspiring. a sincere thank you
So enlarging the exhaust past the turbo does not affect the exhaust pulses traveling through the turbo. The pulses traveling into the turbo have to do with the exhaust manifold and valve timing. However I think that the exhaust is now too big for that turbo as the exhaust velocity is too low now. I think that the 1.5 inch pipe was perfect but it was the rest of the exhaust system causing restrictions possibly.
yk, i have been watching the saturn series since the beginning. loved it and really felt attached to it being that for the last 2 years my daily driver has been a 2002 Saturn SC1 in Blue. Its been one of my all time favorite cars ive ever had.
yesterday, i lost her. i was in a head on collision at 45 mph that totaled it.
im gonna miss you, ole blue 💙
An amazing episode as usual
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Well if you didn't have to go on the freeway...this badboy would be the bees knees in fuel economy!
It did it's duty..provided tons of data and even MORE entertainment!
Awesome!
Keep em coming...heck now you can make that Renault an in town daily driver for sure!
🐝🐝🐝🐝bees knees
A fiat beetle mini cooper or smart car could be fun to put the engine in.
A good upgrade for that predator engine in the future as the project progresses would be to put two small mikuni slide carbs on the individual intakes with long straight intake runners. It's a cheap way to make a mini ram air for them that alot of lawnmower tractor pullers use.
Honestly I think it would have been cool to see you maybe attempt an electric turbo set up. Since that little kubota doesn't seem to be making it spin up all that well, maybe bypassing having the exhaust spin it at all would be the next step? Perhaps something as simple as a small, 12v electric motor hooked up to the turbo to get it to spin full turn whenever you want and can adjust from the inside would be cool to see. Really liked this series!
Windows being open in my Tesla results in ~10% less range. Not sure if same impact on a diesel saturn, but its worth noting that you may want to consider that when doing the next run.
Wow I'm so glad I can say I was here from start to finish on a project. Very excited for the next diesel experiment!
A Saturn rolling coal is the best way to end this series! Now I'm wondering if a Kubota will fit in my little Suzuki J20...
You should add a small ProCharger to it to have boost consistently throughout the powerband rather than just at peak rpm
No flapper on the hater stack!! COME ON THE STREET TRACTOR JOKE WAS RIGHT THERE
In the continuation of this series I’d love to see how those tiny superchargers ( AMR-500 ) would work on this engine along with the turbo! Make it into a mini Detroit!
If you miter cut the stack toblock wind from the front but pull a vaccum, it might get better mpg.
Im a truck mekanik, in my old work place, one of my old mates told me that in sweden, ole truckers used to mix gas and diesel to get more hores power, on old truck engiens/mecanical indjektion pumps. 80%diesel 20% gas mix.
I can't wait to see the weather flap / muffler on the stack.
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It's been an epic journey with the turbo diesel Saturn and I'm going to miss it but it was a lot of fun. Can't wait for the next project, I'll have to start breakfasting on baguettes now. Au revoir.
Next episode with the Saturn it would be neat to see a flapper on the exhaust for even more laughs.🤣
Thanks again for making the diesel Saturn for our entertainment.
And just as the car gets cycled out, two good names for it occur to me. The, "Saturn Rocket" or the, "Short Stack". 😅
I have never seen a circle cutter like that in my couple decades of messing with power tools .. that thing looks so useful
Only thing the exhaust needs now is a check flapper like the diesel stacks on tractors and big rigs
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I think the next series to this diesel should be performance like gapping the rings and putting a compound turbo on it 🥹
What a great series! I'm going to miss the Saturn TD, though.
That fuel economy is impressive! I'm hoping to get 70 mpg from my Prius. But the Saturn is on a completely different level.
I hope you don't junk your Prius before the summer is over!
Nah.
An the Prius can actually accelerate
what?
@@michaelblacktree The Prius is faster than the Saturn, right?
Right?! :)
We will all miss the little Kubota three cylinder, intercooled, turbodiesel, manual shift, aero modded, hood scooped, cut hood exhaust stacked, custom South African gauge cluster equipped, race weight lightened, single mirrored, mostly red Saturn coupe. Walmart executives are probably drooling at the mouth thinking of all the under $10 things they can sell from the scrap.
But that R10 is something else...it'll be a fun project and definitely one worth saving on when it's done instead of sending off to be shredded and melted and turned into electric kitchen gadgets.
I love everything about this and the other projects. Keep it up👍
Thanks!
Just made my weekend... Later we will have our libations and watch more videos.
This you tube channel is one of our favs.
That was quite enjoyable! Can't wait for what's next! I love the smell of burning diesel in the morning.....
Looking forward to seeing what ROBOT CANTINA does with the RENAULT!
I probably have no idea what I'm talking about, but I feel like the best setup for cruising on a diesel is lower RPM with gobs of boost. I have no idea what sort of wastegate control you have but the boost is pathetic these past few runs. I have no idea how you'd get there but I feel like cruising down the highway at 1500 RPM and 5-10 pounds of boost would be peak economy.
I almost feel like something is broken. I can't believe that the engine refuses to bog down and spin up the turbo at lower RPMs. Maybe try propane injection?
I have no idea how I ended up subscribed to this channel. Its all double Dutch and I do not know what the hell is going on but I love it!
I ran Kubota tractors for 20 yrs. Way before any emissions stuff. It would plow heavy snow all night and use only 10 gal. of fuel. I had a opportunity to buy several 50+ HP Turbo Diesels from
Kubota, and could very much kick myself that I did not. I wanted to try in a small car the Diesel turning a generator to Elect motor just as a Train does. Now a LOT of heavy equipment is doing
this. I had a V.W. Rabbit that got over 50 MPG even if you drove it wide open. Over 500 miles on a 10 Gal tank. I have a hard time grasping that this could not be done today in a production
vehicle.Even when I had a 95 GMC Diesel I got 17-18 MPG pulling a travel trailer. What they are turning out now is BS. I am POSITIVE that the milage most cars get now could be at least 50% better.
Will you make your own diesel-hybrid now that you've been inspired? :D
@@NoneNomad Truly wish I could. I got pretty racked up about 10 Yrs ago. Spine, hips, knees, and a partridge in a pear tree.
Now my days are unpredictable. I have the room to do it, and would love to. I have a gas car no, Equinox with a non turbo 4. but after driving Diesels for 40+ Yrs I stop on the pedal and am not used to the car saying, "Well soon" instead of full power at 1800 RPM. I need another one. Keep it up[ with the Kubota. I love it. Ever consider a Diesel over Electric like the Volt was? Im confident it could be done with a 50 HP.
A would love a last episode on the Saturn with low budget aero hacks, covered wheels, tape on seams, plastic covered bottom, tiny mirrors, high tire pressure, and weight reduction etc. just to squeeze the last MPG out of that poor thing!
With how well the heater core cooled the engine just wire the fan for the hvac into the rad fan command
5:21 Imagine him pulling up to a red light right next to a huge lifted Cummins RAM and playing with the throttle like that ;) You'd need a lot of confidence to pull that off!
Great series, drove a Saturn L300 for quite some time and it was a great little car! Thank you for your service Saturn, thank you for the great content RC crew, and i look forward to the Renault 670!
Aw man. Rest in peace saturn, you were a good testbed and lived a long life.
A flapper on the exhaust stack would of been cool.
It's so exciting to see these episodes :) I can't believe you got your hands on a Renault 10 of all things and on top of that, have the guts to fiddle with it rather than keep it stock 😄 I truly love it! My dad had a Renault 8 from the time period. He swapped the engine from an Alpine (I don't remember which model) that he ordered from America. This must've happened in the early 90's after the collapse of the USSR since we're from Bulgaria.
If you are finding weird cars fun to work on and don't mind checking the Eastern European markets, ZAZ 968's had a rear mounted magnesium alloy V4 engine and were produced for almost 30 years. It shouldn't be too hard to find one cheap (if we ignore the import costs) if you ever wonder what to do next 😆
I love that little Saturn and its reefer engine, just like the cement mixer powered Insight before it.
I was in KS from OK yesterday to buy a two-thousand twelve one point four liter turbocharged intercooled gasoline six speed manual chevy cruze sedan.
I had your outro song playing in my head the whole way home, ha!
RHB31 AWESOMENESS! OK, maybe consider adding the next size larger turbo as an "Atmospheric Stage" compressor for a compounding series build...
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Next test for the diesel.
Find a Prius or similar,
Put a generator on the diesel,
Swap out some of the batteries for super capacitors and see how far you can go with the diesel topping up the batteries before you needto stop to recharge, and how long it takes , how much fuel it takes to get to full charge.
Probably one of the very few times where a CVT might be the better solution to optimize the engine and drivetrain combo for acceleration, speed, economy and longevity.
I think a fuel line fuel consumption meter may be more time, money and health efficient.
Fair well Sweet Saturn! Hey, Jimbo! You should put the original engine back in this tur......er....car, and run it through Bring A Trailer. That would be a HOOT!
I've been watchin ya since the predator honda swap and I can't begin to tell ya how much I enjoy your channel. You inspired me and I installed a AEM AFR to my 73 step van and got it to spit out r232 data to an adapter and I can live graph to my laptop. Thanks for all the hard work.
Would a good wheel alignment perhaps improve fuel consumption? The steering wheel doesn't look straight. Very nice video, very entertaining even as a mechanic. Keep up the good work.👍 Greetings from Germany 🍺🥨
Still reckon a bit of cheeky nitrous. Help spool up a bit quicker and cool EGT
Makes my Sunday every week. Thanks a lot for all the awesome and interesting content you provide us with!
This stack needs a flappy cap 😅 to prevent water getting into it
I totally concur with this! 😆
Love flappy cap
I had to find my phone to write this. You are the NEW Bob Ross!
I can't exactly say why I enjoy this series so much, I'm excited for more, especially with the Renault!
ROBOT CANTINA === CONGRATULATIONS on 111 videos now.
I have some favorites that I watch on repeat and yes I am a subscriber!
Thank you Jimbo for your dedication to these projects. Showing us all skeptics that small engines can really make cars go. I saw my friends Kubota tractor, and he's got an D1005 in it. I laughed, and I showed him your video. He was pretty impressed.
You have just impressed Westin Champlin by creating "mini-smoke-saturn" :)
If you want serious MPG, pick up a ZE1 engine. And more power. More everything. And they last 500k to 1 million miles easily. Beautifully engineered.
Its been great watching this unfold, can't wait to see the next project start
Badass. Another cool effect of hood dump is; the soot will make any water that lands in the V of the exhaust plume bead off instantly.
Its like ghetto wax 😂
Fun fact, its possible to have larger downpipe and smaller exhaust pipe. At least on a naturally aspirated Honda the downpipe until after the CAT might be 2.25 2.5 or so and the rest of the pipe will be 1.75-2"
This makes sense if you consider the air will get cooler as it travels back and it is less dense nearer the exhaust port or just after a catalyst.
Or they want Cat-Back systems to get all the reasonable (streetable) horsepower available without the need to tamper with the emmissions equipment. 🤷♂️
Its a theory. Obviously you have a turbo. Looking forward to your findings
I'm very excited for the Renault 10 670 swap. The original car had about 40 hp in standard 1.0l engine. I think you could match that with that 670 and a supercharger, or turbo, maybe? Great videos Cantina, great videos. Very fun to watch
I think you can get like 50hp out of those 670s without forced induction
@@bensmith4563 yeah, very interesting engine. Just expensive. These Predator engines don't ship to Europe. We got genuine Hondas for a 1000 bucks and Robin Subarus, Kawasakis. And then Honda clones that gulp oil by the gallon from the start
A diesel converted Saturn rolling coal-never even imagined such a thing.😄