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Well I was considering using a simple cable drive to sync the two variable vane bellcrank arms on the GT1749V's and then driving that cable with a linear actuator, but that linear actuator would be driven by a multi-axis map using RPM/Load/Boost, maybe even shaft speed. This could control the system to reduce pumping loss and literally target the compressor island peak as well. If you had a system that could have a four or five axis map (think a map inside of each of the cells of a map inside of each of the cells of a map) and then could write an algorithm to collect data during driving in order to control targeting, you'd have a pretty badass system overall. Between John and I and our two consulting electrical/firmware engineers, we talk about crap like this all the time, but they're both busy working for supercar manufacturers and consumer electronics manufacturers and we're busy making...exhausts. I love what pays the bills and I know we make some of the best performing and sounding exhaust systems out there, but I just wish we had all of the time in the world to play with things like this and bring them to functional prototypes. It's unfortunate that niche corners of the market rarely get the time and effort invested to bring these wild ideas to market. This is exactly why I love automotive engineering and performance product design - the sky is the limit for novel ideas that would work. It's really sad to see that most of the wild ideas discussed in the literature (SAE Papers, etc) are written by students and instructors at engineering schools. They're the only ones who seem to have time to expend on these things.
Boo!
Jason
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