For our sixth class Jal and I decided we would be far more productive at home so we did not come into class with the plan of seeing our technical advisor on thursday. We worked on our presentation for next weeks class, trying to gather information to try and see whether or not this idea of ours would actually work.
With the brief amounts of information we have gathered so far I am somewhat skeptical of our project simply because it seems as though the exhaust pressures achieved would be far to great and the variety among manufacturers makes it hard to set a safe point. Or a point where all engines benefit from the exhaust brake without issues occurring.
I feel that with New Zealands small motor fleet our exhaust brake may not be effective enough to be viable. Other retro fit kits out there are used on large diesel motors which are 3 litres and greater in capacity with atleast 6 cylinders. In New Zealand we have many 2 litre 4 cylinder diesel engines, so is there going to be enough exhaust pressure created? It is something we will have to investigate.
As for the progress of our first presentation I felt as if we didnt have much and I would have loved to have solid works on my computer so is that I can start conceptualizing ideas for how our exhaust brake will look. For now I added in a very simple sketch on how it will look, but will most likely evolve significantly from my first primitave sketches.
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