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Date:         Thu, 20 Jul 2000 10:11:25 -0400
Reply-To:     "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@enter.net>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@enter.net>
Subject:      Re: Electric Supercharger
Comments: To: Christopher Michael Gronski <chrisgronski@hotmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <20000720131153.83747.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Compressing the air a la turbo or superchargers comes at a price.  You will
shorten the life of your already overtaxed engine, not to mention that getting
the fuel/air mixture right will now be a nightmare, yada, yada.


There's no simple and cheap way to bolt on more horsepower.


-Karl


> With 67hp I am in that dangeroous mindset "willing to try anything". Do
> you really think this has potential? My westy is air cooled...


Karl & Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA - '87 Weekender "Bev" - 200K Miles
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