I would hate to be the one installing the clutch each time it breaks. (From my experience with a supercharger installation on a Honda Prelude) That seems like more complexity than necessary. (my $.02 worth) Sudhir On 6/1/07, Jim Akiba <syncrolist@bostig.com> wrote: > Either that, or he's ahead of the curve... clutch driven blowers have been > popping up in articles recently. > > Jim Akiba > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sudhir Desai [mailto:sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM] > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 6:56 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Huffer motors..Turbo and SC... > > Maybe he's talking about superchargers with a bypass valve that is not > vacuum operated? > > Sudhir > > On 6/1/07, Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> wrote: > > ..Has anyone considered supercharging for the Vanagon? > > > > Yes. I have seen many postings on exhaust-driven superchargers (turbos). > > > > > It's also my understanding that the boost from a supercharger can be > > > 'dialed' to the desired level, right from a dash knob...So if you are > > > just donking down a flat road in no particular hurry, you can use Zero > > > boost but if you need some power, you just dial it up a bit and cram > > > more air/fuel mixture into the cylinders... > > > > Don't think so. The speed of a belt-driven supercharger (and hence the > > boost) is set by the diameters of the drive & driven pulleys. > > > |
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