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Date:         Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:55:35 -0400
Reply-To:     Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Huffer motors..Turbo and SC...
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
In-Reply-To:  <1180729386.4660802a0a7d1@www.stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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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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