Date:         Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:13:50 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Superchargers?
Comments: To: "Vanagons and VW Buses (Bays) with VW inline gas engines"
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  Anyone have any experience with superchargers on a VW?  Turbochargers get
all the ink..everyone talks about Turbo Subies and Bostig transplants.

  In many factory vehicles, superchargers are original equipment. VW offers
some factory supercharged models.  Toyota started doing it way back in the
'90s...

 I have seen kits offered for inline VW motors...For example:  Bahn Brenner
(a VW Tuner) offers some stand-alone kits and also upgrades for the G-60
factory supercharged VW.  Their kits are said to up the 1.8 liter
supercharged motors output from 180hp to near 200

For $4k you can get your N.A. Jetta motor making ~180hp and ~200lb/ft of
torque... with a supercharger kit said to bolt on in an  afternoon.

  I am just curious here if anyone has gone that route to more power for a
Vanagon.  It's my understanding that  superchargers work without any "lag"
and they don't involve complex exhaust routing.

  Don Hanson