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- From: rrusk@ssd.csd.harris.com (Bob Rusk)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Supercharged vehicles
- Message-ID: <RRUSK.92Sep9151335@rcx1.ssd.csd.harris.com>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 20:13:35 GMT
- References: <1992Sep8.161221.28786@athena.cs.uga.edu>
- <1992Sep8.191953.27701@news.nd.edu> <1992Sep9.160156.7566@ncsu.edu>
- Sender: news@grouper.mkt.csd.harris.com (Network News)
- Reply-To: rrusk@ssd.csd.harris.com
- Distribution: rec.autos, rec.autos.tech, rec.autos.sport
- Organization: Harris Computer Systems Division
- Lines: 20
- In-Reply-To: bcasper@eos.ncsu.edu's message of 9 Sep 92 16:01:56 GMT
-
- On 9 Sep 92 16:01:56 GMT, bcasper@eos.ncsu.edu (BRIAN CASPER) wrote:
-
- >Superchargers were used on WWII airplane engines, so they've been around for
- >a long time... That big blockish thing that you see on top of a top fuel
- >dragster engine is a super charger. They are also commonly referred to as
- >'blowers'. A 'roots' style blower is made of a housing with two interlocking
- >vanes inside. One of these vanes is belt driven by the crankshaft. An end
- >view of a vane would be like three lightbulbs joined at the bottoms to form
- >a three point star with bulbous points - only smaller - about 4-5 inches in
- >diameter. This triangular vane is about 6 inches long (typically... is that
- >what the 6 stands for in a 6-71 GMC blower???)
-
- Actually, the 6-71 stands for the 6 cylinder diesel engine with 71 cu. in.
- per cylinder that the blower was designed for.
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