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- From: rodder@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Jon D. Rodder)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Supercharged vehicles
- Message-ID: <79618@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 01:59:50 GMT
- References: <1992Sep09.220337.4671@lobo.rmhs.colorado.edu> <9209101817.AA07771@wotke.vicor.com>
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- In article <9209101817.AA07771@wotke.vicor.com> danapple@vicor.com writes:
- >
- >> seanr@lobo.rmhs.colorado.edu (Sean Reifschneider) writes:
- >> In article <1992Sep8.161221.28786@athena.cs.uga.edu> dug@athena.cs.uga.edu (D
- >> ouglas Brown) writes:
- >> Since a Turbo runs off of the exhaust, it's esentially running off of waste
- >> energy.
- >Not entirely true. That pressure is created by the pistons pushing
- >the exhaust gasses out of the cylinders. So having more backpressure
- >is going to cause more resistance to the motion of the pistons on the
- >exhaust stroke.
- >Unless, of course, the turbo runs off the *heat* of the exhaust. Does
- >it?
-
- Yes, the majority of the energy absorbed by the turbo charger comes
- from the heat of the exhaust.
-
- >> I always
- >> thought they should use a clutch on it so that when you don't want it on,
- >> it isn't. Otjust have the clutch engage when the throttle is open a
- >> cartain percent...
- >> Would an electronic clutch work for this?
-
- No, turbochargers do not use clutches.
-
- >Max, as in Mad Max, had a clutch on his supercharger. The first
- >generation MR2 used a magnet clutch to allow the drive to choose
- >whether the supercharger was in use or not. I *assume* this magnet
- >clutch was just a heavier duty version of an A/C compressor clutch.
-
- Mad Max's 6-71 didn't have any rotors inside of it. It was just for
- looks, not functional. To use a clutch with a roots type supercharger
- as on the MR-2, you need an additional component--a supercharger bypass.
- Since the supercharger isn't spinning, no air can flow through it.
- I'm not sure what the MR2's bypass looks like, but it must be fairly
- hefty. Another option is to do what buick does on the supercharged
- 3.8l v-6, and leave the supercharger turning all the time and just
- open the bypass when boost is not desired. This requires a much
- smaller bypass circuit than the clutched supercharger system requires.
- Also, its very debatable as to whether the losses of spinning a supercharger
- that isn't producing boost are very significant.
-
- >> Sean
- >Daniel I. Applebaum | danapple@vicor.com | 1986 Celica Supra "NVR DNF"
-
-
- --
- Jon D. Rodder
- rodder@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
-
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