home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!dstos3.dsto.gov.au!myna!pzh
- From: pzh@myna.dsto.gov.au (Paul Heuer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Supercharged vehicles
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.143321.164529@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 20:33:20 GMT
- References: <1992Sep09.220337.4671@lobo.rmhs.colorado.edu> <9209101817.AA07771@wotke.vicor.com>
- Lines: 25
- Nntp-Posting-Host: myna.dsto.gov.au
-
- danapple@vicor.com writes:
-
- < lots of stuff deleted >
-
- >Max, as in Mad Max, had a clutch on his supercharger. The first
-
- That was movie land! The supercharger has two rotors with very small gaps
- between them and the casing walls. If you disengage the drive to the blower
- you will all but stop the flow of fuel and air into the motor. That is one of
- the big drawbacks of supercharging - the blower is always running and taking
- power from the motor. Don't get me wrong, I love the sound of a blown motor
- (V8 preferably), and the blower should last longer than a turbo as it spins at
- about the same speed as the crankshaft and doesn't get as hot.
- Now if the car makers had put the same amount of thought into supercharging that
- they put into turbocharging many of these problems would be solved by now.
-
- Cheers,
- Paul.
-
- Paul Heuer, E-mail : pzh@aeg.dsto.gov.au
- Avionics Engineering Group Phone : +61 8 259 6453
- Aeronautical Research Laboratory FAX : +61 8 259 5507
- Defence Science and Technology Organisation Post : Bld 37 TSAS
- AUSTRALIA PO Box 1550 Salisbury
- South Australia 5108
-