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Re: This is BS, right?
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:42:04 -0700
...It is NOT a centrifugal supercharger, but > it IS a 'squirrel cage' blower fan. > A centrifugal supercharger is a positive displacement (compressor) air > pump...
Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:00:34 -0500
...Turbocharging is as exactly as you have described the componet , and function. << Superchargers are usually rotary screw or lobe pumps, belt driven. The major...
Re: Water to VR6
Historical mailing list
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:27:50 EST
...http://www.eaton.com/supercharger/index.html Which is about Eaton Superchargers. Now I want one :) Any thoughts? Thanks, Ken Wilford http://www.vanagain...
Re: Supercharger (was: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions)
Historical mailing list - mike miller
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:42:41 -0700
...COM> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 8:14 PM Subject: Re: Supercharger (was: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions) > In a message...
Re: Seeking Advice for Sluggish Performance
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Wed, 1 Aug 2001 16:28:11 -0700
...A normally > aspirated engine is one that does not have a turbo > or supercharger ... patrick, you are absolutely positively 100%correct. that said, a...
Re: Electric Supercharger
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 10:48:21 -0500
...On the downside however, you would have to shut the "supercharger" down before you decided to turn your vehicle off. With air being forced...
Re: Electric supercharger revisited.
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:38:18 -0600
...He probably has zero "superchargers" but will go down to wwgrainger and order the motors and flex tube if he actually happens to sell...
Re: This is BS, right?
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:59:49 -0400
...It is NOT a centrifugal >> > supercharger, >> > but >> > it IS a 'squirrel cage' blower fan. >> > A centrifugal supercharger is a positive displacement (compressor) >> > air >> > pump...
Digest response to Supercharger thread
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:58:06 -0700
The supercharger applications I have seen have a boost knob or lever that controls a by-pass valve, I guess. So, yeah, the supercharger...
Kenne Bell supercharger specs... anyone know?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Tue, 18 May 2010 19:26:48 +1200
I'm looking at a Kenne Bell (rebadged Autorotor) supercharger for my EG33 engine. I cannot find any specifications at all for KBs... it...
Electric supercharger revisited.
Historical mailing list - jimt
Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:28:49 -0700
...He now has 563 (that�s right...563) of the electric supercharger listed. The only thing different in the listings is the name of...
Electric Supercharger
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:53:17 -0500
I got a chuckle out of this. http://tinyurl.com/57mln Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
Re: Electric Supercharger
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 17:22:08 -0700
Entity Andrew Grebneff spoke thus: > diaphragm Can we still say that word? I think Andrew needs probation...
Re: Supercharger
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Mon, 25 Sep 2000 08:30:59 -0400
>Was just looking at this discourse on superchargers/supercharging and it >reminded of asupercharged engine I ran into in my aviation days. It was...
Re: Rust ...
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:16:27 -0700
...The downside to belt driven superchargers vs. exhaust driven turbochargers is fuel economy. It cost power to drive that SC. I have a 2...
Re: Superchargers?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:28:36 -0700
...Some of the Porsche 928 guys (from my Former Life) added superchargers to their rigs and rave about them. I'm going to start...
Re: snake oil VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo ???
Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:57:16 -0500
...snake oil VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo ??? VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-Carriolet-Carrado...
Re: Electric Supercharger
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 19:19:06 -0500
...1300, Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> wrote: > Elctric superchargers ARE theoretically feasible, and VW actually was > contracting Mitsubishi to develop one...
Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] turbocharger versus Kompressor (supercharger)
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 21:50:17 +0200
...I have been tossing around the idea of using a Kompressor > (supercharger) instead of a turbo for a Diesel engine. This basically would > mean...
Re: Electric Supercharger
Historical mailing list - Antaki
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 12:42:01 -0800
...Electric Supercharger Check out his other 41 Auctions for the same item .......... bet E bay just loves him. I didn't see a single...
Re: Found motor for Swap,(reply, 2.0,supercharged)
Historical mailing list - Modl6971
Wed, 6 May 1998 03:17:36 EDT
...That motor ( 2.0 liter) stock is 115 HP, and with a minor chip upgrade, camshaft and/or even a supercharger from Bellevue Motorsports...
Re: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 22:45:02 +1300
a turbo charged or super charged >engine. There's no OR here... a turbo IS a supercharger.
Re: Electric Supercharger
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 08:27:09 -0700
Entity Ken Lewis spoke thus: > I got a chuckle out of this. > > http://tinyurl.com/57mln > Will it work on a diesel? -- Gnarlie
Re: This is BS, right?
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:57:56 -0700
...It is NOT a centrifugal supercharger, > > but > > it IS a 'squirrel cage' blower fan. > > A centrifugal supercharger is a positive displacement (compressor) air > > pump...
Re: Electric supercharger revisited.
Historical mailing list - jimt
Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:29:34 -0700
...He probably has zero > "superchargers" but will go down to wwgrainger and order the motors and > flex tube if he actually happens to sell...
Re: Increasing horsepower
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Fri, 18 Oct 2002 20:42:26 +1300
>Superchargers are normally powered from the main crank (which means >that they add more air in proportion to the engine speed.) In fact most...
Re: Superchargers? - Low Pressure Turbo!
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Fri, 8 Jul 2011 10:46:31 -0400
...Superchargers? Anyone have any experience with superchargers on a VW? Turbochargers get all the ink..everyone talks about Turbo Subies and Bostig transplants. In...
Re: Electric Supercharger
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:11:18 -0500
...Re: [VANAGON] Electric Supercharger > Entity Ken Lewis spoke thus: > > > I got a chuckle out of this. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/57mln > > > > Will it work on...
Re: Electric Supercharger
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 18:32:30 -0500
> No, because the fuel solenoid valve shuts off the fuel. ah ^^;;; didn't know they had such things... i'm not a diesel person...
Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:27:59 -0500
<<A turbo supercharger>> Two different animals, that boost intake pressure's, two different ways. Not to be used in the same sentence.
Re: Electric Supercharger
Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 10:11:25 -0400
Compressing the air a la turbo or superchargers comes at a price. You will shorten the life of your already overtaxed engine, not to...
Re: Superchargers? - Low Pressure Turbo!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 8 Jul 2011 00:19:00 -0700
...Superchargers? Anyone have any experience with superchargers on a VW? Turbochargers get all the ink..everyone talks about Turbo Subies and Bostig transplants. In...
Re: Supercharger (was: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions)
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:13:48 +1300
>You guys are all weird. Very weird. Even for van owners [obligatory van >content] > >Mike You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet!
Re: Superchargers? - Low Pressure Turbo!
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:13:17 -0700
The Paxton supercharger was also available on the 289 CI engine in the Studebaker Daytona. The very conservative Lark body with significant power under...
Re: Electric Supercharger
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:17:43 -0600
...Electric Supercharger > I got a chuckle out of this. > > http://tinyurl.com/57mln > > Ken Lewis > http://neksiwel.20m.com/ > > > -- > No virus found in this...
Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:57:44 -0700
...A turbocharger is a supercharger, however, it gets it name from the fact that it uses a turbine to spin the compressor. The turbine...
Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:48:00 -0500
...like the leaf blower superchargers and the ebay electric supercharger kits(which do work BTW which is how they are still selling, in addition...
Re: Vanagon G60 conversions.
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Sat, 25 Jan 2003 18:22:55 +0000
...Look at a G60 supercharger closely. You >will see that there is a braided stainless steel line that supplies oil to >the supercharger. If...
Re: Superchargers? - Low Pressure Turbo!
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Fri, 8 Jul 2011 02:44:17 -0400
...Superchargers? Anyone have any experience with superchargers on a VW? Turbochargers get all the ink..everyone talks about Turbo Subies and Bostig transplants. In...
Re: Supercharger (was: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions)
Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:25:51 -0500
> << Hey, are you talkin' 'bout my Momma? >> > > Yeah! Yo Momma and yo Momma's Momma. This guy is good! Too bad it's not...
Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:38:05 -0400
...A > turbocharger is a supercharger, however, it gets it name from the > fact that > it uses a turbine to spin the compressor. The turbine...
Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:28:31 -0500
<<OK, I thought that Superchargers were belt-driven (giving immediate boost), while turbochargers are spun by the exhaust stream (hence the turbo lag).>> You...
Re: Electric Supercharger
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:39:44 -0700
...On the downside however, you > would have to shut the "supercharger" down before you decided to turn > your vehicle off. With air being forced...
Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:45:39 -0500
<<TURBO-SUPERCHARGER: Commercial trucks have done this... A supercharger that spools a turbo.>> Actually it's the opposite. Detriot Diesel is just about the...
Re: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions
Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 05:14:59 -0700
...a turbo IS a supercharger. >
Re: Supercharger (was: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions)
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:14:05 +1300
>Andrew, I admit defeat. Mr. Webster's large book supports your deffinition. >Guess I used the commonly understood definition here in the States. >Mark...
Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:16:45 -0400
...TURBO-SUPERCHARGER: Commercial trucks have done this... A supercharger that spools a turbo. Also, I believe Renault or Citroen monkey`d with a turbosupercharger...
Re: Huffer motors..Turbo and SC...
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Wed, 6 Jun 2007 06:42:36 -0700
...Check out this Merc wagon with a turbo and supercharger. http://www.kolumbus.fi/valtonen.motorsport/ Crazy Finns... Casey __________________________________________ '87 300TD intercooler/propane/biodiesel...
Electric Supercharger & Flaming...
Historical mailing list - Antaki
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:45:36 -0700
...Electric Supercharger > > > Just follow me for a second.... > > Auxilliary battery.... well insulated power feeder to the > unit.... wide > open throttle switch activation relay... thermosensitive...
Re: aftermarket turbo/supercharger to deisel?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sun, 11 Feb 2001 11:47:46 -0800
...aftermarket turbo/supercharger to deisel? Was wondering if anyone had looked into adding an aftermarket turbo or supercharger to a stock vanagon diesel? IF...
Turbo Waterboxer was Re: Tough driving in thin air
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Sun, 1 Jul 2001 13:16:09 -0800
...A supercharger installation would be a lot simpler.... Having lived and gone to high school within a few blocks of Paxton, maker of superchargers...
Re: Electric Supercharger
Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:10:53 EDT
Just follow me for a second.... Auxilliary battery.... well insulated power feeder to the unit.... wide open throttle switch activation relay... thermosensitive cutoff switch...
Re: Supercharger (was: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions)
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 23:14:41 EDT
In a message dated 8/14/00 8:12:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time, cstann@home.com writes: << Hey, are you talkin' 'bout my...
Re: Supercharger
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:54:46 -0500
...Angus Gordon wrote: > >Was just looking at this discourse on superchargers/supercharging and it > >reminded of asupercharged engine I ran into in my aviation...
Re: turbo or supercharger addition?
Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
Thu, 15 May 1997 16:17:27 +0000
...coke up the oil; dunno if this is the same for superchargers). I would guess that the wasserboxer cooling system is already taxed and...
Re: G60 Supercharged '90 Vanagon SyncroWesty on ebay...
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sat, 13 Aug 2005 21:22:48 +1200
>IF this is the same Vanagon I saw, the owner at that time said that they had >already been through a couple of superchargers...
Re: Idea I had....
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:55:54 +0100
KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > I have seen a website where they supercharged a 2.1l waterboxer with an Eaton > supercharger and put it in...
Re: Electric Supercharger/Been there, Done that...
Historical mailing list - Beckett Cantrell
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 20:54:52 EDT
Got one. Works as advertised. 3 extra hp@wot. Cost 300.00 with the additional wiring that you need to make it work on...
Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:52:14 -0500
On Sep 28, 2005, at 9:41 AM, ' ' wrote: > > <<A supercharger is geared to the engine's rotating parts, like a > permanently mounted fan...
Corrado Technical Assistance Requested
Historical mailing list
Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:47 -0500 (EST)
...on a VW Corrado? The question relates specifically to the G60 supercharger. Please reply directly to me at my E-Mail address as I...