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Subject:Re: Electric Supercharger
From:Karl F. Bloss
Date: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 mention that getting
the fuel/air mixture right will now be a nightmare, yada, yada.

There's no simple and cheap way to bolt on more horsepower.

-Karl

> With 67hp I am in that dangeroous mindset "willing to try anything". Do
> you really think this has potential? My westy is air cooled...

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