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Subject:Re: Supercharged Vanagon
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Tue, 8 Feb 2005 22:26:24 +1300

>Didn't we just go through this?
>
>Cya,
>Robert
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Knight" <vwdormer@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:35 PM
>Subject: Supercharged Vanagon
>
>>Anyone ever seen this or heard of this company? Although I have been
>>thinking about turbo charging lately I found this on a random jaunt
>>through
>>ebay.
>>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7952507807&category=46098
>>
>>Michael Knight
>>'77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde"
>>'85 Vanagon GL, nameless

Indeed. This is snake-oil. You might as well fit your vacuum-cleaner
to your inlet manifold... it will probably work better!

There are no electric superchargers being made. VW commissioned
Mitsubishi to develop one (an electric turbo) in the 90s, but nothing
has come of it.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut

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