

| 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 HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE
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