That doesn't matter. Unreliability and complexity are not usually concerns
for certain groups of engineers.. I'll give you one guess as to who was
looking at them.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sudhir Desai [mailto:sudhir.desai@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 11:18 AM
To: Jim Akiba
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Huffer motors..Turbo and SC...

I would hate to be the one installing the clutch each time it breaks.
(From my experience with a supercharger installation on a Honda
Prelude) That seems like more complexity than necessary. (my $.02
worth)

Sudhir

On 6/1/07, Jim Akiba <syncrolist@bostig.com> wrote:
> Either that, or he's ahead of the curve... clutch driven blowers have been
> popping up in articles recently.
>
> Jim Akiba
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sudhir Desai [mailto:sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 6:56 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Huffer motors..Turbo and SC...
>
> Maybe he's talking about superchargers with a bypass valve that is not
> vacuum operated?
>
> Sudhir
>
> On 6/1/07, Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
> > ..Has anyone considered supercharging for the Vanagon?
> >
> > Yes. I have seen many postings on exhaust-driven superchargers (turbos).
> >
> > >   It's also my understanding that the boost from a supercharger can be
> > > 'dialed' to the desired level, right from a dash knob...So if you are
> > > just donking down a flat road in no particular hurry, you can use Zero
> > > boost but if you need some power, you just dial it up a bit and cram
> > > more air/fuel mixture into the cylinders...
> >
> > Don't think so. The speed of a belt-driven supercharger (and hence the
> > boost) is set by the diameters of the drive & driven pulleys.
> >
>