powercharged rotary
07-06-04, 06:20 PM
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powercharged rotary
hi, this is my first time here. i have told friend of mine that my dad friends has a powercharged dragster with a rotary engine. they dont believe is possible. I dont know anyone else with an engine like his. tell me what all of you think.
isnt that a bower ? yes it is.
isnt that a bower ? yes it is.
07-06-04, 06:30 PM
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That my friend, is a sick setup!!! I bet that thing screams and just makes your ears bleed.. Search on this forum and you'll find a bit more about rotarys and they do put blowers on it, but not usually as big.. Damn!
07-06-04, 07:32 PM
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correct me if im wrong, but a blower mounts directlt t the manifold, like the old muscle cars, and a supercharger is like wat vortech makes. runs off belts, but uses pipes to get it to the intake tract.right?
07-06-04, 08:49 PM
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a blower and a supercharger are the same thing. what your're thinking of is just the difference in the type of supercharger. the one that you're thinking of from vortech is called a centrifugal type... it's belt driven into a reduction box to spin what looks like the compressor side of a really big turbo to make boost. the normal type people see are called the roots type. the benefit of a centrifugal type is the ability to intercool, however i don't believe they can make near the amount of boost of a roots (which put out like 60 pounds on top fuel dragsters). The reason people would supercharge in the first place is because of an instantaneous boost effect, no lag time for spooling like ona turbo car.
superchargers make linear boost amounts where turbos make exponential boost amounts. the only benefit of turbocharging is the ability to fine tune a/f ratios (not much pinging like you'll find in a high boosted supercharged engine) and a more compact desigh
superchargers make linear boost amounts where turbos make exponential boost amounts. the only benefit of turbocharging is the ability to fine tune a/f ratios (not much pinging like you'll find in a high boosted supercharged engine) and a more compact desigh
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Originally posted by kleinke
Technically, a turbocharger is also a type of supercharger.
Technically, a turbocharger is also a type of supercharger.
07-06-04, 10:22 PM
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Originally posted by FB II
sure, if you could control it with a belt.... ????
sure, if you could control it with a belt.... ????
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hahaha... and who's the genius who gave it that technical name? let's say for semantics, a turbocharger uses exhaust pressure to spool boost, and a supercharger uses crank rotation to spool boost.
a turbo-supercharger could be argued to be a centrifugal supercharger, but no pissing contests over something so dumb, please
a turbo-supercharger could be argued to be a centrifugal supercharger, but no pissing contests over something so dumb, please
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Originally posted by jimmyjoejoe
superchargers make linear boost amounts where turbos make exponential boost amounts. the only benefit of turbocharging is the ability to fine tune a/f ratios (not much pinging like you'll find in a high boosted supercharged engine) and a more compact desigh
superchargers make linear boost amounts where turbos make exponential boost amounts. the only benefit of turbocharging is the ability to fine tune a/f ratios (not much pinging like you'll find in a high boosted supercharged engine) and a more compact desigh
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Heres one for ya
here's what one looks like in a 1st gen. My new mod ...hehe. Just went EFI with a mircotec computer and a 7inch camden supercharger
see more on my cardomain page 8....
see more on my cardomain page 8....
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