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Can you put a blower on a rotary?

Old 09-02-06, 09:27 PM
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Can you put a blower on a rotary?

Do they make any practical superchargers for rotaries? I think it would pwn on a rotary, talk about acceleration =)
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Camdem s/c.
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Old 09-04-06, 01:21 AM
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Mazdatrix did this. They put a Supercharger on a 3 rotor and got it to run low 10's. That thing sounded crazy *** hell.
They are selling the car by the way.
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ya but why? low end torque? id rather have a turbo, more efficient
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Atkins sells the camden 'charger kit mentioned earlier. It doesn't provide a large boost in top end, but adds lots of low-mid range torque. So its great for a street/auto-x car, but not so much for a track car.
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A modern screw-type blower is a great idea. Roots is idiotic. A little research on the efficiencies of both will explain why.
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what about the new 2 speed chargers? i read about them on an automotive blog a while back.

(also, shouldn't this be in the performance section of the forum?)
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I guess this wouldn't be practical...
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...552f6edcf6.htm
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Originally Posted by Jaime Enriquez
I guess this wouldn't be practical...
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...552f6edcf6.htm
Wow, that thing MUST be a beast.
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Originally Posted by Jaime Enriquez
I guess this wouldn't be practical...
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...552f6edcf6.htm
Plenty practical, just leaving 10-15% of their HP on the table with a roots setup as opposed to a lysholm style screwcharger.
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ever thought about centrifical?..maybe the s/c from a old mustang procharger or vortec s/c..i bet that would be wild
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if you're going centrifugal, you might as well go turbo.
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