chunkymunky

New Member

• Dec 24, 2011

• #41

call me dense, but

i know roughly have a turbo works, but a supercharger? and overdrive?

benefits? I recall the ford gt having a supercharger and 2 massive t5 turbos. Am i right in thinking that the supercharger works off belt with similar spool to turbo only it drags air in? so if you were to use a small supercharger to effectively boost to twin turbos the effect would be..

a. ****load of power and ability to run much larger turbos
b. an engine in pieces rapidly
c.just wouldnt happen in the first place

?

 

discomikey

New Member

• Dec 24, 2011

• #42

theres not much point in having a much larger compressor housing than standard, as the engines can only take 18psi boost max, but what you want is a constant 18psi

hence a second smaller turbo, plus the larger compressor would need more power to spool it up so you get more lag. the thng which youre trying to eliminate.

 

Shifty1962

Well-Known Member

• Dec 24, 2011

• #43

Supercharger is belt driven or some exotic ones are electric. No lag as boosts all the time. Trade off is that they sap engine power to drive them.

 

discomikey

New Member

• Dec 24, 2011

• #44

ive never been a fan of the electric ones, never experienced them but they just dont really look very effective, sort of cheap looking.

 

chunkymunky

New Member

• Dec 24, 2011

• #45

There's some pretty awesome superchargers out there!