Supercharger on eBay...............

[DamianURS4]

Would the introduction of :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDI-80-90-100...#ht_1563wt_905

improve my engines performance - there is much talk about these superchargers - and I am wondering if this is a worthwhile addition?

[Jonnybravo]

I would definitely say no to that !

[sam80quattro]

the vauxhall must be a beast now turbo'd and supercharged....on another note it looks like a giant hks ssqv dumpvalve lol
but realistically, NO

[DamianURS4]

excuse my ignorance - but why is it a NO - I don't know much about superchargers other than they saved Mad Max on more than one occasion!

[Dan]

A regular supercharger is just like a turbo, but instead of a hotside, it's turned directly by the engine. Tends to give more low-down boost than a turbo, but less top end.

These things however are electrically powered. Now, while there's nothing that says an electric supercharger can't work in theory, any that I've seen have generated about 1PSI boost...

I think they've been mentioned on here in the past and debunked every time.

[Jonnybravo]

This is a supercharger !



I'm not sure what gains you would get from the one on ebay, anything electric would be very unlikely to be able to create enough flow, the one on my friends Camaro uses approx 300-400hp to turn it alone.

Compound charging has been done for years, the original Lancia Group B car ran a turbo and a supercharger but its a very complex setup, I think I posted some result from Simon Norris a while back where he has used a large GT45 turbo on a supercharged Evo engine with staggering results.

On a smaller scale have a look at the new 1400 VW engine, thats a very impressive bit of kit but again to develop your own version would cost fortunes

[Dan]

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46498&highlight=supercharger

^^

[DamianURS4]

thanks for the information.....

[s2_wot]

@ OP, look at the clueless idiot that started the thread linked above

[Dan]

@ OP, look at the clueless idiot that started the thread linked above

Yeah, what a gimp.

[DamianURS4]

hahahahaha - we are related by our stupidity! ;-)

[s2_wot]

Yeah, what a gimp.

hahahahaha - we are related by our stupidity! ;-)

As soon as I saw this thread this morning I knew someone would dig up that old gem...

[Kieron20V]

Comes with a 5 amp fuse for the blower motor...... thats a max power rating for the fan motor of 60w, thats not going to move much air at all. A real belt driven supercharger uses at least 5% of the engines power.


They still sell though, plenty of mugs out there.

[Ducky]

Fitted one on my car and....

[Gompa]

Fitted one on my car and....

it shorted out and burned your car to the ground? sounds like a health and safety nightmare!