Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site aesat.UUCP Path: utzoo!aesat!hal From: hal@aesat.UUCP (Hal Patnaik) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Superchargers vs. Turbochargers Message-ID: <242@aesat.UUCP> Date: Sun, 7-Oct-84 14:53:54 EDT Article-I.D.: aesat.242 Posted: Sun Oct 7 14:53:54 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Oct-84 15:11:31 EDT Organization: AES Data Inc., Mississauga Ont., Canada Lines: 27 Thanx for all the replies I got answering my question. Now, here's another one: I seem to remember awhile back some discussion about some movie named "Mad Max" and how there was some way of switching on and off the supercharger in one of the cars. The next few days we were deluged with people flaming one another saying that it could not be done, etc. Now, the idea that I have has its faults, but seems fairly simple: (assuming that my information on superchargers is correct.) If superchargers are anything like turbo's in the fact that they have some kind of a wastegate, why not make it an electronic wastegate and have a switch in the car which would force it open, and bring pressure back down to 0. This would not totally remove the supercharger, and it would drag some power off the car, but I dont think that it would be much worse than the compressor for your air conditioner. How does that sound? Hal Patnaik {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!aesat!hal AES DATA, Inc. Bus: (416) 821-9190 x. 364 1900 Minnesota Crt. Home: (416) 844-1607 Mississauga, Ont. CANADA