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Re: Major Armchair engineering A SuperCharged Roadster??

To: mikekerr@innercite.com, toplessdatsun@ga.prestige.net,
Subject: Re: Major Armchair engineering A SuperCharged Roadster??
From: "David A. Fox" <dafox1@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 15:55:06 EDT
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Mike Kerr" <mikekerr@innercite.com>
Reply-To: "Mike Kerr" <mikekerr@innercite.com>
To: "Jim Tyler" <toplessdatsun@ga.prestige.net>,        "Roadster List" 
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Major Armchair engineering A SuperCharged Roadster??
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 10:29:20 -0700

"a super charger though will suck up some of that HP to drive it , that is 
why turbos are better they run off of wasted exhaust gas heat. 50% of the 
heat energy created in a engine is pumped out the exhaust pipe."

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Keep in mind though that Supercharging provides instantaneous response while 
with most Turbos there is some amount of lag.  Thus, the Supercharger 
application in Drag Racing.

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Blue Skies & Calm Waters,
DAFox [SRL311-04646]
Oviedo, Florida
dafox1@hotmail.com


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