Mini Supercharger

alex · Post by **alex** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:39 pm

Hi all.
Been offered a supercharger from a new style mini.
What type is it?
Is it to small to do any good on a 3.9?
Thanks
Alex

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:48 pm

The Mini guys sell them cheap, as they are a tad small for a 1.6. They upgrade them quite a lot.

ChrisJC · Post by **ChrisJC** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:22 pm

stevieturbo wrote:The Mini guys sell them cheap, as they are a tad small for a 1.6. They upgrade them quite a lot.

2 of them might be OK though.....

Chris.

alex · Post by **alex** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:23 pm

Thanks.
I thought it would be a bit small, I wont chase it up then.
If you used two of them wouldnt the losses in turning them over be bigger than the gains in power?
I mean the blower uses power that would otherwise be at the wheels, twin turbos are effectively spun up for free from the waste?
What do you think?
May keep a passing eye out for a jag type unit though.
Alex

sidecar · Post by **sidecar** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:40 pm

alex wrote:Thanks.
I thought it would be a bit small, I wont chase it up then.
If you used two of them wouldnt the losses in turning them over be bigger than the gains in power?
I mean the blower uses power that would otherwise be at the wheels, twin turbos are effectively spun up for free from the waste?
What do you think?
May keep a passing eye out for a jag type unit though.
Alex

As long as the blower consumes less power than it adds to the total BHP then you could use as many as you like.

Turbos aren't totally free BHP as they create back pressure as far as the pistons are concerned.

I suspect that the "use 2" reply was actually ment as a joke!

Pete

alex · Post by **alex** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:42 pm

Take a look at this link its no joke.
http://mustangforums.com/m_1920745/tm.htm

Alex.