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Mini Supercharger
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:39 pm
by alex
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
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:48 pm
by stevieturbo
The Mini guys sell them cheap, as they are a tad small for a 1.6. They upgrade them quite a lot.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:22 pm
by ChrisJC
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.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:23 pm
by alex
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
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:40 pm
by sidecar
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
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:42 pm
by alex
Take a look at this link its no joke.
http://mustangforums.com/m_1920745/tm.htm
Alex.