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| | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 78 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 78 | I have a 2001 chevy pickup with the 4.8 V8. I need more power. I want a supercharger, however I do drive this thing in the winter so I want to be able to still get around(2wd). I had this crazy idea of having a centrifugal supercharger, but on an electric clutch, like an a/c compressor, so I could turn it on and off at will. Comments? (Sorry if this is post-'72)
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Rollin' Hard
1946 Chevy 1/2 ton
1959 Phord 1/2 ton
2001 Chevy 1/2 ton
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 38 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 38 | Jeff,
If you put a centrifugal blower on the engine you won't need a clutch. Like a turbo these blowers have a spool up and DO NOT start making boost off idle. My SEC is quicker from a dead stop with out the blower to about 40 MPH. A positive displacement blower like a Whipple is where the blower makes gobs of torque right off idle. A Vortec with a bypass valve is sucking air until the boost pressure closes the bypass valve. I don't have a bypass valve on my SEC yet so I still have the lag like a turbo set up. A blower is one of the best horsepower gains you can make dollar for dollar and installed right the blower will not harm the engine.
Steve Lemberg
1936 Chevrolet 1 1/2 ton truck
1970 Mercedes 280SE 3.5 coupe
1987 Mercedes 560SEC supercharged
1989 Mercedes 300CE 5.0 M119
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