the detroit diesel blower of what you speak are also
fed by turbo's that is 1-4 turbo's are blowing into
the intake of the blower and i belive that they would
be to big and heavy for a v6 way to big and way to
heavy
Frank
94 3.9 sport
--- "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@texas.net> wrote:
>
> Who said anything about a specific supercharger.
> 8-71 and 10-71 blowers are
> very capable of 12+ psi. Look at it this way...you
> run close to 1/3 more
> boost on a turbo just to get the same HP out of a
> blower. Is a turbo
> capable of more boost...never said it wasn't. Which
> makes more
> power...supercharger.
>
> A minimum 5-10HP loss from a pulley...hehehe...who
> cares. The 5-10HP you
> loose from a pulley is easily made up for with a
> proper intake system, or
> exhaust system, or mild porting, etc. As for the
> turbo, heat is a big
> factor on HP loss...more than 5HP. Cram twin turbos
> into an engine
> compartment that wasn't designed for it and you've
> now got a cooling
> problem. But again, with more boost...you can make
> up for the minimal loss.
> (Heat wise...well, that's another issue with the
> engine oil with turbo's are
> known for burning up prematurely.)
>
> Cost wise, Blower's are still more "cost effective".
>
> $0.02
>
> - Bernd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: Re: Re: Twin Turbo Group Buy?
>
>
> whaaaat you think a supercharger makes more power
> than
> a turbo ...( smoke is taking it's toll ) now back to
> reality the cost of a turbo kit if there was one
> would
> be half of a superchargers and you would never be
> sitting on the side of the road with a broken belt .
> also what is the max boost you could get out of a
> supercharger 5...9...15 and really be pushing it i
> had
> a ford turbo coupe and i belive that the waste gate
> starts opening at 17psi and that is a stock motor
> with
> factory settings so with a street/strip set up you
> could get away with 20 easy ...... ok lets see a
> paxton of a vortec do that ....... and if you want
> to
> get tech and all that supercharger is also robbing
> at
> least 5hp just from running off a pully ... where a
> turbo uses that exaust that you normally just blow
> out
> the tailpipe to spinn the compressor this = no hp
> loss
>
> Frank
> 94 3.9 sport
>
>
>
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