At 11:11 PM 6/10/97 -0400, Sean Meldrum wrote:
>At 09:08 AM 6/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
[...]
>> Couldn't the intake to the roots be re-routed somehow to blow the
>>air into the same place that the centrifugal would? Or does a roots
>>run off the camshaft or something, as opposed to the belt? (Or is my
>>lack of supercharger knowledge showing through again?) ;)
>
> I don't *think* so. A roots blower installs, with its base, in place of
>your intake manifold. I've seen some dual roots setups with 2 of 'em
>tilted on there sides but never a "remote" mounting. They're belt driven
>like the centrifugal types.
Hmmm... Well, here I go showing my limited knowledge again, but... :)
My understanding is that a supercharger's basic function is to cram
air into the engine which somehow speeds up combustion, which gives more
power. (More oxygen molecules per volume?) (Insert "Arrh, arrh, arrh"
here.)
;)
Couldn't a bracket be manufactured which would sit on top of the engine
and "suspend" the roots over it? Then, a hose (or hoses) could be attached
to the roots and directed into the engine (to the same place where a
centrifugal supercharger would send its air). The roots would still be
driven by a belt. So, basically what you do is have an external supercharger,
the same as the centrifugal, but it happens to be a roots. You'd still
have to figure out how to lubricate the supercharger. Would something
like this work, or am I way out in la-la land?
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