Posts Tagged ‘ pressure ratio ’

A snapshot of Lysholm Autorotor Superchargers

August 13, 2009
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A snapshot of Lysholm Autorotor Superchargers

Tweet The Lysholm / Autorotor Supercharger is a unique and very practical chager. The unit is a great compromize between a positive displacement supercharger (that creates boost pressure by over pumping and over feeding the engine with air) and a compressor (similar to a turbocharger) that compresses the air inside the supercharger housing before sending...

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A snap shot of Eaton’s superchargers

May 1, 2009
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A snap shot of Eaton’s superchargers

Tweet This is the first in a series of ‘snapshots’ of a manufacturer’s superchargers that I plan on posting every so often. As you can see it’s written in simple English (in horsepower and boost) and is an easy way for people that don’t know how to read a compressor map to get a...

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Twincharged : Combining supercharger performance with turbocharger goodness

April 19, 2009
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Twincharged : Combining supercharger performance with turbocharger goodness

Tweet   Our last articles about combining supercharger performance with turbocharger top end seems to have found some online appreciation. So, I’ve decided to write up a step by step on how to do the math for twin-charging your own car. I’m going to start with a typical compact car engine, such as the...

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