BELT DRIVIN Centrifugal superchargers

[C Rae]

someone may of caught the phrtv show on sunday they went over superchargers and turbos.
the one thing that caught my att: was the Centrifugal supercharger.
looks like a turbo but is belt driven.
i am doing research on it now / waiting for feedback from some different companies so i will keep you guys up to speed.
real forced air induction.
no oil lines to deal with
6 hr install
it's basicly a compressor attached to your air intake line.



[ 02-04-2002: Message edited by: Raerae ]

 

[70]

And is often the considered the worst supercharger you can go with. It combines the down sides of a supercharger as in parasitic drag on the motor with your typical turbo down falls. In that I mean you only get boost high up when the turbine is spinning fast.

But, that's just my opinion, and I think a roots type blower is better.

 

[C Rae]

i thought that roots was a screw type(centrifugal) blower i could be wrong.
do you have a link for info.
like i said i'm doing rescearch.
I NEED INFO

 

[jonlisle20]

ChrisS, never thought of the centrifical supercharger that way. It makes sense though. I guess it depends on a lot of factors. The Vortech Engineering kit (with aftercooler)for the Civic Si is amazing. (270 whp!) My friend has an Si with this kit and he hasn't had any problems. (He already put 25,000 miles on it!) / Raerae, I think the screw type blower and centrifical are two different things. Hey check out www.vortechsuperchargers.com and www.jacksonracing.com for some research info. I hope this helps.

 

[70]

Originally posted by Raerae:
<STRONG>i thought that roots was a screw type(centrifugal) blower i could be wrong.
do you have a link for info.
like i said i'm doing rescearch.
I NEED INFO</STRONG>

JonLisle20 put up the links. The Vortech style supercharger is a centrifigal design. Jackson Racing using Eaton blowers, or roots type blower.

And, I'm sure the Vortech works fine on the Civic. I want more power, but not way up high. I'm sure you can change out the pulley to get the centrifigal charger up to speed at lower rpm but it seems like that might not work as well as it does with a roots type.