[merc50]

Ok....here is a question for those of you who are car guru's.

Why isn't it possible to have a supercharger on your car with a clutch that you can engage or engages similar to th A/C?

Remember the car from Mad Max? His car had a blower on it and when he hit the button, that sucker wound up fast and bamm!!!! Boost from hell.

I have heard that there are systems like this..but I don't know who makes them.

I want one...that would be way cool to have...kinda like hitting the NOS button.

Could someone take off the pulley of any cetrifugal SC and replace it with a clutch assembly and wire it up to either come on at a certain rpm, WOT, or have it controled via a arm and boost switch like NOS. If so...how? What do you guys and gals think?

Any insight to this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
John

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: DarkJedi67 on 2002-03-09 02:38 ]</font>

 

[01GTB]

You'll probably hear a lot of people say it can't be done. It can be and has been done before. Look to the 'Super Stallion' prototype Ford built. Not positive, but I believe it used an electromagnetic clutch on it's supercharger. I believe the car was in magazines about 4 years ago.

The problems I see with the system, are intake airflow when the blower is off and fuel management. But if that's your thing, by all means, research it :smile:

 

[merc50]

Thanks 01GTB,

I did a search on the Super Stallion. I want one...LOL From what I read the Super Stallion had a Garrett 2.1L roots style blower that was operated by a hydro-electric clutch that could be turned on and off...and in the article I read...they even refered to the "Mad Max" movie...:smile:

I am assuming they used a hydro-electric clutch to reduce the HP loss that they would have got from a electro-magnetic clutch like the ones on the A/C.

Now...you said that there would be air intake issues and fuel management problems...can you elaborate on this? Cause, from what I can tell, the air flow could be fixed by using a diverter valve that would bypass the blower and be similar to a stock setup, but when you engauged the clutch, the valve would close and air intake would route to the blower. Now...why would there be a fuel mixture problem? Wouldn't the MAF adjust for this?

Last thing...why couldn't you just snag a clutch off an A/C since the clucth is designed for high rpm and adapt it to whatever supercharger pulley shaft you are using, run it to a switch inside the car...and viola...MAD MAX!!!!!

AM I crazy...or am I a visionary?....LOL The verdict is still out.

Inputs?...good or bad accepted.

John

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[Nasty Bob]

I don't know if any of you are aware the Mad Max Falcon only had a fake blower.

Here's a website that'll explain it.

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3423/

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: 1NastyFordGT on 2002-03-09 21:35 ]</font>

 

[99 CVPI]

FYI - This is from an article in Super Ford magazine March 1998, Pages 28-31:
"Definitely unique is a hydraulic clutch on the blower's drive pulley, which allows switching the blower on for performance or off for fuel economy."

Also, got the link to the above article from the following SVE Super Stallion Specifications: http://www.promustangs.com/concept4.html

 

[rancorkeeper]

In high school, a friend & I "designed" a lever operated clutch that engaged the blower belt when in the forward position. The idea was to be able to disengage the blower for fuel conservation. Someone's older brother had an 8-71 sitting around & we were gonna bolt it up to the 350 in a buddy's Malibu. Sadly, we never got around to it. My friend is now an engineer with Ford. Funny how things all work out.