AC with forced induction
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AC with forced induction
The guys with turbo's, so sam, jeff, FTO_ADZ and anyone else, do you guys still have the air con in your cars (working or not) or have you got rid of it.
I just want to know, because me and couple of mate have been talking today about boosting my GPX, one thing that came up was supercharging it with a centrifugal supercharger, I know space is a problem but maybe removing the AC compressior and bolt the supercharger in its spot and also removing the thermo fans and putting slim ones in for more space.
Also some of the positive things on supercharging is that we have decided to use a Raptor supercharger which has its own oil, meaning that it doesn't need to tap into the engines oil supply like a turbo or even a Vortech supercharger, so I don't have to worry as much about spinning a big end bearing due to oil starvation as I have a MIVEC engine,
I get to keep my extractor and don't really have to mod the exhaust, but I probably will end up doing it, don't have to run the exhaust into to engine bay to the turbo so this will keep the engine bay temp low and of course hardly any lag if any.
But I don't no if I want to loose the AC as it get pretty hot where I live in summer, so if the guys with turbo's don't have AC I might aswell try supercharging to be a little different, but I don't know I could probably just turbo and keep the AC if it can be kept.
I just want to know, because me and couple of mate have been talking today about boosting my GPX, one thing that came up was supercharging it with a centrifugal supercharger, I know space is a problem but maybe removing the AC compressior and bolt the supercharger in its spot and also removing the thermo fans and putting slim ones in for more space.
Also some of the positive things on supercharging is that we have decided to use a Raptor supercharger which has its own oil, meaning that it doesn't need to tap into the engines oil supply like a turbo or even a Vortech supercharger, so I don't have to worry as much about spinning a big end bearing due to oil starvation as I have a MIVEC engine,
I get to keep my extractor and don't really have to mod the exhaust, but I probably will end up doing it, don't have to run the exhaust into to engine bay to the turbo so this will keep the engine bay temp low and of course hardly any lag if any.
But I don't no if I want to loose the AC as it get pretty hot where I live in summer, so if the guys with turbo's don't have AC I might aswell try supercharging to be a little different, but I don't know I could probably just turbo and keep the AC if it can be kept.
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Yes and there are lots of thread on this already. Our Mr Presidentay had been working on his for a *cough* *cough* while noweThix wrote:Super charging? can that be done? has it been done?
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Bennoz is working on a supercharged GR project, the supercharger he is using is a positive displacement, the one I am looking at is centrifugal, only problem with supercharging is there is hardly any space in the engine bay of the FTO and the supercharger must be able to be in reach of the belts to be driven, the best spot I can think of is getting rid of the AC compressor and put the supercharger there.
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Nothing sticks out of the bonnet with a centrifugal supercharger, its basically a belt driven turbo, right now my FTO is just a weekender, only drive it on a weekend or if a cruise is on during the week and sometimes if I need to get a pizza or milkmr-charisma wrote:Theres no way I'd be removing the air con from my car, can't live without it .... whats the legality of having bits coming out the top of the bonnet? Are you planning on doing this for a race car or street?
My daily driver is a 93 subaru liberty, its got no air con because there is a hole in the evaporator and don't want to spend the money to fix it, so I guess it won't hurt as much removing the air con from my fto, I guess I could make some money by sell the parts.
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Here is another setup, this is a vortech supercharger which is centrifugal same as the raptor, I think this is on a mitsubishi eclipse, insted of having it next to the belts, they got the supercharger on the other side of the engine and have a long extension connecting it to the belts, but from looking at the FTO's engine I think the rocker covers are a bit bigger so an extension might be hard to fit without modifying the bonnet.
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Yeah... My aircon was removed... a lot of it is still there, but the condensor gave way for the intercooler...
And it i am correct i thought superchargers didnt need intercoolers..
Turbo chargers need them because the Hot turbo (Hot from exhaust gasses) heats the air which is bad...
Supercharge is belt driven, not exhaust driven so in theory air should be fine...
That looks like an interesting setup...
I only turbo'd mine for the Psshhh noise... lol..
It just has added bonuses like blowing off Skylines and HSV's
And it i am correct i thought superchargers didnt need intercoolers..
Turbo chargers need them because the Hot turbo (Hot from exhaust gasses) heats the air which is bad...
Supercharge is belt driven, not exhaust driven so in theory air should be fine...
That looks like an interesting setup...
I only turbo'd mine for the Psshhh noise... lol..
It just has added bonuses like blowing off Skylines and HSV's
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My Supercharge car have a decent size factory intercooler, its larger then the one you get on the Mazda MX5 SP. All the new supercharged car i've seen are now comes with a decent size intercooler.FtoSam wrote: And it i am correct i thought superchargers didnt need intercoolers..
Turbo chargers need them because the Hot turbo (Hot from exhaust gasses) heats the air which is bad...
Supercharge is belt driven, not exhaust driven so in theory air should be fine...
Yes it is eheheFtoSam wrote:And that looks like a blow off valve on that... Confused
Or is it?
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Okay... this proves how noob i am with super/turbo
Why intercool a Supercharger setup?
Why have a BOV on it?
My thoughts were a BOV released the pressure out of the intake pipe between the Turbo and the Intake so as to prevent the Air rusing backwards and slowing the spool of the turbo....
So confused... Bloody Superchargers...
Why intercool a Supercharger setup?
Why have a BOV on it?
My thoughts were a BOV released the pressure out of the intake pipe between the Turbo and the Intake so as to prevent the Air rusing backwards and slowing the spool of the turbo....
So confused... Bloody Superchargers...
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its intercooled becaused a supercharger compresses air just like a turbo.. when air is compressed it creates heat... and that reduces the density of the airFtoSam wrote:Okay... this proves how noob i am with super/turbo
Why intercool a Supercharger setup?
Why have a BOV on it?
My thoughts were a BOV released the pressure out of the intake pipe between the Turbo and the Intake so as to prevent the Air rusing backwards and slowing the spool of the turbo....
So confused... Bloody Superchargers...
the bov in this sent up releases the pressure out of the intake pipe between the supercharger and the intake, to prevent air rushing backwards and pushing the against the blades of the supercharger against the way the belt is driving it... or it will kinda crash like this
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Whats the rego of those Galants? Lets go "shopping" LOLBennoz wrote:
I've seen a few of those centrifugal setups on Galants before, I would like to have gone that way, but those blowers are mega expensive ($3k) - and I couldn't find any suitable second hand ones on the market.
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