Supercharger........

[Wayne]

volvo, saab and porsche all had kjet turbo engines, i suppose they just made the flap stiffer 

They also had a very early / primitive form of knock control.

[LazyLunatic]

apparently also used in VW, Merc, Ferrari and Ford!

[Wayne]

apparently also used in VW, Merc, Ferrari and Ford!

Yes they did but k jet does not work very well with a turbo or supercharger, you need a knock sensor for safety and also some form of boost control.


K-Jetronic (1973–1988)Mechanical fuel injection. The 'K' stands for German: "Kontinuierlich", meaning continuous. This is different from pulsed injection systems, in that the fuel flows continuously from all injectors, whilst the fuel pump pressurises the fuel up to approximately 5 bar (72.5 psi). The air that is taken in is also weighed - to determine the amount of fuel to inject. Commonly called 'Continuous Injection System' (CIS) in the USA. This system has no lambda loop or lambda control. K-Jetronic debuted in the 1973.5 Porsche 911T, and was later installed into a number of Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen Group, Ferrari, BMW, Volvo, Saab and Ford automobiles.

[LazyLunatic]

apparently also used in VW, Merc, Ferrari and Ford!

Yes they did but k jet does not work very well with a turbo or supercharger, you need a knock sensor for safety and also some form of boost control.


K-Jetronic (1973–1988)Mechanical fuel injection. The 'K' stands for German: "Kontinuierlich", meaning continuous. This is different from pulsed injection systems, in that the fuel flows continuously from all injectors, whilst the fuel pump pressurises the fuel up to approximately 5 bar (72.5 psi). The air that is taken in is also weighed - to determine the amount of fuel to inject. Commonly called 'Continuous Injection System' (CIS) in the USA. This system has no lambda loop or lambda control. K-Jetronic debuted in the 1973.5 Porsche 911T, and was later installed into a number of Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen Group, Ferrari, BMW, Volvo, Saab and Ford automobiles.

Thats it! Wikipedia

this is true, if it was any good, all those company's would use it today.

[Wayne]

apparently also used in VW, Merc, Ferrari and Ford!

Yes they did but k jet does not work very well with a turbo or supercharger, you need a knock sensor for safety and also some form of boost control.


K-Jetronic (1973–1988)Mechanical fuel injection. The 'K' stands for German: "Kontinuierlich", meaning continuous. This is different from pulsed injection systems, in that the fuel flows continuously from all injectors, whilst the fuel pump pressurises the fuel up to approximately 5 bar (72.5 psi). The air that is taken in is also weighed - to determine the amount of fuel to inject. Commonly called 'Continuous Injection System' (CIS) in the USA. This system has no lambda loop or lambda control. K-Jetronic debuted in the 1973.5 Porsche 911T, and was later installed into a number of Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen Group, Ferrari, BMW, Volvo, Saab and Ford automobiles.

Thats it! Wikipedia

this is true, if it was any good, all those company's would use it today.

K jet was ok for the time but things have moved on.

[danny_p]

1.6 will take boost

1.6 will take supriseing amount of boost

1.6 easy boost


easy oldskool  way is to,  strap the airflow assister straight ontop of the inlet manifold and strap a webber to the intake of the charger.

it'll do about 150 bhp before it goes bang

[emery1990]

Is much easier to supercharge and engine rather than turbo it?

[Wayne]

Is much easier to supercharge and engine rather than turbo it?

Not really.

[danny_p]

imo it massivly depends on the engine really.

some lend themselves to supercharging some lend themselves to turbo, on other ether is a battel

[Rmachines]

The old RS turbo escorts had K-jet and were turbo, but..  Rarther than K-Jetronic, it was KE-Jetronic,  it was still mechanical injection but was helped along with an electronic igntion system.  But none the less it did use a flappy flap meter, lol all be it upside down, So yes it can be done but No just dont even bother!