Turbo or supercharger

[LowlifeDubber]

Are the supercharger's serviceable by myself?Are the kits readily available?Im a mechy engineer so do this sort of job all the time,I dont fancy paying someone to do a job I can do myself.Im just not sure if they need balancing everytime you split them?

[Peej1981]

Yes they are mate, Jabba sport will sell you a recon kit for them but i cant remember how much they said it would cost but know where near as much as having it done by them. I am thinking about trying to find someone who knows how to do them and see if they will teach me.

[LowlifeDubber]

If your any good with the spanners i cant see it being a problem mate,if you take something to bits then at least you know how it goes back together.
I get faced with some horribley complex machines/pumps/motors etc and it's just a case of getting stuck in.
As long you have a bit of nouse then theres nothing to worry about.

Ive started to sway to the idea of a supercharger now,even though i was hell bent on turbo'ing it as i know turbo's inside out.
Time for a new challenge me thinks.

Only problem is id keep wanting to stick a smaller pulley on it.

[Sam]

Thats just it isnt it lol, you make the pully smaller and smaller until your convinced somthing is about to go wrong.... then it does

[Peej1981]

Well i have been thinking of putting a smaller pully and chip on mine but want t get the charger reconed first. I am a training tech for cars so pritty handy when it comes to a spanner and not really phased by doing it myself just would like to see it done first before i do it on my own car.
If you do go ahead and supercharge yours let me know and i will come over and help if you dont mind?

[LowlifeDubber]

Yeah no problem,might as fcuk mine up before we have a go at yours eh!ha ha

But yeah i dont see it being a problem,im currently looking for one now.Ive got all the wossner pistons and rods etc looking foward to building the engine from scratch.
Did I mention i havnt got an engine yet?
Guess that the easy part

[LowlifeDubber]

Dont suppose i can bolt one of these on could I?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Supercharger-Eaton-Roots-M90-type-Jaguar-V8-Engine-RPi-/170585176310?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27b7ab38f6

[DOA]

the optinal way to do it is to basicly build a turbofan jet engine but the fan in a compressor inpeller desinged for pressure more than flow, this way is much much much mre efficent a lot quiter but still dose get quite hot  it is also much more reliable

the advantage of this system is you can have 40+ psi of boost from idel to the red line if you want with NO lag at all, it's actualy more responsive than a supercharger as the whole system is fully pressuriesd all the way to the throttel butterfly all the time. you tune like you would a supercharger enigne but there is no parastic load on the cranck from the supercharger as it's produceing it's own power   

the downsides are.  they are LOUD,  they get very very HOT and f**king hell they guzzel some fuel a bit quick

Nick Mann has done this for the hills and its VERY effective http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11687nVdzdk.

BTW, there is a lot of sh!te being bandied around in this thread by people who think they know something and appear to know nothing.

To the OP, buy a book on forced induction, you will find that there are several different styles of superchargers each with their own benefits (and that doesnt necessarily include lag free performance!) and that are suited to particular types of power delivery with widely varying efficiencies. You will also find that a well sized turbo installation is just as good as any of them if you control it properly, dont chase a ridiculous amount of power or torque, select a modern unit (they have come a long way, especially the VNT ones suited to petrol powered use such as in the Cayenne Turbo!) and take the necessary steps to prevent detonation to allow the use of decent compression ratios.

[Peej1981]

Yeah no problem,might as fcuk mine up before we have a go at yours eh!ha ha

But yeah i dont see it being a problem,im currently looking for one now.Ive got all the wossner pistons and rods etc looking foward to building the engine from scratch.
Did I mention i havnt got an engine yet?
Guess that the easy part

Sounds good to me. Yeah the engine is the easy part, shouldnt really take long to strip down either. That charger is awsome and bloody cheap, was expecting it be really expansive as seen some G60 chargers which have been reconed going for nearly £700 
Maybe me being a geek here but remember seeing this when i was at college a few months back and found it intresting to read, it totally explains how a supercharger works and the different ones out there. Espically like the animations 

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/supercharger1.htm

[LowlifeDubber]

Nice little link that!Wil be having a read at work on the toilet tomorrow.I like geeky stuff like that
Just out of interest where in Lincs are you?