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Gary
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16th Apr 07 at 22:56   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The fancy chrome jobby on top of the inlet manifold, what is it?
jamesvalver
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supercharger?
CorsAsh
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Inlet/throttle butterflies bolted to the blower.
Ben G
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fast and furious style
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That's the carb and throttle butterfly setup, sat on top of a supercharger there.
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
That's the carb and throttle butterfly setup, sat on top of a supercharger there.


Cheers rob
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Is it part of the supercharger, or 2 seperaate bits, if you get me.

What are the advantages of this butterfly setup??
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What are the advantages of this butterfly setup??


I'd say one advantage would be scaring the shit out of the person infront when they see them open up fully!
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Is it part of the supercharger, or 2 seperaate bits, if you get me.

What are the advantages of this butterfly setup??


2 parts, bolts onto the supercharger

Basically gets lots of cold air into the engine sitting high up there. Aerodynamically poop I imagine though.

[Edited on 16-04-2007 by CorsAsh]
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Not really, it encourages ram-air effect. Not sure whether it would measurably affect the co-efficient of one of those house bricks anyway
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nice one cheers guys
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Not really, it encourages ram-air effect. Not sure whether it would measurably affect the co-efficient of one of those house bricks anyway
true.

Brute force and ignorance where they're concerned

 
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