Difference between a Roots style and Centrifugal Supercharger?
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Difference between a Roots style and Centrifugal Supercharger?
Sorry if this has been posted before, but what is the design difference between a roots style and centrifugal supercharger?
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The roots style is a positive displacement twin screw type that usually make boost very quickly. The centrifugal that's more rpm and time to "spool" up. The cent. is like a belt driven turbo charger.
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Originally posted by tims2k
I think so (don't quote me on that one) they also make other s/c's like the Ford Lightning and Porsches
I think so (don't quote me on that one) they also make other s/c's like the Ford Lightning and Porsches
http://www.eaton.com/supercharger/repldisp.html
I just called a Mercedes dealership to find out if this sales ladie knew the answer...she told me it's a hand built engine and it is not supercharged...heh heh.
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The C230K utilizes a Eaton blower.
BBSilver - The sound barrier is the limit of any blower's capabilities. Other limitations are design or mechanical, but the impellers are useless at the speed of sound. (I wonder about above that limit though?)
BBSilver - The sound barrier is the limit of any blower's capabilities. Other limitations are design or mechanical, but the impellers are useless at the speed of sound. (I wonder about above that limit though?)
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jerry,
I'm going to take a WAG here, but I would think that after the impellers hit the speed of sound, the shock wave following the impeller motion would disrupt airflow so much as to make it useless for all (well, at least OUR) intents and purposes. I'm not sure I want to try and contain a sonic boom inside a small metal canister residing a few feet from my body.
I'm going to take a WAG here, but I would think that after the impellers hit the speed of sound, the shock wave following the impeller motion would disrupt airflow so much as to make it useless for all (well, at least OUR) intents and purposes. I'm not sure I want to try and contain a sonic boom inside a small metal canister residing a few feet from my body.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MacGyver
[B]jerry,
I'm going to take a WAG here, but I would think that after the impellers hit the speed of sound, the shock wave following the impeller motion would disrupt airflow so much as to make it useless for all (well, at least OUR) intents and purposes.
[B]jerry,
I'm going to take a WAG here, but I would think that after the impellers hit the speed of sound, the shock wave following the impeller motion would disrupt airflow so much as to make it useless for all (well, at least OUR) intents and purposes.