Supercharger Q

[Baelrog]

Would there be an advantage to using a spline adapter connected directly to the crank (as opposed to belts and pulleys) to connect a centrifugal supercharger?

[614streets]

RE: Supercharger Q

It wont work right. You need to overdrive a centrifugal blower, splined to the crankshafy would yeild and 1:1 ratio.
Only thing that has been done in the past that resembles your idea is a potvin drive for gmc 71 series blowers.

[Baelrog]

RE: Supercharger Q

That's primarily where I got the idea from the potvin blowers.

how do you mean by "it won't work right"? Not enough revs?

[sharkey]

RE: Supercharger Q

exactly. to make sufficeint boost, blowers must be overdriven.

[Kohburn]

you could drive it off of the flywheel :P

but man oh man would that thing whine

[Baelrog]

Now there's an idea! Just like the Rolls-Royce Merlin V12.

[Baelrog]

I found out in my machinist course that we are making gears in class, now to convince my instructor........