What do superchargers look like?

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I know what a turbo looks like(Sort of like a snail :p ) but what do super chargers look like?

I googled them but it brought up different things, are there different style super chargers?

These are what i though they all looked like......
1.8L_Supercharger.jpg


(Is that the one that would most like what Gibbo would get?)
Saleensupercharger.jpg


But then i came across a few that looks like a Snail ? :confused:
supercharger.jpg
 
Right basically, what's thrown you here is that the 2nd photo is indeed a supercharger - but it's got the intake manifold, throttle bodies and injector assembly on top. If you stripped that away, to just leave the blower you'd have this :

Supercharger.jpg


Which is the same as the TRD one you linked also. If you look closely at the 2nd photo you can see the blower's body and nose/belt drive assembly at the front ....

The last photo is a supercharger - albiet a centrifugal supercharger - most commonly Prochargers. It's like a turbo, but with the exhaust side removed and powered by an engine-driven belt instead :)

US2004036100_14072005_pf_fp.x4-b.jpg


Exploded diagram of a centrifugal blower :) (blower just being a slang term for super/turbo charger, although to me blower just means supercharger!)
 
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Lashout_UK said:
Right basically, what's thrown you here is that the 2nd photo is indeed a supercharger - but it's got the intake manifold, throttle bodies and injector assembly on top. If you stripped that away, to just leave the blower you'd have this :

Supercharger.jpg


Which is the same as the TRD one you linked also. If you look closely at the 2nd photo you can see the blower's body and nose/belt drive assembly at the front ....

The last photo is a supercharger - albiet a centrifugal supercharger - most commonly Prochargers. It's like a turbo, but with the exhaust side removed and powered by an engine-driven belt instead :)

US2004036100_14072005_pf_fp.x4-b.jpg


Exploded diagram of a centrifugal blower :) (blower just being a slang term for super/turbo charger, although to me blower just means supercharger!)
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What ones the better ones to use?
The Snail type or the box type(like the first 2 and the one you showed)?
 
Lashout_UK said:
...(blower just being a slang term for super/turbo charger, although to me blower just means supercharger!)
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Never knew blower could be used for turbos too. live and learn. supercharger 4tw. :)
 
"Blower" will always mean supercharger to me; it's the way it should always be.

Zip - what type of supercharger you go for depends on the application.

Personally, I'd say Rootes-type positive-displacement chargers are the ones to use in most cases...If it's good enough for top fuel...

*n
 
Heh, don't want to bugger the Pug up as i've got to sell it soon, dunno if anybody will give me more than sympathy when it comes to selling the van though
 
Just FYI, Turbocharging is a type of Supercharging in that Supercharging is a means of forcing air into an engine.
Superchargers can be belt, chain, electric, gear driven, while a Turbo Supercharger (normally known as a Turbocharger) is driven from the exhaust gases. :)
 
Hi there

For my car there is two types of supercharger used. There is the Twin screw and I believe the other one is called centrifugal but I maybe wrong and somebody will correct me if I am.

In the USA there are loads of manufacturers of superchargers for the Mustang, just a few are Saleen, Roush, Kenne Bell, Vortech, ATI, Ford, and many many more.

Most people stick to what is well known and don't push the engines too hard which are the twin screw varient. This is an area where Saleen have really pulled ahead of the competition as Saleen can get great power levels with just 4-6psi wheras competitors have to use 10psi and more to get similar power. The obvious downsides is the more pressure the blower exerts means more stress on the engine and overall lifespan of parts will be reduced.
Twin screws are the favourite as well because the power delivery remains identical to how it was N/A with the only difference been you have a lot more power, in general Superchargers add 120-180BHP onto the Mustang. On the twin screws to change boost pressure you just change the pulley size, very easy. Upto now 1000's of Saleen superchargers have been fitted to Mustangs with not a single engine lost yet and most run at 400-480RWHP dependent on pulley size and what other bolt-on mods the car has.
If I was to add a Saleen to my car now I'd be looking at approx 440-460RWHP, thats well over 500BHP. If I changed the Headers yet again to even larger diameter ones then I'd likely see 480RWHP.....

The centrifugal blowers are favoured by those who like a surge of power higher up the revs or for those who enjoy racing at the track as the power delivery is aimed more at higher up the rev range. However these style of blowers to give the most horsepower, results have been seen of 500-600RWHP and also many engines have blown too due to result of poor tunes or over revving of the engine or the psi level been plainly to high for the engine to cope with.

There are now even guys in the US fitting turbo's to the Mustangs with high levels of sucess, in fact they are all blimming crazy over there. :D
 
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