Supercharged Nissan 370Z in Cannonball One Lap of America 2009?

Originally Posted by Skaterbasist That depends on the type of supercharger itself. A centrifugal supercharger hardly does anything to low-end power. In the other hand, a roots-type blower creates better

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02-10-2009, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Skaterbasist

That depends on the type of supercharger itself. A centrifugal supercharger hardly does anything to low-end power. In the other hand, a roots-type blower creates better low-end power but dies off at higher RPM's. But roots-type blowers are very inefficient compared to a centrifugal SC.

I've learned the opposite. CF superchargers were less efficient the Root-style.

I'm going to look this up later.. It's 4:25am here.

EDIT: Never mind. I looked it up. You're right. The CF type is more efficient.

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