Electrical Supercharger

[George M. Dailey]

Gentlemen, if that set up was real, the blower would have been free wheeling
before the clutch was engaged. The roots is pos. displacement right? It
would have to move if air was going through it.

GMD
At 03:41 PM 5/12/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I don't think that that was the case, I can't rememver for sure, but I
>remember a Gilmer Belt, and I don't know of any clutches that will work
>with those. Could be wrong, but it sure looked like they just started the
>engine whenever they did the pull of the 'reverse lockout lever' on the
>shifter ;-) Even though it was made in Australia, it is all Hollywood!
>
>Sandy
>
>At 09:02 AM 5/12/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>Electric clutch's on blowers.  Check out the MAD MAX movie.  Da 
>>hero's (Mel Gibbs) Pontiac had such a blower.  Twas for real.
>>Seems like a supercharger only needs a few hp at light load.  The
>>set up was written up in a couple of rags in the late eighties. You
>>manually flipped the switch BEFORE transitioning to high power.
>>
>>If the first ingredient ain't Habanero, then the rest don't matter.
>>Robert Harris <bob at bobthecomputerguy.com>
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George M. Dailey
gmd at tecinfo.com