The clutchable blower on the Falcon... Any basis in reality?
The clutchable blower on the Falcon... Any basis in reality?
Sure, why not?
Didn't one of the smaller/modern Mercs have a clutch'ed supercharger of some sort?...
Not doable. At least not back then. I dont know if it's even doable now, but for the movie it just added a bit more aggression to the scene.
Every Diesel Locomotive you have seen from about 1965 till 1990 had'em. Turbos started getting more popular.
The supercharged Mercedes 4 banger has a clutched supercharger.
Supercharged MR2's use an electric clutch.
Supercharged Previa's use an electric clutch as well.
Oh, and F4U Corsairs had a geared supercharger. Low ratio on the ground, but once at altitude, they switched it to high ratio (faster).
FlightService wrote: Every Diesel Locomotive you have seen from about 1965 till 1990 had'em. Turbos started getting more popular.
Umm...if that's a 2 cycle EMD you're talking about (basically a huge ass Detroit Diesel) I believe the roots blower HAS to be running all the time...otherwise engine no run. It isn't there for a performance boost...it's a scavenging pump.
a401cj wrote:FlightService wrote: Every Diesel Locomotive you have seen from about 1965 till 1990 had'em. Turbos started getting more popular.Umm...if that's a 2 cycle EMD you're talking about (basically a huge ass Detroit Diesel) I believe the roots blower HAS to be running all the time...otherwise engine no run. It isn't there for a performance boost...it's a scavenging pump.
Talking 4 strokers but ain't cool how if you make it bang every time you have to blow the thing to get it to work.
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