Re: Fuel prices / efficiency

[Aaron Willis <darkmonahue@awwwsome.com>]

At 04:28 PM 2/18/00 -0500, you wrote:
>> -good excuse for installing a supercharger - payback is sooner at those
>gas
>> prices!
>
>Wrong charger, Turbocharger.  Supercharger is always a drag on the engine,
>only at times does it's benefits outweight its drawbacks.
>Grumpy
>
	Any opinion on S/C bypass valves?  Eaton claims that with the installation
of one on their blower, parasitic drag is hugely reduced and IIRC something
like a very few HP are actually consumed under non-boost conditions...?


	Aaron Willis
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