Roots and centri supercharger differences

[Wicked One]

YEAH, I know it's not a ford, but the point of this video is it answers a lot of common questions about the difference between roots and centrifugal superchargers.


Enjoy.


http://www.motorator.com/videos/195

 

[jmiller]

hehehe I did enjoy!







(watching the younger mechanic )

 

[BionicBooger]

Centrifugal FTW!

 

[fiveohhfox]

good find me likey

 

[Timspony]

Nice find Gregg.....

 

[Aetos]

nothing beats the sound of twin-screw whine

 

[BKD]

im alway watching the power block.....

 

[cobra20sc]

lol "air blowers",

Take it for what its worth, somewhat weak. Must be an old video:

-Centrifigul more flexible because you can change the size and the impellar speed? Not sure how when the same goes for roots/screw type, (i.e. kenne bell has different size capacities in liters) and lobe/screw speed changes simply done by pulley change.

-Procharger only self lubricated blower? What about vortech's V3 strim?

-Air to air intercoolers more streetable? Wonder how they figure that. guess those guys don't know about the 03+ cobras all with air to water intercoolers from the factory for street cars and all those running vortech's air to water intercooler on the street all day long.

If you're going to pick a supercharger i believe its more like:
-Roots/screw type superchager for the bottom end torque win (BETW??)
-Centrifigul superchargers for the top end power win (TEPW???).

Personally, on the street in a 6speed, I rather have the bottom end torque. But that's just me.

-Chris

 

[cobra20sc]

By the way, I apologize if that sounded negative. Don't mean to be, just wanted to provide counterpoint and make sure we're all working to correct info so we can make informed decisions about our purchases.

 

[bigvic]

PROCHARGER!!!!!!

 

[MR99SVTCOBRA]

hehehe I did enjoy!







(watching the younger mechanic )

are you in heat?

 

[Monx]

That's an awesome video, horse power TV kicks ass

 

[dsblk93gt]

By the way, I apologize if that sounded negative. Don't mean to be, just wanted to provide counterpoint and make sure we're all working to correct info so we can make informed decisions about our purchases.

I like postive displacement cars myself, after driving a Terminator and GT500 it's tough not wanting one thats for sure.

With foxbodys I've driven or owned every SC, lol. Kenne Bell, Powerdyne, Paxton, Vortech, and ProCharger.

There are some guys doing air to air setups on Kenne Bell 5.0s with AWESOME results. Heat is the major limiting factor with them on 5.0's. I ran 11's in '01 with a tiny 1.5L though when it was far from the norm!

 

[Monx]

By the way, I apologize if that sounded negative. Don't mean to be, just wanted to provide counterpoint and make sure we're all working to correct info so we can make informed decisions about our purchases.

No, nothing to apologize for.. thanks for the counterpoint

 

[cobra20sc]

I like postive displacement cars myself, after driving a Terminator and GT500 it's tough not wanting one thats for sure.

With foxbodys I've driven or owned every SC, lol. Kenne Bell, Powerdyne, Paxton, Vortech, and ProCharger.

There are some guys doing air to air setups on Kenne Bell 5.0s with AWESOME results. Heat is the major limiting factor with them on 5.0's. I ran 11's in '01 with a tiny 1.5L though when it was far from the norm!

That is the reason I decided against the KB (no intercooler) for my 5.0 but that is the setup I want! I saw a couple of articles on the internet but do you know anyone who is fab'ing up these things around here? One thing that worries me about this setup is all the extra piping and therefore pressure drop that will take away from the boost response, which is the reason for the KB in the first place.
Thanks. That is a sweet setup though.

-Chris