My buddy with a '53 VW splitty likes to play with different low buck engine combos, he has a 40hp T1 VW engine in it right now and just bought a supercharger for $300 (canadian) with free shipping from china.
A Judson supercharger kit is about $2K.
He needs to find a side draft carb and is wondering if he should mix some oil in the gas?
A judson has a bottle that you fill with marvel mystery oil for oiling the SC.
BTW he does have the original numbers 25hp engine, 0 to 100kph in a couple hours...downhill.
He's copying this guys engine intake, but he'll have to make some changes to fit into a bug.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DrLlRJ8QEE
Of course there are many different superchargers. Most of them I am familiar with have oil internal to the supercharger. Somehow I just cant see much of a need for oil in the gas. I would think it would cause build up that would ultimately result in damage to the supercharger.
Neat little supercharger, my understanding is that the original application is as a smog pump for diesel trucks or something like that as well as some factory installs on small gas motors.
I'd say no to the oil.
Always wanted a supercharged 914 motor , however these seem too small even for a 1.8. I thought I read that they can be run up 18K rpm for a crank speed of 6K if doing a 3:1 ratio.
Added a super charger in the 80s to a 2.0.
Ran amazingly but always had problems controlling the heat build up. Of course this resulted in a Three-Mile Island syle melt down.
I installed a custom turbo kit in a 1914 type1 motor for a bug I had, it had a harley davidson carburetor on it via draw-throu. That worked very well. If I remember correctly the main jet was fully adjustable needle type, but it's been about 20 years and I didn't build that kit....
I always wanted to put a small SC from an 80s thunderbird 2.3L into a Teener... still might someday
I want one of these for my Lawn Mower
It must have an internal pump to circulate the oil through the bottle? Or is it a total loss system? If a recirc you may want to increase the bottle size ?
I had it in my hands, I didn't see any oil fittings. We're both guessing on it needing oil because a Judson needs it. I would imagine it has sealed bearings, might not need oil.
My buddy has several engines so meltdown isn't a biggy on a couple.
He retires in 2 weeks, so he needs something to
http://thedubshop.com/amr500-supercharger/
Oil filled to lube bearings. (shipped empty)
For some reason I pictured a remote bottle? Lol. looks to be a simple sump with a splash bath. Pretty cool! Roots type.
The SC from my mini cooper is small and could be used. It has no oil circ, there is 4.9oz in the nose and about 1 oz in the tail. Rebuilt it last night, that's how I know. I have a spare from the core engine I built.
that is a really nifty item. it really opens up some ideas, my first thought is a simple blow thru system, put a filter on the one side and blow thru your carbs. You could probably do 5 pounds before you need to do some timing.
I haven't done a thing at work today, I'm daydreaming of a place to use this!
The potential hidden wear was why I tore into mine. Looked great, just dirty. That sc oil smells nasty.
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Maybe you could figure out a way to utilize a Weber DCOE sidedraft carb feeding the supercharger. Much easier than blowing through carbs that weren’t meant for that purpose.
That green coupler piece was also included in my kit. The one possible plus of the mini SC is that the output is ducted to exit the rear rather than straight down. I am not sure, but it may turn the wrong way as I was considering this in the past. Or I might be thinking the MBZ one on their small Kompressor cars.
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