[3239]

Alright peoples, this is something new I've been workin on and I want to know if it will work. I've been tryin to find a supercharger type system for my 94 Zuk but can't find one. I was thinking about hooking a 3" blower (used on boats) up to the intake so I could push more air into the intake. The blower produces 170 cfm open flow. Will this help or am I wasting my time?

 

[877]

Wasting your time I'm afraid. A super charger actually compresses the air to a given psi and forces it in the combustion chamber. Your setup would be more like a Ram Air system, giving next to no power for our Zuks. Sorry

Not to mention, if it did actually work, you would have to deal with detonation and such. It's more tricky than just bolting on a blower and taking off.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[3239]

Thanks for getting back to me so fast, appreciate the info. Guess I'll look into other ways to boost power.

 

[1941]

Well, the little zuk 1.3 doesn't actually move that much air through it. At highway speeds, assuming 4500 rpm and a standard volumetric efficiency I calculate that it requires only about 88 CFM through the carb.

If you wanted to run a modest 6psi boost with your super-charger it would require about 145 CFM, if everything else was the same. So 170 CFM is actually pretty useful for a motor of this size.

Another question to ask is if your blower would actually flow 170 CFM with a back pressure. Maybe it only flows this much but won't produce any pressure?

 

[3239]

If you want to see a pic of the blower I'm talking about you can view it on Overtons website by goin to the Search and typing in BLOWER.

 

[1396]

what you are wanting to do is pretty tricky. you also can't force air into it at an idle. i think you are looking at more trouble than it's worth.


on the other hand i have seen something similar to what you are wanting to do on ebay for hondas. it's been awhile since i saw it but i'm pretty sure it could be adapted and it seemed to look like it would work. just an idea.

 

[Nowhere]

Long story short. They will not compress air like a turbo or super charger yielding little to no benifit.

The short version of the function of a turbo/super is to compress the air to allow for more power.

Electric does NOT and will NOT cut it.

 

[Guest]

Avenger 4WD in Colorado Springs, CO has super chargers for sammys...be fore warned they are not cheap.