[Dragncar]

Originally Posted by Tom Vaught

Agree, with the blower on the engine and spinning, basically you would just be dumping more air out of the By-pass Valve at normal cruising speeds and wasting fuel driving the blower to pump ambient air from the blower back to atmosphere under the hood.



A/C Clutch would never have the capacity to hold the power of the engine driving the supercharger. Movies vs reality. Magnetic Particle Clutches were looked at by my company for our Hydrogen Bus program. Durability was poor with the systems and you needed a LARGE magnetic particle clutch on the driven pulley (which was like having a flywheel on the supercharger snout). Been there, done that. (The parts are expensive too).

Tom V.

I was not referring to a actual AC clutch, but just the principle. Much more heavy duty, one made just for a blower. Or some other technology to accomplish the same thing. Eclectically operated but no "clutch" to it. End up being a direct drive, but only when you hit the button. Even if you had to stop the engine while you engaged it, as long as it engaged.