diymirage
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i always wondered what that was in your avatar...kinda figured you were just another nerd with a lightsaber
Tunnel Ram vs STR
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i always wondered what that was in your avatar...kinda figured you were just another nerd with a lightsaber
j par
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It's my blower in a bottle...lol...
j par
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I'd like the blower belt if I could attach like a AC drive clutch to it and have it turn on when I want to like mad Max...
diymirage
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33IMP
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A/c clutch, and a centrifugal?
Edit: sorry for any confusion. I meant an a/c clutch and a centrifugal Blower!
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diymirage
HP@idle > hondaHP@redline
No, a centrifugal will come on at a certain RPM
He doesn't want that, he wants it switched
I do have a factory dual scooped hood as the car came with. That would be the only advantage to something lower profile.
Could always take the scoop back off, put my cut hood back on, and add the old school snorkel scoop on it..
Chrysler engineers did a lot of development and testing to make the STR manifolds work as well as possible. Find an old Direct Connection or Mopar Performance "Engine" book and all the diagrams are there and specs for setting up carbs. I wish they still had a program where they paid somebody to do things to their motors and then do dyno pull after dyno pull to dial it all in for you... They really wanted their cars to win at the track.
That is not correct. The boost curve is rising. Pulley arrangement can quicken or delay the boost curve slightly. Engine displacement has a roll.
I think he meant that at some RPM point, being centrifugal clutch, it will engage. The comment was to have a switchable - electric solenoid to control pulley engagement. On - off switch like Mad Max. Not referencing a centrifugal supercharger.
If you follow Drag Week, at least one of the teams disconnects the belt entirely, has a secondary throttle body below the blower rotors on the back of the intake manifold and a tune for that combo... when driving from track to track. So, an electric engagement front drive, a secondary throttle body/tune daisy chained in, could really work....hmmmm
If you follow Drag Week, at least one of the teams disconnects the belt entirely, has a secondary throttle body below the blower rotors on the back of the intake manifold and a tune for that combo... when driving from track to track. So, an electric engagement front drive, a secondary throttle body/tune daisy chained in, could really work....hmmmm
diymirage
HP@idle > hondaHP@redline
like 71 mentioned, i figured if the centrifugal clutch is driven by the crank shaft, the nature of the clutch will (and/or should) engage at a certain RPM
i could be wrong, but thats the way i understand it
(sorry, cant find any videos of a native english speaker explaining it)
Oh oh oh, which clutch! I retract my earlier statement.
Sitting down now.... pardon the interruption ...
Carry on....
Sitting down now.... pardon the interruption ...
Carry on....
The centrifugal clutch s what snowmobiles use, automatic 4 wheelers, etc...rev throttle and go
I think it is very similar to this set up. Explained here in laymen's terms.
diymirage
HP@idle > hondaHP@redline
i thought for sure you were gonna link this one
same principle, but the centrifugal forces widen the pulleys, changing the final drive ratio
a true marvel of technology, specially since this one was produced in 1958
33IMP
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Ive got a couple old paxtons with the variable ratio pulley, and the ball bearing drive. I think they might be mid sixties studebaker. I guess that idea never worked particularly well.
I’m thinking it may have been a bit loud?
DrCharles
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Although the TR makes the most power, it's nice to be able to see the right front corner of your car (and anything else in that blind wedge, like pedestrians) without leaning out of the seat!
My Tunnel Ram is still sitting on the shelf so I have yet to experience this .
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