An homage to Kobelco Superchargers
Kobe Steel Group (Kobleco) announced on December 1, 2011 that they are discontinuing their manufacturing of their supercharger line. For those who aren't familiar with Kobelco superchargers, these chargers were ...
Introduction to piston design for forced induction engines
There are many great articles online on general piston design, piston ring design, and how the design of OEM and aftermarket pistons has changed over the last decade.
What we ...
Design a 4-2-1 header using the supercharger header calculator
Update:
The article below was written for an older version (version 3.1) of the header calculator. Since then, in version 3.3 and above, the power calculator is able to do all ...
A recipe for disaster
Actually it's not a recipe for disaster but rather it's a recipe for a 700hp kenne bell cobra
Mod list:
Kenne Bell intake system
90mm MAS
Accufab single blade throttle body
Kenne Bell 424 supercharger ...
Out with the old and in with the new…
Here are two interesting articles on updating your already supercharged ride:
1- This article looks at replacing the older generation 1.7L Kenne Bell twin-screw with a larger 2.1L charger. The articles ...
GT motorsports staged supercharger kits based on the hks supercharger system
Gt motorsports provides five stages of supercharger kits for the 350Z based on the HKS supercharger kit and Rotrex centrifugal charger.
The stage 0 core HKS supercharger kit includes:
HKS Rotrex Centrifugal ...
Building a supercharger car based on the Toyota A-Series engines
In 1986, Toyota released a supercharger car based on the stellar 4age motor found in the corolla. The MR2 with its mid engine rear wheel drive platform was a great ...
Supercharger Snapshot – Whipple Supercharger Performance
The whipple supercharger is a unique and very practical chager. The unit is a great compromize between a positive displacement supercharger (that creates boost pressure by over pumping and over ...
Supercharger boost control
Supercharger boost pressure controls how much additional horsepower your engine will make from using the supercharger. One of the simplest modifications that can increase supercharger performance is increasing the supercharger ...
