found this on another site..looks pretty wicked http://www.clubwrx.net/forums/showthread.php?t=102520
where is the intercooler??? great idea, gets the car moving off the line while the turbo has time to kick in
yea but if you look there is no evidence of a front mount other than the piping... it would be pointless to have it behind something anything when you need air for it to work.... that and its a huge turbo look at that last picture someone suggested it be a v mount which would kinda make sence other than 1 there is no room in the front of the engine for it... and the hood looks as if it still has the stock hood scoop which obvoiulsy feeds a top mount???
if u look at the piping coming from the sc, i believe that is the ic. but i'm just guessing. i would love to see this car up close to truly see how it is plumbed, i can't tell if the sc is feeding the tc or vice versa, or maybe both are running parallel, i have no idea.
it would make sense that the sc feeds the turbo to help it spool faster.. sc is belt driven so you could spool a big fuckin turbo a lot sooner by ramming a bunch of air down its throat..thats my take on things
im thinking its used more lke a twin turbo set up, except with a supercharger so to lack of space. a roots blower will put out its peak boost at 1500rpms, since it probably uses a massive turbo that takes forever to spool you ride on the supercharger boost then a valve drops the turbo boost in when your supercharger become useless at high rpms.
Actually if you look closely the hood scoop is feeding the large red Intake. Seems that it passes through the Turbo first, then SC.
yes but the turbo probably doesnt make any presure until high rpms so you are pretty much just feeding the supercharger which runs in-line with the turbo until the turbo start making more PSI than the supercharger.
its def sc first then turbo. the catch of the whole thing is... since the sc is belt driven and it should reach peak boost when the turbo starts spooling, it would have to overlap at some point or else there will be slipping on the belts if they arent congruent throughout. umm... if this thing works right, which im sure it has to if someone spent enough time to figure it all out, they are 1 fuckin stupid for spending that much time when the tubo is fast anyway and 2 just freeking cool for trying and 3 more rich than holy shit cause you know he tore some shit up in the process or will in the future. anyone want to try it and see what happens? will the warranty still be honored at SOG if i do it?
i agree ,but i think the roots system is too much strain on a 4 cyl. i never have been a big fan of these types on 4 cyl cars. jacobs makes one for the civic, jetta, and focus that only pushes 6 psi. thats hardly fast or comparible to a turbo setup. i would like to see this combo setup done with a vortech or turbo style supercharger.