It begun when a friend started talking about replacing the stock water pump by an electrical aftermarket pump on his CA18DET engine.
One of the elements in the manufacturers installation guidelines struck me: remove the thermostat.
This brought me to think about what happens inside this liquid...
This is somewhat as a follow-up on the threads about Supercharger bypass valve operation.
In my current set-up I'm not using the bypass valve any more.
The charger is downstream of the throttle valve so there is no necessity for a bypass.
The famous valve is still installed and operatable and I...
thread71-233418
I just noticed my previous thread beeing closed. The experiment is definitely a slow process [pipe]
Here is some updat about this toppic.
I installed a Lysholm LYS1200 supercharger instead of the Eaton M45.
The crankshaft pulley I had before was of no use any more because...
Roots superchargers usually have a bypass valve that is open at idle.
I want to start playing with the electric bypass valve that came with my Mercedes kompressor
(mentioned here: thread71-205859 )
and I am wondering which strategy to choose. I can make it TPS or MAP dependent.
I was...
