Is Your Car Luxurious?

"MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig" (MR2_FTW) 05/06/2016 at 16:29 • Filed to: None

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Does your car have an LED light for when your supercharger engages/disengages? How sad your lives must be.

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/06/2016 at 16:33

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And now I’m confused... I though they always boosted.

Azrek > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 05/06/2016 at 16:36

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He has to push the Turbo Boost when he needs it.

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 05/06/2016 at 16:44

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Most superchargers do, but on the MR2's the pulley is clutched, like an AC compressor. It only comes on under certain vacuum. If you drive REALLY easy it never engages and you get better fuel economy. Give it just a little bit more throttle and the green light turns on when the pulley engages.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/06/2016 at 16:44

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I drove a friend’s supercharged 3800 Pontiac the other day. It has an LCD boost gauge in the center of the dash.

Tareim - V8 powered > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/06/2016 at 16:45

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why don’t more superchargers do this? sounds like a great idea

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/06/2016 at 16:49

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I would wire up a switch to control the clutch manually and then screw with the driver by engaging and disengaging the supercharger randomly.

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 05/06/2016 at 16:54

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Some people do wire up a manual switch but I never saw the point. It would just kill fuel economy, confuse the ECU, and wear out your SC faster.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/06/2016 at 16:57

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I was thinking of someone else driving. Give them no boost at all in 1st. turn boost on at 5000 and then off at 7000 in 2nd. toggle it on and off repeatedly in 3rd. Just to screw with them.

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/06/2016 at 17:02

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WOW that’s amazing. I never knew that it was clutched. COOL! Now I want one even MOAR!