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any1 ever heard of creating a ghetto sorta supercharger by rerouting the ac compressor lines to the intake? how feasible u guys think this is?

Nicotine

uh, are you insane?!

Vinny

Feasible? Hmmm, try it and then come and share your experience with us?

Nicotine

put the vid on youtube of it exploding! it'll get a million hits for sure...

Peter H

First of all you would need to figure out what kind of compressor you are working with in the A/C. Then, you would have to figure out whether the compressor can provide the amount of volume of air required, and at what efficiency (for this you could use a compressor map, if you can obtain one). If at that point everything looked fine and dandy, you would need to fabricate, or source out pulleys that would provide you with the correct ratio for your desired output.

So while in theory it looks as if this could be possible, I highly doubt your OEM A/C compressor can provide the required air flow, and wouldn't be nearly as efficient as an actual supercharger, leading to higher intake temperatures. Kind of like sticking an IHI RHB5 on a 2JZ.

But at least you are thinking out of the box, and that is admirable.

mplays

better off using the on off compressor function on the unit and modifiying a supercharger to fit it so you can turn it on and off like MadMax

Sirberner

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ooooo like my car!

bbarbulo

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ok my buddy fabbed this up many years ago.... it was about 7-8 years ago. he used a Mercedes SLK supercharger with a custom bracket that bolted the supercharger to where the aircon compressor goes. he had a electric clutch on the supercharger that ran off the crank pulley. then it all went through an intercooler, then it had a M-B bypass valve (like a blowoff valve) that was runnin off some custom electronics made by some guy in Michigan. I knew of three delSols running this setup, and a 4th one with a B20 with a bigger supercharger off the 3.8 Pontiacs (M60 casing I think). these cars were fuggin FAST!!!! the B20 sol ran in the 11s. oh, and it sounded great too.

problem they had, there was some issues with the harmonics of the supercharger and the engine, so heads on the bolts kept popping off for some reason, and it was always the same bolt.