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Re: Superchargers, EFI, & Twin Sparks



On 8/16/02 4:57 PM, "alfacybersite" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ahh, the thread which won't go away...'cause I have it on life support.
> 
> C'mon, certainly some of you have successfully 'played' with one or more
> of the above subject items. Send photos and information.
> 
> In the Sept. Road & Track a supercharged Honda S200 is shown. The car
> was (re) engineered by Vortech (same brand, but obviously not the same
> model) as Jim Steck tried using for the Bonnie Bonneville engine.
> 
> Knowing close to diddly about any of the above subject items, I gather
> supercharger whine is a problem. The Vortech folks used a V-2 SQ as in
> Super Quiet. Ahmet Tuncay in response to one of my questions went into
> some detail about (somewhat) silencing the supercharger in his GTV. I'll
> be adding the comments to 'his' page on my site.
> 
> Those of you who have a 4-cylinder Alfa, reasonably deep pockets, want
> considerably more power - especially Right off the line, want to keep it
> Alfa, and still be able to pass 'smog'...this has to be the ultimate
> combination.
> 
> I somewhat gather there's a fairly good handful of folks at least
> considering some or all of the above subject items. How about sharing
> information / results (both good and bad) with 'us unwashed'. It's quite
> possible you might be attempting to reinvent the wheel. I'll be happy to
> add to my site as long as I also receive photos / jpgs along with the
> info. We all like to see visual stuff - especially go fast visual stuff.
> 
> Not goin' away...
> 
> Biba
> Irwindale, CA USA
> 
> Anyone interested in seeing the 'blown' Besic / Steck Bonneville turbo
> engine? I mean blown as in 'up'. Jim sent me some jpgs I could add to my
> site. I thought about adding them under 'after' - along with the comment
> - after establishing the New Bonneville Land Speed Record in B/GFMS of
> 203.108 MPH.
> 
> By the by - Congratulations to Bonnie's entire Team!
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I second the motion. I am very interested in this subject and have spoken
with Jim Steck about a supercharger project for my 2.0L engine I would be
very interested in hearing how some others projects went.

Keith Strini
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