Would it be possible to use an a/c electric clutch (maching needed) to connect and disconnect a blower when not needed?
Sorry if this has been hashed out already.

 

kinda like Mel Gibson's car in Mad Max?

 

You gotta love that movie. The great V8 interceptors.

I fail to see the point, if the blower isn't needed, just don't depress the gas enough to produce boost.

 

Yeah, if you don't want boost, stay off the throttle.

Clutch = one more part to break. And with a supercharged car, we don't need any more complication than is absolutely necessary.

Also, a typical supercharger pulley is 2.75" - 3.33". The A/C clutches are about 4", so the blower would spin slow and build little boost.

Mike

 

Maybe if you used an 8 or 9 inch crank pulley it would work.

 

This same topic comes up once every 3 months.. do a search, it's been discussed in length here many times..

--Sean

 

LMAO at this topic.

 

some people actually build real replicas of that car
check this one out

also, check out this other madmax movie car it has twin turbo's mounted above the hood, looks crazy

 

I liked Knight Rider better

 

Doesn't fords super stallion use a clutch on its blower. Seems like the car is white blue and green, i've seen it at the auto fair in charlotte. I think that clutch was relatively small