Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net> (Marvin Kaye)
To: lml
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:55:21 -0400
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From: dave morss <morss@pacbell.net>
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Subject: superchargers
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Ive been reading this discussion and im really confused. Can anyone say 
that a legacy will go slower with more horsepower? That's what i get 
from claims that a supercharger slows you down. The supercharger that I 
have takes 12 horsepower to run so to get the same take off performance 
at sea level I just dial up 12 more horse power and wa la sea level 
performance. Because my cowling is stock there is a limit to how much 
horse power I can cool, also the engine has some limits as to ultimate 
power and these must be observed. Lets now go to denver I can use sea 
level power can you ?
will my take off be shorter.Lets cruise at 10000 ft I can use sea level 
power can you? Now there is no free lunch. Power takes fuel and makes 
heat. With a stock cowl at 15000 ft Im a lot faster but I run a little 
hotter as the air is thinner and I will still be burning the fuel 
required to make power. I wanted to know just how much faster I was and 
just how the fuel burn compared to a normal burn and cruise speed.these 
results were published at the settings I usually run . Does anyone think 
that at some mixture setting these results are going to change 
radically. True at 50 rop you’ll go faster weather supercharged or not 
but no one can seriously think that by cleaver mix control you can 
overcome 100 horse power.
dave