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• Roots supercharger — A typical lobe type positive displacement compressor; uses two two lobed or three lobed internal rotors phased to prevent clashing of the lobes by gears; normally driven from the crankshaft by toothed or V belts, can achieve speeds up to 10,000… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• supercharger — An air compressor designed to force air, under pressure, into the cylinder. Can be mounted between the carburetor and cylinders or between the carburetor and the atmosphere. It boosts the power of the engine. See blower comprex supercharger lobe… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Roots — is the plural of root.Roots may also refer to: * Roots revival, the revival of the traditional musical styles of earlier generations * Roots music or world music, a style of music blending folk and contemporary styles * American roots music or… …   Wikipedia

• Supercharger — A supercharger is an air compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine. The greater mass flow rate provides more oxygen to support combustion than would be available in a naturally aspirated engine, which allows more fuel… …   Wikipedia

• Roots type supercharger — The Roots type supercharger or Roots blower is a positive displacement pump which operates by pulling air through a pair of meshing lobes not unlike a set of stretched gears. Air is trapped in pockets surrounding the lobes and carried from the… …   Wikipedia

• Twin-screw type supercharger — The twin screw type supercharger or twin screw blower is a positive displacement type device that operates by pulling air through a pair of meshing high tolerance screws not dissimilar to a set of worm gears. Twin screw superchargers are also… …   Wikipedia

• Powerplus supercharger — NOTOC NOEDITSECTION The Powerplus was a design of supercharger used to boost the performance of car engines in the 1930s. It is a mechanically driven positive displacement pump, operating on the sliding vane principle. MG cars Powerplus is best… …   Wikipedia

• Centrifugal-type supercharger — For more details on this topic, see centrifugal compressor. World War II Daimler Benz DB60X series aircraft engine showing centrifugal blower intake at right. This engine is a DB601 model. The centrifugal type supercharger is an engine driven… …   Wikipedia

• Centrifugal type supercharger — The centrifugal type supercharger is an engine driven compressor used to increase the power output of an internal combustion engine by increasing the amount of available oxygen by compressing air that is entering the engine. This type of… …   Wikipedia

• lobe-type supercharger — A positive displacement compressor with two lobed rotors. Compare lysholm supercharger and roots compressor …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Lysholm supercharger — A lobe type supercharger similar to the Roots compressor, but more efficient and much more expensive …   Dictionary of automotive terms