Centrifugal Supercharger pushing a turbo...

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Actually, a N/A Detroit 2 stroke still has a blower... They will NOT run without it.
Yeah the old 71 series were blown, not turboed. The older 238's & 318's, as well as bunch other "ScreaminDemons" that I don't know #'s to were blown.
You're right, blower go gunnybag & smokin & funny runnin was least of your worries.....:eek: :eek:
 

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Actually, a N/A Detroit 2 stroke still has a blower... They will NOT run without it.
Yes, on a Detroit the blower is not a supercharger, it's a scavenge blower.

The higher rated Detroits utilize a "bypass blower" because the blower is positive displacement and impedes the turbo at higher rpm. This is seen as a higher pressure between the turbo and blower than in the airbox. Thus a pressure sensitive bypass is in place to allow air pressurized by the turbo to go around the blower which at that point is inhibiting the flow.

A centrifugal supercharger is not positive displacement so may not require a bypass around it unless the turbo is pushing alot more air than the super can move.

I think you'd be best off to setup and size the two units like a compound turbo system with the super taking place of the small turbo.

Ken
 

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