The AI-generated cat pictures thread
While I totally get the appeal of ditching the belt, do those setups typically have some sort of non-rigid coupling in between the crankshaft and the drive gears to the supercharger? Seems that an important damping function is being lost by removing the belt, given the non-uniform rotational velocity of a typical piston-engined crankshaft.
Or maybe these only go onto engines where they expect to do a full teardown and rebuild after every lap...
Or maybe these only go onto engines where they expect to do a full teardown and rebuild after every lap...
EDIT: looks like the early versions from 10+ years ago used what looks like a standard giubo joint off a driveshaft. What's below is surely an iteration of that.
No idea as to the back-story on this one. Just an engine which I found randomly laying at the side of the road:
About a half mile up the road was a Bud Light Chelada can. Coincidence?
Reply
0
0
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 34,402
Total Cats: 7,523
From: Chicago. (The less-murder part.)
Until I happened across that photo which I posted earlier, of the Roots-style blower bolted to the front of an engine, I had no idea that such things even existed.
(I also had no idea that Olds had a marine diesel division.)
Also, why the hell are people leaving engines lying by the side of the road?
It's not like they just spontaneously fall out of vehicles, and people are like "Eh, too much work to pick it up and haul it back."
Reply
1
1
Elite Member
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 2,061
Total Cats: 2,325
From: Canada
Reply
1
1
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 34,402
Total Cats: 7,523
From: Chicago. (The less-murder part.)
Reply
0
0
