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Originally Posted by UnderCover89TBI why is that a no no?? |
Belt driven centrifugal compressors work with an extremely high internal overdrive gear because the the compressor has to get up to 100,000 rpms or so to work well. This gear arrangement, is fragile because of this. The stress of the rapid changes on engine speed, (mostly deceleration under hard braking) can break these gears if a toothed belt is used. With a V-belt the supercharger slips a little when these changes get to high and all is well.
This is one of the reasons you typically don't see centrifugal superchargers on cars from the factory.