Blower Basics

Blower Basics (Part 3): Recommended Upgrades, Mods & Tuning

In Blower Basics (Part 1), we debunked the myth that a supercharger is an exotic upgrade. We even gave you basic boost and compression ratio guidelines for safely adding a supercharger to your stock or mild engine in Blower Basics (Part 2). But what if you want to take your engine beyond stock or mild? If you want

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Blower Basics (Part 2): Boost and What You Need to Know

Can you ever have too much of a good thing? In the case of boost, the answer is a resounding yes. As we told you in Blower Basics (Part 1), boost is the amount of air pressure created by your supercharger and is the result of a combination of factors: engine displacement, blower displacement, and

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Blower Basics (Part 1): A Guide to Supercharger Types & Terminology

  Many people have the impression that a supercharger is an exotic performance part found on wild street machines or race cars. There’s also the impression a supercharged vehicle is difficult to drive on an everyday basis. Nothing could be further from the truth on both counts. Truth is, a supercharger is nothing more than

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