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Old 05-14-2020, 11:08 AM
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Converting from TURBO to SUPERCHARGED

Has anyone ever converted a N18 from turbo charged to supercharged? I always wanted to do something different and this thought crossed my mind.
 
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Not a lot of room in the engine bay to add the drive belts.... sounds like a ton of work, but an interesting endeavor
 
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I would love to do this conversion! Imagine hearing that supercharger wine and having lots of low end torque putting power to the 4 wheels
 
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Buy an R53 instead?
 
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True....but its nice to have something extra ordinary
 
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Originally Posted by rotaryferreira
True....but its nice to have something extra ordinary
You could give twincharging a try,
that would truly be extraordinary!

The most famous twincharged car is the Lancia S4,
a beautiful beast:


There have been quite a few twincharged R53's over the years and people are still doing it today,
this was downloaded just last week:


R56 would be much more difficult though I think.

If there was an off-the-shelf supercharger kit for Peugeot or Citroen it might be easier
 
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Originally Posted by Oldboy Speedwell
You could give twincharging a try,
that would truly be extraordinary!

The most famous twincharged car is the Lancia S4,
a beautiful beast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddf5gmIOIA8

There have been quite a few twincharged R53's over the years and people are still doing it today,
this was downloaded just last week:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO0VUtLCYq8

R56 would be much more difficult though I think.

If there was an off-the-shelf supercharger kit for Peugeot or Citroen it might be easier
Thanks so much for sharing! this is awesome. I saw a video once of Jay Leno driving a R53 with two engines! It was real cool. I love to see different things and mad projects working well. I would sell an organ to get a drive in a Lancia like that one
 
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