[Honda05]

Do you guys think that the Rotrex Supercharger would work for the D17?

[jamis33]

do you have a site for it and wut it looks like??? most guys will say no just cuz theyve given up on a supercharger but i'd give it a look.

[greeen01civic4d]

i think this has been covered before, it lookes familiar, and its www.rotrex.com

[Honda05]

it looks like a turbo..Ive seen it on an integra type r...On the integra it sits right some what in front of the header..Just a thought it might work for our car

[EMK20a2]

Rotrex superchargers are pretty sweet. Not so much for the bit of extra power they make due to the increased efficiency, but for what they are, a rotrex supercharger.

If money was not an issue when it came time to supercharge the K I would go with a rotrex and have a custom hood made with a functional hood scoop to feed the top mount intercooler (or is it an aftercooler).

Honestly though for the difference in price from a jackson. I am not sure that it is worth it.

I think a setup like this would be neat

[Honda05]

That setup looks nice..But i would prefer the intercooler to be a front mount..For some reason just seeing an intrcooler in the bumper looks sick...My friend has a rotrex hes about to put on his car but im gonna see if i can fit it on my car..

[speedfoos]

Yeah we went round and round about this a while ago. The Rotrex is probably the easiest one to fit, but you still need to have a custom bracket machined for it. I created a thread about this a couple months ago. Let me see if I can find it.

[speedfoos]

Here it is:

S/C that may actually work for the D17

[Honda05]

For some reason the page isnt opening up at all..Its just a black screen

[jamis33]

this is definantly a cool idea. But how much power would it really put out??? And what are the advantages of this vs a turbo? Also heres an even crazier idea could some crazy person run both this and a turbo??? I know the engine would prolly blow up or something cool like that. How much pressure could our little d17 handle?????

[Honda05]

the most i would run on a d17 with stock internals is like 6 or 7 pounds since our intake manifolds are plastic..thats just me though

[speedfoos]

Page works fine.....

There are bennies and drawbacks to both setups. Turbos are more efficient. Since they are using 'free' energy - the exhaust - to create boost, every bit of HP they make goes to the crank and out to the wheels. The drawback with a turbo is a little bit of lag (non-existent really in a properly sized ball-bearing turbo) and the intense heat generated and running oil and coolant lines all over your bay.

A supercharger is less efficient as the engine had to spend power (via the parasitic drag of the SC pulley) to make power. This can be anywhere from 20-40% depending on the blower. However, SCs don't run hot lot turbos do, power is there as soon as you hit the pedal no matter what speed you're at, and you don't have as many fluid lines to deal with.

Check homemadeturbo.com as there are a couple folks there who have superchargers feeding big turbos.

[speedfoos]

[Honda05]

ill try to get ahold of my friends rotrex and see how it fits and if theres any room to actually put it in

[TRIZ]

go for it man