I have no experience with this, but I do know that Mazda had a supercharged
diesel in the 626 on the Euro market about 10 years ago.

How about a G60 diesel??

PerL

Bj�rn Ratjen wrote:

> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Ratjen <bratjen@direct.ca>
>
> Hello Volks,
>
> Joel Walker and I have been tossing around the idea of using a Kompressor
> (supercharger) instead of a turbo for a Diesel engine. This basically would
> mean that a belt driven fan pushes cold air towards the combustion process
> instead of using the preheated one from an exhaust driven turbocharger.
>
> Here is a new question for connaisseurs:
> Who knows details of a possible setup for this and the pros and cons?
>
> The Kompressor (supercharger) setup may use a bit more energy, however that
> should not matter that much. What about the amount of air pressure though
> and how to regulate it?
>
> Bj�rn
>
> Bj�rn Ratjen
> Mill Bay, B.C.
>
> 1987 Vanagon est alia (self camperized)
> 1978 VW Bulli (self camperized)
> 1995 Passat TD Wagon (hers)
> 1970 VW Beetle (son's)
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