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Old 04-19-2007, 05:44 PM
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Default Re: To Turbo or to Supercharge, that is the question.

The 15 degrees is the static mounting requirement. We posed the question to them a while back when we started working on a Jeep kit. They told us they see no issue with short term driving at steep angles. I'm sure once the pump is primed there won't be any issues. Now if the vehicle was parked at a 60% grade for hours then started up and driven on that grade I could see some issues. But I would be concerned with the engine having a problem with that also.

Since we are in the process of developing a Jeep kit, I am going to try and push to do some gradability testing of the Rotrex unit. We have specs for many of the OEM's, so we could use that as a start. I'm sure as we get into more and more off-road vehicles this question will come up.

As for power potential of the '07 H3, I'm not sure yet. We usually see over 50% increase in power. The base power was 175, so I would hope for at least 275....at the wheels.
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