Well the two-cycle detroits have a "blower" (supercharger) mounted on
the side of the block being necessary for engine operation it looks
like something off the top of a dragster engine. But Detroits
terminology I'm really not familiar with. wether they are calling a
turbo a "blower" or not, or calling the supercharger a "blower". It
can be sort of confusing, or to me it is.



wrote:
Phantman wrote:
Detroit 4-53. It was a 212 cu in, 4 cylinder,
2 stroke, 140hp, with a blower.

Tim:
I take it that when you say "blower" you are taking about a
turbocharger?

Not sure why the operator's manual and literature call it a "blower"
rather than a turgocharger. Looks like a turbocharger to me.

Rick

Tim wrote:
Well the two-cycle detroits have a "blower" (supercharger) mounted on
the side of the block

Correct

wether they are calling a
turbo a "blower" or not, or calling the supercharger a "blower". It
can be sort of confusing, or to me it is.

The primary difference between a turbo and a supercharger is the way
the blower is driven. A turbo by exhaust gases, and a supercharger by
gears, belts, or chains.
IIRC, the Detroit blower isn't driven by the exhaust, so I guess
technically, it wouldn't be a turbocharger. Supercharger maybe, but
for some reason Detroit just uses the term "blower" all through its
literature.

Rick

On Aug 20, 6:45 pm, wrote:
Tim wrote:
Well the two-cycle detroits have a "blower" (supercharger) mounted on
the side of the block

Correct

wether they are calling a
turbo a "blower" or not, or calling the supercharger a "blower". It
can be sort of confusing, or to me it is.

The primary difference between a turbo and a supercharger is the way
the blower is driven. A turbo by exhaust gases, and a supercharger by
gears, belts, or chains.
IIRC, the Detroit blower isn't driven by the exhaust, so I guess
technically, it wouldn't be a turbocharger. Supercharger maybe, but
for some reason Detroit just uses the term "blower" all through its
literature.

Rick

Yes ick,I actually do know the difference between a Supercharger and a
turbo charger, I was jsut wondering about the GM terminology
concerning "blower"

I'll accept that.

On Aug 20, 6:45 pm, wrote:
Tim wrote:
Well the two-cycle detroits have a "blower" (supercharger) mounted on
the side of the block

Correct

wether they are calling a
turbo a "blower" or not, or calling the supercharger a "blower". It
can be sort of confusing, or to me it is.

The primary difference between a turbo and a supercharger is the way
the blower is driven. A turbo by exhaust gases, and a supercharger by
gears, belts, or chains.
IIRC, the Detroit blower isn't driven by the exhaust, so I guess
technically, it wouldn't be a turbocharger. Supercharger maybe, but
for some reason Detroit just uses the term "blower" all through its
literature.

Rick

Yes, in their case it would be a "blower", seeing it pressurizes the
cylinders to clean the exhaust and exchange the air in the cylinders..

On Aug 20, 6:45 pm, wrote:
Tim wrote:
Well the two-cycle detroits have a "blower" (supercharger) mounted on
the side of the block

Correct

wether they are calling a
turbo a "blower" or not, or calling the supercharger a "blower". It
can be sort of confusing, or to me it is.

The primary difference between a turbo and a supercharger is the way
the blower is driven. A turbo by exhaust gases, and a supercharger by
gears, belts, or chains.
IIRC, the Detroit blower isn't driven by the exhaust, so I guess
technically, it wouldn't be a turbocharger. Supercharger maybe, but
for some reason Detroit just uses the term "blower" all through its
literature.

Rick

My uncle used to have an old Gallion road grader with a 4-71, and
interesting to note, it had a tube made into the casting that in cold
weather to aid starting, you would put these "ether" pellets in the
tube and they would drop down onto the blowers vanes, and when
cranking the vanes would crush the pellets and sent the particles
spraying into the cylinders.I thought that was kind of crude, but but
it worked, but hey! the whole line of engines were kind of crude too!

Tim wrote:
you would put these "ether" pellets in the
tube and they would drop down onto the blowers vanes, and when
cranking the vanes would crush the pellets and sent the particles
spraying into the cylinders.

LoL! Luv it! :-D
.... and I thought I was dealing with ancient technology when I had a
sailboat with a little 4 cylinder Perkins with a heater that was
supposed to warm up somethin' er other for cold weather starting.
Fortunately, I live so far south I never had to use it.

Rick