SUPERCHARGING

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 296, 6 March 1928, Page 6

SUPERCHARGING

GREAT PROGRESS MADE J The progress made in the develi>pi*®j of supercharging, which was intr< *v c 2 purely for increasing the speed *5 smaller-engined cars for track work, is, therefore, another example of we owe to racing, is a striking tion of the tremendous strides car design since the conclusion ol w war. It has now been suggested & blowers bid fair to become standa*tu*w on practically all types of touring within the next decade; that is, fied blowers, the full force of waicii not felt until the engine revoiut**** begin to mount up. _ nd On all sides we hear of small cr. still smaller engines, and one has gone so far as to suggest tn» c.c. will be sufficient to cope heavy six-seater saloon of the Although this may be an exaggerat*® may it not be that the secret °| .« phenomenally powerful engines the greatly improved supercx»ai*w witli which they will be fitted" The whole subject is one of verv interest, for it goes hand in h*P° the experiments which are bem.«, by the metallurgist and the c }. Mer the former bent on finding even » materials for car construction a n latter more “powerful” fuels. may it be said that we are o > threshold of a new era in rajw*" an era made possible perfection of the small car ana • goes to make it.