Yeah, he built some cars with superchargers, but he preferred natural
aspiration.
"C. Marin Faure" wrote:
> From: "ynotink" <ynotink@qwest.net>
> To: lro@koan.team.net
> Subject: Re: [lro] Re: Overbore 2.25?
> Reply-To: lro@land-rover.team.net
>
> >W. O. and EB lived in a time before supercharging was really understood and
> feared they would cause damage to their engines. And at the time they were
> right. The most famous Bentley was the Blower version of the 4 1/4 liter. It
> was famous, but not successful, not holding together in competition. Bugatti
> not only distrusted the devices, but objected on aesthetic grounds. Each of
> his cars was a work of art.
>
> The Bugatti Type 43 had a straight-eight, 2.3 litre engine and was
> supercharged with a Roots blower at 8 psi. The Bugatti Type 55 had a 2.3
> litre engine and a slightly larger supercharger than the Type 43- it blew
> at 10 psi. The Bugatti Type 57SC was supercharged. The Type 59 had a 3.3
> supercharged engine. Not all of Bugatti's cars had supercharging, but a
> fair number of them did, particularly the racing models. He seemed to have
> no problem using supercharging, even if it's true that he didn't trust it,
> although I've so far not read anything about the man or his cars that
> states this.
>
> ________________________
> C. Marin Faure
> (original owner)
> 1973 Land Rover Series III-88
> 1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
> Seattle, WA
> marin.faure@boeing.com
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