vindedreal

Hey guys, I was at the Skunk2 "Open house" today and I stopped to take a look at some new supercharger technology from a company called Kraftwerk (Skunk2 and Jackson superchargers combined). The supercharger had an oil in and oil out line just like a turbo charger however they did not lead to the engine oil, instead they led to a separate can looking thing that held kratfwerk's oil and cooled the supercharger with that and returned the oil there too (I assume). I was wondering if theres anything like that for turbos , so you dont have to use hot engine oil , or drill a hole in the oil pan.

Dan@FSM

Most superchargers contain their own oiling system. Reason being is its only gonna get as hot as the engine will. Really depending on whether if its a roots style or centrifugal, roots being a little hotter probably.
Turbo's need crank case oil to run through it cause the turbo will get way hotter than a charger. Basically turbo = 500-1200 degrees. Supercharger no hotter than 230 degrees.