History of German Supercharging - EXPLAINED in Detail

Let's have a closer look at German Supercharging and answer the question why they always packaged the superchargers 90deg to the crankshaft - a design that is very different from other nations.

The history goes back to the 1880's and many famous names are involved.

The research for this video required buying a couple of old German Engineering books, reading through old German handwriting and visiting a couple of museums across the country to untangle that lost engineering knowledge.

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