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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 10:30 AM
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Default Re: looks like the ic pump dies

You're right that the ECU will protect the engine. There is an inlet air temperature probe that, not surprisingly, measures the temperature of the compressed air coming off the supercharger. If this air charge gets too warm then the ECU will disengage the supercharger clutch to stop the supercharger, ultimately preventing continued air compression (and further heating) of the air charge.

Huudoo can drive his car to the hilt with a bad IC pump as long as his electronics work correctly and his supercharger disengages when necessary. In reality I'd be concerned about losing power when it's really needed so would also suggest careful and easy driving until the problem is fixed.

I wonder what's really going on when the supercharger disengages and there is a complete lack of power. In theory the SRT-6s should act like NA Crossfires and still pull, only not as strongly. I get the impression that the ECU is holding the car back because it expects HP from the engine with the gas pedal depressed, but when it senses no power from the engine it gets confused and goes into something like a limp mode.
 
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