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Dare UK Ltd. Announces Availability of Rotrex Supercharged DARE DZ.


COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(AutomotiveWire)--Oct. 21, 1998--

Scanpower ApS and Dare UK Ltd. announced at the

British International Motor Show The British International Motor Show is an automobile show held biennially in the United Kingdom. It is recognised as an international show by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles.  the first car in series production

with a factory installed Rotrex(R) Supercharger supercharger

Air compressor or blower used in piston-type internal-combustion engines to increase the amount of air drawn into the cylinders by the movement of the pistons during each intake stroke.
 

for increased performance - the DARE DZ.

Dare UK Ltd. today announced the availability of the latest of a series of sports cars from the legendary Walklett Brothers (Ginetta) - the DARE DZ - with a factory installed Rotrex(R) Supercharger. Rotrex(R) is a new, breakthrough design leveraging all the benefits of the centrifugal centrifugal /cen·trif·u·gal/ (sen-trif´ah-gal) efferent (1).

cen·trif·u·gal
adj.
1. Moving or directed away from a center or axis.

2.
 turbocharger tur·bo·charg·er  
n.
See turbosupercharger.



turbo·charged adj.
 compressor compressor, machine that decreases the volume of air or other gas by the application of pressure. Compressor types range from the simple hand pump and the piston-equipped compressor used to inflate tires to machines that use a rotating, bladed element to achieve  with the immediate response of driving the compressor-part from the engine crankshaft.

The patented Rotrex(R) supercharger unites the advantages of a high efficient centrifugal turbocharger compressor housing/impeller with the instant response from the direct engine crankshaft driven Rotrex(R) gear.

Rotrex has a worldwide patented, high-speed traction gear drive with variable torque transfer. Variable torque transfer enables less power consumption making the system more efficient than known alternatives. Reliability is maintained, despite RPMs exceeding 100,000, as the traction gear is ball bearing alike with no constraining con·strain  
tr.v. con·strained, con·strain·ing, con·strains
1. To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force; oblige: felt constrained to object. See Synonyms at force.

2.
 components. Rotrex has been through years of tests for reliability and performance.

The Rotrex(R) S/30 supercharger is today sold in 3 models: 64, 84 and 94/104 delivering 150 to 450 BHP BHP

blood hydrostatic pressure; the pressure exerted by the blood cells and plasma in the capillaries.
.

"When bringing a new breakthrough design to market, a high performance well responding engine helps. We have experienced exactly that by adding the Rotrex(R) supercharger to the new, leading edge design" says Director Ivor A. Walklett, Dare UK Ltd.

"The compressor implemented in the DARE DZ is a specially designed version for the high performance Zetec 16 valve engines. It is the first of a series of automobile and aircraft applications, we expect to announce in the future using the Rotrex(R) technology for enhanced performance" continues Managing Director Orla Kragh Jensen, Scanpower ApS.

Background -Dare UK Ltd., with the well known Walklett brothers, has been involved in a leading English sports car design- and manufacturing company, known as Ginetta, and now the stunning DARE DZ sports cars.

Background - Privately held Scanpower ApS, develops and manufactures the patented Rotrex(R) centrifugal supercharger. Since first shipments in 1997 OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and  and reseller agreements have been signed. The Dare DZ model is the first of several expected announcements in the OEM market.

For more information check our web site at www.scanpower.dk, call +45 36 17 20 21 or Fax +45 36 16 65 05.
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