Just picked up a perfect 96 XJR here in CA, 2 months ago.
I absolutely love it complements my xjs perfectly.
I was checking out all the belts and removed the S/C belt.
I then was curious on how it would run with out it.
Besides being alot slower the engine runs fine and my MPG is
av round 24 mpg much better than the 17 I was getting.
since gas here is 4.35 sounds like I might keep it like this
for a bit.
Anybody have any input on if this would harm the engine, if
i ran like this for a little while? sadly ill be loosing the
whole point of the xjr

 

Well, there are some supercharged Mercedes that have electric clutches on their blowers.

So did, apparently, the old blower Bentleys of James Bond fame.

 

I've heard from a couple guys who ran without the blower and no harm resulted, as far as I know. In those cases the belt had broken and they were waiting a day or two for an opportunity to install a new one.

<shrug>

Not a concrete answer....but I think you'd be OK.

Cheers
DD

 

Thanks for the info guys
It's soooo slow I may just stick it back on. But the mpg figures are nice

 

Hey, well first off congrats on you new XJR-6, and im sorry i dont know anything about running without a supercharger but i am looking for a really nice XJR-6 and i was wondering how much you got yours for and how many miles? Thanks for any help!

 

thanks!!! i love it...Mine is almost showroom floor status!! its beautiful dark blue with cream inside I got mine for 5400 with 159000 there is one one ebay that is completely the same as mine and looks quite nice going for 10000.

 

Thanks and yes I have seen that one too and it looks really nice with only 49k miles on it...but the thing that bugs me about it is the autocheck says there has been six owners of the car and the owner says he's the second and I'm not sure what to think about it..? But thanks for the reply!

 

six owners!! interesting. ya id be alittle iffy on that now to