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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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Question electric supercharger

ive been hearing alot about these electric superchagers. has anyone used one or know of someone whoe has. how do they perform?
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 09:39 PM
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they are pure crap, they dont work....period
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 10:00 PM
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Yep, complete garbage.
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 10:04 PM
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omg lol
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 10:19 PM
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just make one using a leaf blower, a power inverter and duct tape
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 10:29 PM
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High school math precludes the use.
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 10:49 PM
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I once hooked a powerful 2-stroke leaf blower to a Subaru Brat, and it made no noticeable difference. That was a few HP of air pump, or maybe 2000 - 3000 watts. Electric 12V, that power would require hundreds of amps. An electric blower can't possibly do enough work on the air to significantly compress the large volume feeding an engine, unless it is pulling a few kW of power, and is optimized for the flow rate and pressure. Imagine what a small electric blower motor can get you......zilch. Or maybe reduced performance, because of the added inlet restriction when it can't keep up. If you want to add any kind of fan for performance improvement, use it to cool something hot, not feed air to the motor.

It all depends on the assumptions. I am assuming you refer to the typical cheap ebay electric supercharger, not a high powered, electrically driven centrifugal supercharger. The latter would actually work, but I don't know if any exist. A belt drive would be more efficient, so the only reason I can think of to make one electric drive would be for a hidden, remote mounted one.
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 11:24 PM
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hahahahahaha............... bwahahahahahaha
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 11:24 PM
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There's a video on youtube somewhere of leaf blowers hooked up to a small displacement engine (very little CFM) on a dyno...they showed a small gain...they then proceded to spray nitrous into the inlet of the leaf blower...saw another small gain...

So, theoretically...if the engine you're using this electric supercharger on is small enough, it would work...or like previously stated you managed to create an electric pump powerful enough.

Either way...the leaf blowers they used in that video are wayyyyy more powerful than any pos electric supercharger you see on ebay...most of those things look like hair dryers.

And any of these previously mentioned leaf blowers, or hair dryer superchargers will never, ever, ever, ever, f'ing work on your camaro.

Good day.
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 11:58 PM
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I ganed 50rwhp with one.
Old Jun 20, 2007 | 06:30 AM
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lol, I am always amazed to see how many get sold on Ebay.
Old Jun 20, 2007 | 08:08 AM
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I bought mine and improved .5 in the 1/4. I can also to brake stands from 3rd gear!
Old Jun 20, 2007 | 08:19 AM
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OMG not this topic again.
Old Jun 20, 2007 | 09:13 AM
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Unless you're putting it on a lawnmower, it will only restrict your airflow. Electric motors just aren't efficient enough to work on a car yet
Old Jun 20, 2007 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by z28 justin
Unless you're putting it on a lawnmower, it will only restrict your airflow. Electric motors just aren't efficient enough to work on a car yet
Yet Give it a few years and they just might possibly outperform mechanical ones I'm an electronics junkie tho, so my opinion is biased



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