electric turbo superchargers:- r they any good

[tomgourley]

I have seen on eBay 6 or seven different "electric turbo superchargers" that connect behind the air filter and take power from the battery, does anyone think they are any good? When turned off do they severely decrease cars performance as the fan blocks the ingoing air, and when on is there an increase of power, (20bhp) does it drain the battery a lot?

 

[claymore]

complete waste of money

 

[pgarner]

ditto, i cant see how they can move enough air. and £30 for 20bhp sounds to good to be true.

 

[tomgourley]

OK Thanks, that is what I was thinking, to good to be true would probably be a pain in the ass and get binned.

 

[96AccordCoupe]

Utter crap. Electric intake fans, electric superchargers... all muck.

 

[wadeox]

oh....the high end electric one from superpowerchargers is liquid cooled and has it own processor

 

[michaelglenn]

Has anyone actually tried on of these gizmo's???

 

[stamford]

I've six on my engine and now runs 800bhp and does 6 sec 1/4s...................






......................okay maybe not :amuse:


Do not bother, waste of money and only fools will buy them. Answer me this, how often do you see them coming up on the secondhand market? Never because the fools who bought them in the first place are too embaressed to sell them on and be found out!

 

[Yugguy]

Get this:

http://www.surbo.net/

I couldn't afford one so I made one out of an old coke can. I now have power to shame a Veyron.

 

[obi_waynne]

A few car mags have put them on the dyno and the cars LOST power! Redline was I believe the most recent to try one.

The extra restriction in the airflow caused by the supercharger was greater than any benefit it offered when switched on.