Supercharger anyone? Or is it?.....

[jarrus]

Check this out,

http://turborevs.org.uk/engine-tuning/super-charger-kits/electric-supercharger.html
http://turborevs.org.uk/engine-tuning/super-charger-kits/universal-turbo-supercharger-intake.html

It's a nice piece of kit that 18 year old boy racer an buy for his Corsa,

He get's to tell his mate that he gains a whole 20 more hp when using this due to the fact that he's getting more air in the engine,

Your thoughts please....

Brett

 

[turbonutter69]

Old news pal they've been around for ages an ages. I'm sure there's a thread already on here about them.
Utter rubbish and a waste of money anyway.

 

[obi_waynne]

There is no way an electric fan can make that much of a power difference. Firstly it will drain power from the alternator to create it and I doubt it will be particularly efficient.

They are crude devices at best and tend to be set to cut in at WOT only. When it is not using the "supercharger" to feed in air it will create a lot of additional drag on the car.

I saw a guy put a leaf blower on his cars intake, I'm sure there is a you tube video of it somewhere. This did raise the power a bit but the electric motor was so large it cannot be mounted in the car and IIRC it was mains powered anyway.

A 12v car battery is not going to make much of an impact if it is driving an electric fan!

 

[HDi fun]

We've discussed these before and I pointed out that a fan is not a positive displacement device.

Imagine trying to inflate a balloon by holding its neck in front of a desk fan.

You're quite likely to wind up with the fans blades being sucked off by the engine's vacuum. This is not good for the top of the engine.

 

[MasterAuron]

How did I miss this thread!

 

[turbonutter69]

 

[Yugguy]

http://www.surbo.net/

(;->

 

[davalav]

http://www.surbo.net/

(;->

What on earth!? It's a pipe going now where!?

 

[Yugguy]

Ah, haven't looked for a while, they must have changed it, it used to be basically what looked like a tin can cut into a fan shape. Epic.

 

[old-git]

These things are only made because people buy them!

 

[SLEEPER]

Its another electric supercharger thread

almost as popular as the Im putting a turbo on my car ones


well Ive been thinking that they are so popular Im obviously missing something.............

So after considerable deep thought Ive decided to mount a hamster wheel (with hamster) under the bonnett .

By connecting the wheel to a generator Im sure I could improve the power by at least 20 bhp (brake hamster power)

 

[obi_waynne]

@ SLEEPER, but in fairness this an old thread resurrected.

 

[SLEEPER]

Well my hamster is getting on as well

 

[HDi fun]

These things are a liability in my opinion. There's a risk of the plastic impellers snapping off in the air stream that the engine creates, thus throwing bits of plastic into the engine's internals.

 

[turbonutter69]

Its another electric supercharger thread

almost as popular as the Im putting a turbo on my car ones


well Ive been thinking that they are so popular Im obviously missing something.............

So after considerable deep thought Ive decided to mount a hamster wheel (with hamster) under the bonnett .

By connecting the wheel to a generator Im sure I could improve the power by at least 20 bhp (brake hamster power)

 

[gummy]

Well my hamster is getting on as well

Dont forget to feed the hamster!

 

[Jakeymd]

I'm going connect straws together upto the drivers sear and blow into the intake as i go along. Might be useful for overtaking

 

[SLEEPER]

Dont forget to feed the hamster!

Damn................I knew there was something I had forgotton.

Ive decided not to do this mod as the extra weight of the food is likely to make any extra power worthless.

 

[davalav]

I'm going connect straws together upto the drivers sear and blow into the intake as i go along. Might be useful for overtaking

That made me chuckle.

 

[xacro]

a electric supercharger cant compress the air,you will need at least 0.6 kw and a compressor from a turbo, that wont give you any power gains

 

[HDi fun]

a electric supercharger cant compress the air,you will need at least 0.6 kw and a compressor from a turbo, that wont give you any power gains

600 watts, more like 20,000 watts