Bit of a joke? haha
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Bit of a joke? haha
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/M-N-I...QQcmdZViewItem
Electric turbo kit haha.. 100$. Do you think this would actually do anything verse a K&N intake? I mean it is forcing air into the engine like a turbo is suppose to but whats your thoughts besides thinking of ricers.
Electric turbo kit haha.. 100$. Do you think this would actually do anything verse a K&N intake? I mean it is forcing air into the engine like a turbo is suppose to but whats your thoughts besides thinking of ricers.
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I dunno, Hell, all a supercharger does is blow air. I guess that it is not out of this world to think you could make an electric version of the standard mechanical supercharger. Have you ever felt 9lbs of air? feels like... well... 9lbs. however, i have never felt an electric fan that put out that much.
I dont think the idea is completly ludacris though, but im sure that for a 100 bucks yer getting what yer paying for.
I have always wondered about some sort of an electric turbine setup. Large fan in front, smaller and smaller fans kind of like a jet and then blowing it in the engine. Run something like that electrically, i suppose it could work.
Hell, im sure everyone here has seen that video of the Honda on the dyno, got like, 120hp. Then they put a leaf blower into the intake and ran it again and i think it picked up 25-30hp. i about **** myself when they started spraying nitrous at the side of the leaf blower. lol....
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compressed air is compressed air.
i just dont think yer gonna get enough electrical juice out of a car to run a fan strong enough to create any decent boost.
I dont think the idea is completly ludacris though, but im sure that for a 100 bucks yer getting what yer paying for.
I have always wondered about some sort of an electric turbine setup. Large fan in front, smaller and smaller fans kind of like a jet and then blowing it in the engine. Run something like that electrically, i suppose it could work.
Hell, im sure everyone here has seen that video of the Honda on the dyno, got like, 120hp. Then they put a leaf blower into the intake and ran it again and i think it picked up 25-30hp. i about **** myself when they started spraying nitrous at the side of the leaf blower. lol....
anyways
compressed air is compressed air.
i just dont think yer gonna get enough electrical juice out of a car to run a fan strong enough to create any decent boost.
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I dunno, Hell, all a supercharger does is blow air. I guess that it is not out of this world to think you could make an electric version of the standard mechanical supercharger. Have you ever felt 9lbs of air? feels like... well... 9lbs. however, i have never felt an electric fan that put out that much.
I dont think the idea is completly ludacris though, but im sure that for a 100 bucks yer getting what yer paying for.
I have always wondered about some sort of an electric turbine setup. Large fan in front, smaller and smaller fans kind of like a jet and then blowing it in the engine. Run something like that electrically, i suppose it could work.
Hell, im sure everyone here has seen that video of the Honda on the dyno, got like, 120hp. Then they put a leaf blower into the intake and ran it again and i think it picked up 25-30hp. i about **** myself when they started spraying nitrous at the side of the leaf blower. lol....
anyways
compressed air is compressed air.
i just dont think yer gonna get enough electrical juice out of a car to run a fan strong enough to create any decent boost.
I dont think the idea is completly ludacris though, but im sure that for a 100 bucks yer getting what yer paying for.
I have always wondered about some sort of an electric turbine setup. Large fan in front, smaller and smaller fans kind of like a jet and then blowing it in the engine. Run something like that electrically, i suppose it could work.
Hell, im sure everyone here has seen that video of the Honda on the dyno, got like, 120hp. Then they put a leaf blower into the intake and ran it again and i think it picked up 25-30hp. i about **** myself when they started spraying nitrous at the side of the leaf blower. lol....
anyways
compressed air is compressed air.
i just dont think yer gonna get enough electrical juice out of a car to run a fan strong enough to create any decent boost.
True, I wish it was possible because I would buy it in a heart beat. lol
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I would agree with Jack but remember its not compressing the air, its ramming it (if thats a word lol). The leaf blower and that dinky little electric fan arent made to compress air. I would say get a ram air intake and be done with it.
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my guess would be it's taking hp from ur engine...maybe not on a 4cyl, but on a v8 prolly..if the engine is sucking in more air then the lil....idk wtf to call it...is pushing in, it's restricting the air flow, i couldn't see some little electric fan pushing even what a naturally aspirated v8 needs...just my thinking, could be wrong...
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my friend actually bought one of these for his 2005 neon and payed like $180 for it and it sucks *****, he got maybe 15-20 hp tops. he was mad because with that money he could have gotton something worth while.. but even on a 4clynder engine that suck *****, and arn't worth any money
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There is no way that thing will ever push enough air to even bring the engine out of vaccum. Its pure bullshit and i bet it hurts power being an obstruction in the intake path more then anything.
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