so what do you guys think of electric superchargers?

 

Most of the 'electric superchargers'
you see on eBay and such places
are actually 'Metro' brand name
12 volt whitewater raft inflators
and cost about $70 in a kayak/canoe store.

Metro inflators make about 1 psi pressure
and flow just a bit more than 100 cfm.

We may see 'real' electric superchargers in the future
along with electric power steering, electric air conditioning, etc
but the Metro is not worth using on an automobile
but it does save time inflating rafts

 

There's only one "electronic" supercharger that works.
http://www.turbomagazine.com/tech/04.../photo_03.html
Google Thomas Knight and you'll find boosthead.com. Plug in the car info and you'll see that there are some gains by looking at the dyno sheets on the right of the page.
If you take a quick look at the first link, you will notice the oodles of batteries that guy has in the trunk. So...now, you've removed the parasitic loss of belts in favor of weight gain. Little does that Altima owner know, he's still slow and he's now lost traction off the line.

Any other "electric" supercharger...like HankL stated is a waste of time and money. One thing to know about a car's intake system...the intake varies and unless the charger has this similar capability to vary along with the motor, it's USELESS all but to inflate rafts, beds, and dolls, lol.

 

Actually many are boat bilge pumps ... they won't even pressurize that much ...

 

so what upgrades are needed to put a supercharger in my car? have any supercharger recomendations?
or is even worth it? is my v6 even worth spending allot of money on to get the power i'm wanting..

 

rippmods makes one for the 3.0 and you can do a motor swap then get one ...

 

Just one word Junk

 

How about 3 letters....POS, lol.

 

that works also

 

awww i see..lol but it sounds like you've had experience.....and i'm guessing there are allot of other letters that could be used