"Electric Supercharger"
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Actualy the leaf blower idea will work especialy on the lowend. I have almost everything drawn up and the parts picked out to do this. I just don't have the $300 it's gonna cost me to do it all. One of these days I will get around to it and ofcourse have to dyno it and see what happens.
Flame away but remember they flamed the wright brothers when they said they were gonna fly.
Flame away but remember they flamed the wright brothers when they said they were gonna fly.
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RE: "Electric Supercharger"
Only problem with that is it will sound hilarious from the outside. People will think you ran over a gardener and he is still stuck in your undercarriage.
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ORIGINAL: MAGICDSSMAN
Actualy the leaf blower idea will work especialy on the lowend. I have almost everything drawn up and the parts picked out to do this. I just don't have the $300 it's gonna cost me to do it all. One of these days I will get around to it and ofcourse have to dyno it and see what happens.
Flame away but remember they flamed the wright brothers when they said they were gonna fly.
Actualy the leaf blower idea will work especialy on the lowend. I have almost everything drawn up and the parts picked out to do this. I just don't have the $300 it's gonna cost me to do it all. One of these days I will get around to it and ofcourse have to dyno it and see what happens.
Flame away but remember they flamed the wright brothers when they said they were gonna fly.
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RE: "Electric Supercharger"
I don't think it will have much result anyway. A supercharger or turbo works by actually compressing the air (that's why intercoolers are needed because compressing air creates heat). It has to be able to compress enough air so that the intake stroke is taking in a larger amount of air then what the engine can take in normally to have any benefit. In my opinion, a fan or leaf blower does not compress air, it only accelerates it. All you will be doing is ensuring that the intake stroke has all the air it needs for normal operation by accelerating the air into the cylinder, but that air will not be compressed, so the total volumn of air in the cylinder will not be larger then it is normally, so it will provide little benefit.
Just my thoughts, but good luck to you.
Just my thoughts, but good luck to you.
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I agree with mopowar, if you do get it up show pics, and if you can get it dyno'd, well... show more pics, or videos... I would pay to see videos of it...
the link i posted above is the "Super quiet" model or whatever...
the link i posted above is the "Super quiet" model or whatever...
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ORIGINAL: Silver_Dodge
I don't think it will have much result anyway. A supercharger or turbo works by actually compressing the air (that's why intercoolers are needed because compressing air creates heat). It has to be able to compress enough air so that the intake stroke is taking in a larger amount of air then what the engine can take in normally to have any benefit. In my opinion, a fan or leaf blower does not compress air, it only accelerates it. All you will be doing is ensuring that the intake stroke has all the air it needs for normal operation by accelerating the air into the cylinder, but that air will not be compressed, so the total volumn of air in the cylinder will not be larger then it is normally, so it will provide little benefit.
Just my thoughts, but good luck to you.
I don't think it will have much result anyway. A supercharger or turbo works by actually compressing the air (that's why intercoolers are needed because compressing air creates heat). It has to be able to compress enough air so that the intake stroke is taking in a larger amount of air then what the engine can take in normally to have any benefit. In my opinion, a fan or leaf blower does not compress air, it only accelerates it. All you will be doing is ensuring that the intake stroke has all the air it needs for normal operation by accelerating the air into the cylinder, but that air will not be compressed, so the total volumn of air in the cylinder will not be larger then it is normally, so it will provide little benefit.
Just my thoughts, but good luck to you.
Back to my hair dryer idea. What if I was to put a vise on the hair dryer and crank it down real tight. Would this compress the air enough? For an intercooler I could use a window ac unit and plug it in to the same inverter. Then my truck would truly be modded to the max.
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If your going to be using a hair dryer, you should install a system for spray too.....hair spray. A little Aqua Net or Suave shot in the intake (set it up like a NOS kit) with that hair dryer compressed air, cooled by a window AC unit, should be worth 100+ horsepower easily.
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There you go. That stuff is probably more volitile than gasoline. Probably have like three foot flames shooting out the tale pipes as I shoot down the strip. The crowd would be asking themselves- "I wonder how he sees out the windshield over top that ac unit cut into the hood".
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Yeah, until you get all that nice gunk that didnt burn up all in the intake... And the truck dies...
Yeah i know what kind of resin hairspray leaves behind, I own a potato launcher =D
Yeah i know what kind of resin hairspray leaves behind, I own a potato launcher =D
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Running all that boost from the hair dryer would blow that stuff right out of there. I'm thinking top fuel class with Supercuts as a sponsor. This would enable me to fund the travel and replinish my wife's hair supplies.
Hopefully anyone researching buying an electric supercharger off of ebay will have this thread pop up on their search engine, and reallize what joke it is.
Hopefully anyone researching buying an electric supercharger off of ebay will have this thread pop up on their search engine, and reallize what joke it is.