The Kompressor set-up disengages the clutch at low throttle, cruising where boost is not needed. This eliminates unneeded drag to increase economy and reduce heat in the intake. The Magnason (spelling) supercharger does the same basic thing with a vacuum actuated bypass valve to do the same thing without stopping the rotors.

As for the bogus electric blower, it you combine this with the $60 power chip (aka $.50 resistor in a plastic box) aka powerwire, then you can have a 1200hp Hemi that gets 120mpg!!!!

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

These con artist should be banned from eBay!!!!

 

As far as ducted rc plane electric turbine fans have come, mocking something up to work on any engine might actually work. They do provide up to 12 lbs of thrust as some state. So I dunno, an electric turbo might actually work if time and a little ingenuity are put forth.....

 

When that day happens and you try to market it and sell it, you better at least spend the small amount of 75 +/- to get your product on a dyno and have some numbers to back up your accusations

 

I think VW has an electric supercharger but it's pretty different than that. I'm sure a well designed one could help some but why wouldnt a multibillion dollar car company not have these on to report higher HP/mpg like ford does for their new Ecoboost?

 

Car and Driver's report on the Flex with V6 Ecoboost was not very impressive. For a vehicle that weights 200 lbs less than a Hemi Ram, it makes similar power numbers (Flex makes peak torque much lower in the RPM band) and probably only squeaks a couple extra mpg on the highway only. I just did a road trip in my RAM at Christmas totaling over 1200 miles, and I averaged about 20.5 mpg for the whole trip. I did keep the speed to a max of 70 even in the 75 zone, and 70-80% of the roads were flat. The car and driver test only claimed a max 22 mpg in there tests.

I think mass and aerodynamics play a huge role with the engine choice. Ford is selling the Ecoboost as V8 power with V6 mileage, but it's not going to happen in a sub 5K box of a vehicle. Drop the same engine in a smaller car and the mpg's should be more appealing.

I do believe that the future has always been smaller engines with turbo's to get good power numbers and better fuel economy. I applaud Ford for pulling the trigger and putting these turbo engines in many of the cars they are producing, but you still have to be smart about it.

 

we pay alot of money to get a "couple extra mpgs" lol