Wtf is this???
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Wtf is this???
So I was casually shopping on ebay to check out what kind of turbochagers are on the market for our cars, when I stumbled upon this... http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1...=Turbocharger-
WTF is it? it looks like some turbo charger that is mounted on the intake pipe... but I dont understand how it works? does it force more air in than a cold air intake? I just thought it looked kind of goofy...
EDIT: sorry, this is the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-T...t_10125wt_1165
WTF is it? it looks like some turbo charger that is mounted on the intake pipe... but I dont understand how it works? does it force more air in than a cold air intake? I just thought it looked kind of goofy...
EDIT: sorry, this is the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-T...t_10125wt_1165
Last edited by boosting in Ohio; Sep 16, 2009 at 01:46 AM.
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It's pretty much a hair dryer for your intake. If you're retarded, you'll buy it.
It's a useless load of ****, creates no actual boost and does NOT increase HP, it's been dyno tested by someone who was curious if they work.
It's a useless load of ****, creates no actual boost and does NOT increase HP, it's been dyno tested by someone who was curious if they work.
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I'm not kidding. It doesn't work.
Apparently the car's 12v system cannot provide enough power to give positive manifold pressure. I think (from what I remember) you'd need a lot more electricity to turn a motor enough to create boost.
Apparently the car's 12v system cannot provide enough power to give positive manifold pressure. I think (from what I remember) you'd need a lot more electricity to turn a motor enough to create boost.
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although i agree that they are a waste of money, we had a local ricer with a 2.2 cavi that gained 7 whp over almost the whole rpm range with one of those, out a dyno day back in april i think it was. not sure how much boost it made though if any...he even said he was gonna swap the motor out for a router motor...yikes, spend the money and do it the right way and actually get some power by adding a turbo/supercharger
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These things are B.S.
Electric superchargers are for real but they use them on big ass diesels, lag in a big motor like that is murder. The electric S.C. gives some instant boost to get things rolling from a dead stop.
It takes something like a 20 horsepower motor to make like 5lbs of boost that they use in
busses and those big Tonka truck earth movers that you see in quarries. If you think about it
in you M62 your use a 205 hp motor to make the boost you are making.
Electric superchargers are for real but they use them on big ass diesels, lag in a big motor like that is murder. The electric S.C. gives some instant boost to get things rolling from a dead stop.
It takes something like a 20 horsepower motor to make like 5lbs of boost that they use in
busses and those big Tonka truck earth movers that you see in quarries. If you think about it
in you M62 your use a 205 hp motor to make the boost you are making.
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I know a leafblower can work, I've seen it done.
The problem is the size of the motor, blades and how fast it spins. Typically those little things are no more powerful than a hair dryer, thus how can this feasibly create more power?
With a larger one, results are guaranteed. It's practically an electric centrifugal supercharger.
I doubt one you buy on Ebay will give results, and if it does, I wouldn't expect any more than a couple horse. Besides, you have a LNF, chances are it'll do NOTHING for you, not even compounding the fact that even if it could, the PCM would learn it down.
The problem is the size of the motor, blades and how fast it spins. Typically those little things are no more powerful than a hair dryer, thus how can this feasibly create more power?
With a larger one, results are guaranteed. It's practically an electric centrifugal supercharger.
I doubt one you buy on Ebay will give results, and if it does, I wouldn't expect any more than a couple horse. Besides, you have a LNF, chances are it'll do NOTHING for you, not even compounding the fact that even if it could, the PCM would learn it down.
I know a leafblower can work, I've seen it done.
The problem is the size of the motor, blades and how fast it spins. Typically those little things are no more powerful than a hair dryer, thus how can this feasibly create more power?
With a larger one, results are guaranteed. It's practically an electric centrifugal supercharger.
I doubt one you buy on Ebay will give results, and if it does, I wouldn't expect any more than a couple horse. Besides, you have a LNF, chances are it'll do NOTHING for you, not even compounding the fact that even if it could, the PCM would learn it down.
The problem is the size of the motor, blades and how fast it spins. Typically those little things are no more powerful than a hair dryer, thus how can this feasibly create more power?
With a larger one, results are guaranteed. It's practically an electric centrifugal supercharger.
I doubt one you buy on Ebay will give results, and if it does, I wouldn't expect any more than a couple horse. Besides, you have a LNF, chances are it'll do NOTHING for you, not even compounding the fact that even if it could, the PCM would learn it down.
yeah....thats not a turbo. Its an electric supercharger. they are complete garbage. While the story of the 7whp is compelling. Its still a chunk of plastic hooked up to your intake. what happens when that chunk of plastic breaks and a piece of it goes flying into your intake manifold? bad stuff....
By the way, what they dont tell you is that you can't continuously run the electric supercharger, you get maybe a good 5 seconds worth of time before it burns out. Its hooked up electrically to your throttle sensor and only opens at full throttle then shuts off after previously mentioned time limit. once it shuts down its a big restrictive piece of crap. there are REAL electric superchargers out there that make REAL power but they require like 5 car batteries, lol. I've seen those for sale for like $4000.
By the way, what they dont tell you is that you can't continuously run the electric supercharger, you get maybe a good 5 seconds worth of time before it burns out. Its hooked up electrically to your throttle sensor and only opens at full throttle then shuts off after previously mentioned time limit. once it shuts down its a big restrictive piece of crap. there are REAL electric superchargers out there that make REAL power but they require like 5 car batteries, lol. I've seen those for sale for like $4000.
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http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.ph...13561&t=113561
See the first post, there's even an included video at the bottom of the post.
Notice how those **** heads from Ebay used the picture of the part installed on a 3.1L GM V6, well notice how that exact same picture is in his post...I'm sure they never asked to use it, LOL!
See the first post, there's even an included video at the bottom of the post.
Notice how those **** heads from Ebay used the picture of the part installed on a 3.1L GM V6, well notice how that exact same picture is in his post...I'm sure they never asked to use it, LOL!
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