GTE Electric Supercharger??
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GTE Electric Supercharger??
Do the GTE Electric Superchargers work on cobalts?? And if so, would I need an extra battery to power it on an aftermarket alternator?
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look I have seen what the manufacturer clames and I garintee its all crap take it from me generating 5 psi requires a substantual abount of power, note that the discription says "900 watts" this is obviously a lie want to know how I can tell? simple Watts=Voltag*Curent (aka amps) 900w/12v=75amps needed to make 900 wats now look at the little wires coming out of the device its about 10 or 12 gauge wire its really not posible to flow 75 amps through a 10 or 12 gauge wire look at amplifier installs amps with 75A requirements require 4-00 gauge wire (about the size of your finger or larger) understand? point number 2 when you generate that much power you also generate a bit of heat due to inefficiencies in the power consumption of the moter that kind of heatwould easily be enough to melt the cheap plastic of the device in question also dont forget that compressing air also generates a substantial amount of heat all of this makes it obvious that such a product is crap
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lol I'm not thinking about buying one or anything im just curious...I do realize that they have all the cheap plastic crap ones. but i also just found a website selling them but there odl garrett turbos with electric motors on the back of them. heres the website xsturbos.com. They actually look very decent since there actual turbos converted. but idk if they work or not.
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lol I'm not thinking about buying one or anything im just curious...I do realize that they have all the cheap plastic crap ones. but i also just found a website selling them but there odl garrett turbos with electric motors on the back of them. heres the website xsturbos.com. They actually look very decent since there actual turbos converted. but idk if they work or not.
now granted those might get you a noticable gain but the likley hood of reaching any kind of boost above 2-3 psi is doubtfull
so I will be frank there is no easy/cheap way to go about forced induction eather do it right or dont do it
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Edit: here is the story
http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/e...r/viewall.html
http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/e.../photo_09.html
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it was Hotrod, but yes. IIRC they made 1lb of boost with two 900CFm leaf blowers.
Edit: here is the story
Leaf Blower Supercharger - Hot Rod Magazine
Leaf Blower Supercharger Driving The New Corvette Hack Photo 9
Edit: here is the story
Leaf Blower Supercharger - Hot Rod Magazine
Leaf Blower Supercharger Driving The New Corvette Hack Photo 9
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look I have seen what the manufacturer clames and I garintee its all crap take it from an engineer generating 5 psi requires a substantual abount of power, note that the discription says "900 watts" this is obviously a lie want to know how I can tell? simple omes law Watts=Voltag*Curent (aka amps) 900w/12v=75amps needed to make 900 wats now look at the little wires coming out of the device its about 10 or 12 gauge wire its really not posible to flow 75 amps through a 10 or 12 gauge wire look at amplifier installs amps with 75A requirements require 4-00 gauge wire (about the size of your finger or larger) understand? point number 2 when you generate that much power you also generate a bit of heat due to inefficiencies in the power consumption of the moter that kind of heatwould easily be enough to melt the cheap plastic of the device in question also dont forget that compressing air also generates a substantial amount of heat all of this makes it obvious that such a product is crap
Ohm's Law: V = IR ; where V is voltage, I is current, and R is resistance.
Power: The rate of energy transfer. Measured in J/s (Joules per second) also known as Watts (named after James Watt). Simple UNIT CONVERSION will get you to watts from voltage, but not Ohm's Law
Voltage x Current = Power because voltage is a measure of J/C (Joules per Coulomb) and current is a measure of C/s (Coulombs per second). If you multiply them together the Coulombs cancel each other and you're left with J/s aka Watts.
I didn't do this to discredit you, just to correct the information that was put out there. Wouldn't want people basing there decision of whether or not to buy an electric supercharger off of incorrect data
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Ummm I just want to point out that this is completely wrong.
Ohm's Law: V = IR ; where V is voltage, I is current, and R is resistance.
Power: The rate of energy transfer. Measured in J/s (Joules per second) also known as Watts (named after James Watt). Simple UNIT CONVERSION will get you to watts from voltage, but not Ohm's Law
Voltage x Current = Power because voltage is a measure of J/C (Joules per Coulomb) and current is a measure of C/s (Coulombs per second). If you multiply them together the Coulombs cancel each other and you're left with J/s aka Watts.
I didn't do this to discredit you, just to correct the information that was put out there. Wouldn't want people basing there decision of whether or not to buy an electric supercharger off of incorrect data
Ohm's Law: V = IR ; where V is voltage, I is current, and R is resistance.
Power: The rate of energy transfer. Measured in J/s (Joules per second) also known as Watts (named after James Watt). Simple UNIT CONVERSION will get you to watts from voltage, but not Ohm's Law
Voltage x Current = Power because voltage is a measure of J/C (Joules per Coulomb) and current is a measure of C/s (Coulombs per second). If you multiply them together the Coulombs cancel each other and you're left with J/s aka Watts.
I didn't do this to discredit you, just to correct the information that was put out there. Wouldn't want people basing there decision of whether or not to buy an electric supercharger off of incorrect data
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