how come no body ever thought of sticking an electric turbo fan, like a mini fan that has wind speeds of more than 40 mph blowing into a velocity-stacked tube (to straighten the air flow) and like hook the power up to a 300 watt amp? and just have it electronically controlled via RPM/throttle positon... more throttle % = more spinning? and the **** would be super quiet , and you can make your own BOV with a straw?

hehe.

--Cheston

 

I think we can do it if we get a vacuum cleaner.. change the internals to make it do the opposite, connect the vaccum hose to the intake manifold, **dreaming dreaming dreaming***, run the electrical components to a power inverter... maybe crank the amps up a bit you know.. dream with me here Cheston

 

It has been thought of, www.electricsupercharger.com

The problem is, it's not so easy in practice... Back when this came up a long time ago, I did some calculations on power requirements and output. My conclusion was that in order to get a usable amount of compression out of it, it would instantly overburden your alternator and start sucking the life out of your battery.

Basically, for it to really be a workable idea with real gains (and not just a quick 5 HP boost), you would need a serious alternator and preferably a high capacity voltage storage system (i.e. battery rack)...

 

Why not just get some plutonium and wire it directly to the flux capacitor?

 

lol...but where do we get the plutonium?

maybe the doc will let us borrow some

 

1.21 Gigawatts!

 

I'll search the VW boards for a VW bus driven by a bunch of bazooka toting terrorists!

 

you could always shove some perishable items into your gas tank

 

You dont do that already

 

you know i always wondered...out of all the cars they could've used....a delorean?

 

..

 

Go to the local hardware store and get a leaf blower!

 

heres docs car http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...item=570315705

 

GREAT SCOTT!!!!! :LAUGH:

 

when i was younger i always wanted a delorean, now compared to maximas and other cars, they just plain ugly. you know you could drive a dolrean through a brick wall and it would still be in tact.

 

THIS IS REDICULOUS...check out the webmasters ride on the 240sx.org he used a freaking leaf blower and got 50 extra horse out of it....he just cant close the hood with the setup

 

I see the pic, yes, but is this possible/realistic to do? Say take a Leafblower, power inverter, extra hoses, switch of somesort...
There's got to be more to it than that, right? I mean hell, I've got a leafblower in my garage that claims to generate more than 200mph of wind through the nozzle...I'm thinking If I tried sticking that thing on, my MAF sensor diode thingy would get sucked out of it's housing. But if you could get 50-HP from an $80 leafblower + maybe another $50 in parts/fabrication, and it worked reliably wouldn't everyone do it? Doesn't the amount of air the thing generates affect it, or fuel or something, and what is/how does a blow-off valve work? I guess I'm just confused about this whole thing and am asking how/why this would or would not work.

 

Yes I'm curious (and amused) when I see a picture of a leafblower stuck inside an engine, but it's not like I'm about to go out and do it...Like I said, I'm sure there's more to it...I've heard a lot of talk of trying it (including a fool I work with), but I've never heard why it would not work.

And for my next trick: Replacing the timing chain w/ weed-wacker thread.

 

 

(No it's not...he's just resting).

 

in pure honesty. i started this thread out of REAL gravity of the matter. (whoo SAT word).

i really did think. with say an electric supercharger would work... i mean. if not straight from the batter,
a kenetically charged battery from the car's wheels (aka stick a generator on the shaft/pulleys) to power this motor. *then i thought. oh ****. this is just a regualr supercharger* but hey.

that leaf blower might compliment my touring wings. heheh.

--cheston

curiosity didn't kill the cat. the automated can opener that his owner made did.

 

http://www.electricsupercharger.com/...percharger.com

this is one made with the intention to be an automotive unit. There was a report (in the other thread) that the person who installed it in his car actually lost 1 hp at the dyno.
I think what happened is that the air mass transfer capacity of this "charger" cannot equal the one of the maxima engine at WOT, in that case, it actually becomes an obsticle and slows the air intake to the engine (kind of like an airplane reversing thrust at landing).

 

i mean. that ESC is lame. it's INSIDE the intake tube. i want to put the fan OUTSIDE, and blowing into a tube..

huh..

next project? Mwuahahahaaha..


--cheston

 

He can shut the hood if he cuts out a hole like a ram air system