electric turbo system!!!

nateneon · Post by **nateneon** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:50 pm

are the electric turbo/supercharger systems on ebay real or are the bogus???

Post by **racer12306** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:14 pm

The can be good, but the brand is extremely important. You will never get the boost you can get out of an exhaust/belt driven turbo/supercharger.

The other thing that I am curious about is how much power do they pull. If it pulls enough it could lag down your alternator which in turn uses more power, thus minimizing the effect.

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:07 am

one of the car magazines did a review on one. It actually lowered horsepower on the dyno, by restricting the intake. It would take a huge fan to push enough air. Remember a real turbo spools up to like over 10,000 rpm

mopar4life · Post by **mopar4life** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:37 pm

I seen a vid on streetfire of a leaf blower addin 20rwhp to a S10 and a Civic. Though its just simulating the ram air effect at low speeds.

Post by **racer12306** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:58 pm

The only difference is the leaf blowers were ran off the wall power, not the cars alternator/battery.

Cabbs · Post by **Cabbs** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:44 am

I would imagine as your revs go up you see less and less boost.

excon · Post by **excon** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:36 am

if this is what i think it is and it's a metal fan inside your air intake track, before air gets to the throttle body, then this doesn't work. it was tested on a focus forum, dynoed, and the car lost power across the powerband. I believe it was close to 3-4 hp too....

Donkeypuncher · Post by **Donkeypuncher** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:43 pm

The thomas knight elctric supercharger is the only kit that is proven and actually works. It's a little pricey though.

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:47 pm

Donkeypuncher wrote:The thomas knight elctric supercharger is the only kit that is proven and actually works. It's a little pricey though.

And a little massive. Bloody hell, 2-3 starter motors on top of the blower.

mopar4life · Post by **mopar4life** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:17 am

I could see how that Knight system could be very effective but not quite as cost effective. Id like to see one used at the track.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:19 am

my friend has one on his pontiac firebird and it does nothing for him i would save save cash for a real one or do other mods and youll see better power

boxcarfan · Post by **boxcarfan** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:23 pm

dude there is NO way it would ever work...unless you had some SERIOUS gear reduction...even then i would say that is all BS.

and turbos spool up to like 150,000-200,000 RPM.