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Old 22-08-10, 22:11
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Default Re: Electric Supercharger - have heard some stories

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think a usable electric super is meant to draw between 3-4kW, which is a tidy alternator load to say the least. You've just done all that work on your airducting, go for ram air effect haha.
Thats a much better response than I could give! haha.
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Old 22-08-10, 22:13
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fair one, bet loads of people have bought them.

I bet they have, I remember buying an Eco-tek powerboost valve £75 - the company who make them have an expert called Tim, talked to him for days, I had one on the Cosworth and it worked great. He convinced me to get one for the V6....bad mistake as it throws lambdas out and unless you fit two only cylinders 1,3,5 benefit as its connected in-line to the brake servo vacuum.

Eventually they made a statement on their forum that it wont work unless you fit two!

Basically quote Seems to be a distinct lack of data to back up improvement claims, and folk that claim it works could easily think so due to "placebo" effect....because of the rasping noise....got a refund waste of money lol
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Default Re: Electric Supercharger - have heard some stories

'produce gains in both horsepower and torque'

how many millions of people don't realise that since hp is a derivation of torque, you cannot possibly increase torque without an increase in hp - unless you've lowered the rpm at which torque peaks.

I've seen bigger hair drier motors haha
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Old 22-08-10, 22:21
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Default Re: Electric Supercharger - have heard some stories

I've always been very scepitical of anything like this in all honesty - Usually for good reason. lol.
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Old 22-08-10, 22:29
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Default Re: Electric Supercharger - have heard some stories

Better idea...We all shoot down to maplins, buy a 12v to 240v converter and start stripping down our Dysons hahaha and have vortex induction, smart design when the bonnet is up, wicked noise and .....nothing else
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