Electric Supercharger

Knight had made one that looks like a conventional turbo but is electrically fed.. I believe this is a better design, but I still don't know if there would be any boost out of it..
 
I think you would just be better off by putting the over sized fuel injectors in to make your engine bigger and be done with it.
 
Frogman said:
Sure it can.

Pressure is the result of Force over and Area. P=F/A. You duct that "supercharger" into a 1/2 liter bottle properly, and it will pressurize that bottle to 5(+) PSI.

Now, will it keep 5PSI on a motor? Doubt it.
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Gee Frog---

You spoil the fun gettin' all scientific an' s h i t!!

KS
 
Color changing hole saw, classic.

I will say that they didn't do the great job with the 'testing' as they didn't block off the warm air intake under the air cleaner...
 
I do hate to spoil the mirth over the electric supercharger, but BMW plans to make a go of it. They plan to use an electric turbocharger as the first stage of a twin sequential system. The electric gives them the instant off the line boost and provides boost until the second, larger unit can take over. I've read a lot of stories about this in the past and the concept actually is sound.

In addition to BMW's thing, the University of Nebraska's engineering department builds motor vehicles with the intent of creating a commercially viable vehicle that uses E85 while making more power and getting better fuel efficiency than a stock vehicle. Their build uses an electric turbocharger that produces 3.5PSI, apparently using less HP than it can add to the truck they installed is on. And as this is a University project designed to win a competition against other schools, you know that the students had to prove that each component would meet the requirements of the project. The Turbodyne Turbopac 2500 they use is only designed for short bursts however, like getting the car moving or passing other cars.

EDIT - Looks like they've updated the BMW story. Very neat and effective looking.
 
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Actually, all you have to do is use one of the fans from a wind tunnel and either mount it on little wheels so you van pull it along behind the car---using a piece of 24-inch sewer pipe to get the boosted air up to the engine compartment. Then you either use a VERY long extension cord or arrange the sort of overhead electrical transmission line that used to power trolley cars.

There, that ought to do it!!! Yeah, that oughta work!!

KS
 
cammerfe said:
Actually, all you have to do is use one of the fans from a wind tunnel and either mount it on little wheels so you van pull it along behind the car---using a piece of 24-inch sewer pipe to get the boosted air up to the engine compartment. Then you either use a VERY long extension cord or arrange the sort of overhead electrical transmission line that used to power trolley cars.

There, that ought to do it!!! Yeah, that oughta work!!

KS
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I dunno, Wile E Coyote tried it and the extension cord always came out just short of the target.
 
I was going to stack about 6 or 7 of these electric superchargers in a series and run 3 car batteries with a set up transformer. Will that work? :p
 
Telco said:
I dunno, Wile E Coyote tried it and the extension cord always came out just short of the target.
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Well, in all fairness, it was always long enough to get him to the middle of the crash site.
 
King of resurrecting dead threads lmao but I came across this and honestly, that ESC on that bull**** little altima is crazy. Lol put one on the ls as 5psi and it would be phenomenal lol that is all
 
Nol! No! No! there was a typo error. That was supposed to be .005 PSI. And only that much when the engine isn't running.

KS
 
Electric Superchargers are real, although highly impractical. Here's a guy who has a real electric supercharger. They are basically the compressor housing of a turbo-charger with a motor attached to the turbine end of the shaft. He does a good job explaining it all too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKDYqAoVblM
 
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