Turbodyne electric supercharger installed on LS

[Justin00LS]

Check this article out...it shows an electric supercharger installed on an LS -> http://www.autospeed.com.au/cms/A_0691/article.html

"The 3.9-litre V8 engine has been equipped with a Turbo Dyne Electric Supercharger and a computer upgrade. Maximum boost is 6 psi in two stages - high boost at open throttle, and low boost at up to 4000 rpm. Power is now rated at 243kW at 6000 rpm, up 29 per cent. The 0-60 mph (0-97 km/h) time has been shortened to only 6.1 seconds - more than a second faster than stock!"

I am thinking that the increase in horsepower is due to the computer upgrade more than the electric supercharger. Although I believe an electric supercharger that had a current draw of say 150-200 amps could theoretically work somewhat...

comments?

 

[Quik LS]

SVC did a few one offs - even a roots blower (they tried to sell the prototype system on here a few years ago, but would only sell it to someone local, only if they installed it and wanted $6k for it - no warranties). new kits were going to be in the $10k range I believe.

none of these ever got off the ground. Most were started before the SCT tuners were available, and were delayed for years or never ran well (this LS is a 2000).

If it was running 6PSI that should mean temperatures were raised 100degrees at the intake - I do not see any intercooling - so the tuning would have been tricky as the IAT sensor is still in its stock location in the intake tube ahead of the turbo. Maybe Ford helped on the tuning....

 

[PatrickSimmons]

Interesting but is there really a market for superchargers and turbochargers in our LS'? I would love to have one myself but spending over 10K for one just doesn't seem reasonable even if you have money laying around.

 

[02V8Sport]

Turbodyne scammed a bunch of investors into this electric supercharger idea many years ago. They have since pretty much not gone anywhere. If you look at thier stock, it is worth $.02, thats right 2 cents!!

 

[antonio fuller]

I was looking into superchargers and came up on this. http://www.drivingenthusiast.net/se...-showcars/concepts_LINCOLN/svc-ls/default.htm. most importantly question I have is first did lincoln come up with this concept or is it a aftermarket company that did this. If lincoln did this concept I want to upgrade my ls to the closest I can get to this one as possible also what is the specs for this supercharger

 

[jmtiseo]

It's a dead thread and dead concept but concepts for SEMA can either be done in-house or outsourced by the OEM to companies that specialize in vehicle customs. If you do any form of FI it's more than likely, almost certain, it will be fully custom, not aftermarket. QuikLS had one of the few, if not the only, S/C LS and the member on here has had his LS tied up for years trying to get it turboed with numerous issues.

 

[Telco]

That electric turbocharger is only suitable for a few seconds of boost anyway, like you need acceleration to pass another car. It's not going to run full time.

If you want to look into an electric turbocharger that will likely be commercially available, BMW is doing an electric turbo for their cars. Theirs isn't just a blowdryer motor like most of those Ebay jobs are though.

What BMW did was split the boost and drive sections of a traditional turbocharger and put an electric motor between them. The electric motor decouples the drive section from the boost section and spools the boost section up to give instant boost, then when the engine has enough exhaust flow to drive the turbo it will recouple the drive section to the boost section. The electric motor is not expected to run more than a few seconds before exhaust flow is sufficient to drive the turbo.

I also understand they are trying to work it out so that the electric motor section of the turbo will also act as a generator, which would eliminate the need for a traditional alternator and drop part of the load off the engine. They'll need a pretty hefty battery to get though stop and go traffic when there's not enough exhaust to drive the generator though. Might be able to do it by uncoupling the boost section side of the turbo, then just let exhaust flow drive the electric motor. Any motor will generate electricity if you spin the shaft fast enough.

 

[antonio fuller]

Would have been cool to own a super ls prototype nice