Anyone ever try one? http://www.electricsupercharger.com/

 

Some people will buy anything!

 

reminds me of the time me and my cousin stuck an old leaf blower on my tractors intake.

 

Its a worthless pos like the tornado fuel saver and the magnetic thing you put on your fuel line to increase mpg.

Throw a leaf blower on your intake and same effect.

 

I am not pondering purchasing one of these things - just mild curiousity in all honesty. But I don't know if I am so quick to discredit what has been put forth in the link. Maybe that particular brand - but does anyone make an electric supercharger? I mean they have electric fans - why not some kind of electric supercharger that is reputable? And realistically with the power capacity of your typical engine you're not going to be spinning huge power anyways like you would from a belt driven S/C - but why wouldn't something like this work?

 

That's an interesting concept. If an electric fan provides a benefit by taking a direct load off the engine, then I can see this working too, in theory. They only claim 1psi boost, which seems reasonable, whether or not that would give you 5% increase in HP is another matter. I'm not dismissing it as I think the theory is sound, but it would have more credibility if it came from a well known company.

 

I have seen a centrifugal supercharger that was driven by an electrical motor featured in a magazine years ago but, it wasn't as powerful as a belt driven one and pulled a lot of amps requiring a dual battery set-up and more powerful alternator, I don't remember who made it but, obviously it was a "flop" because I haven't seen one since!

 

 

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/a...ad23ca9564.htm

They do kind-of-work but please don't.

Jason

 

if you want more power then buy a turbonator, and put it in a autozone rice pipe with a a cold air box and k&n cone filter i can post pics if you want

 

Something tells me that your motor will suck more CFM than that little electric motor can put out, and actually decrease airflow.

 

Thats true, But imagine if you will that one of these electric supercharges actually did put out lets say 4 psi. I think that any additional power that would make would be canceled out by the extra strain put on the electrical system and probably a lean condition caused by boost without extra fuel

 

I can't tell if I can hear the leaf blower or the civic in that one.

 

I think these things would work, but I believe they would be more effective at higher elevations. I think it would almost create atmospheric pressure similar to sea level conditions. I do not believe that a 1 PSI boost would cause the engine to lean out(except maybe carb'd motors) because the computer, and Mass airflow sensors would compensate for that small of a difference. I'm not sure about using it at the lower elevations. I considered custom fabbing a gas leaf blower to a riding lawnmower carb, but I never really got around to it.

 

the dyno sheets they show on their web site show massive hp gains ranging from 3 to 6 hp across the board same with tourque WOO HOO!!!! gotta love that 57 amp draw too. at high rpms i could see it being more harm than good but for the rest of the time i can imagine your 300 dollar super charger giving you a full 3 horse power. some of their claims on their website are a bit exaggerated but the dyno sheets showing the gains of 4-5 hp do sound reasonable. but in a pratcial use the extra draw on your electrical system is too much to make it practical for any use. and sorry if i am rambling or not completly making sense its kinda late and i cant sleep

 

Cutting a hole on our airtboxes nets 7-8whp so I'm not impressed and that is a waste of $$$.