mediabandit Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 http://www.electricchargers.com/ have you guys seen these things? seems a little too easy to be true to me, what do you think? i would like to get some info from you guys about this thing. if it works as good as it says why doesn't everyone have one ffs!!would be much easier then trying to get the eaton m90 to work in my car. ('91 lumina z34) has anybody ever tryed it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSI_MuNkY Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 I've always heard that they are garbage. I've never seen a website dedicated to the sale of them either though. I should e-mail them asking if they can do one for my OBD 1.5 nightmare, LoL. Without a chip the engine would cook, but no ones ever made a OBD 1.5 chip to my knowledge, although once upon a time I heard that the F-body guys figured it out. Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charged 3.1 Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 I've heard you only get 2-3 psi out of one and you go through alternators like mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 Yeah they're a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charged 3.1 Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 I've seen people take leaf blowers and a power inverters and do some crazy shit. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 Yeah I've seen that done too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 I think I have seen one car with it done... but I must say it was wired hotter than a NY Christmas Tree. ...and it was a Mitsubishi if I remember it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeMetz63 Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 http://www.turbomagazine.com/tech/0406tur_knight_turbo_electric_supercharger/ Very awesome, this is the way to go with electric supercharging. The technology will be available soon I hope, this is free HP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediabandit Posted August 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 those are about the same thoughts i had about it as well. if it were any good then we would be seeing them on a lot of cars for that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmin Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 that link is very interesting, jake. they make it seem like it would work a lot better than the e-ram ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Yeah I new it was rice but not a honda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgenin Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Theres no way a small electric fan from a hair dryer can move as much air as your engine. It will instead only act as an impedance to air flow. Notice how that first link posted http://www.electricchargers.com/ shows a Dyno test after, and not before. My instincts after having a degree in fluid mechanics tells me to stay away. As for the turbomagazine link, seems to work in short boosts, but remember, when you are recharging those batteries, you are putting additional load on your alternator. Therefore the alternator will require more force to rotate, removing energy from your engine. Conservation of energy applies here. This is why electric super chargers are so in-efficient, you are taking mechanical energy from your engine, converting it to electrical, then charging a battery, then removing that charge from the battery to power another electrical motor, then you are converting that energy back into mechanical energy. Whereas a conventional super charger simply transfers mechanical energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern8tion9l Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 there is no way a piece of crap like that can substitute the real thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeMetz63 Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 If batteries can advance and a very high performance alternator is available, an electric supercharger like the one in that link may be very practical for short bursts of speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BXX Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 No, it will always be a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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