Electric Supercharger?

[Burnout_bro]

ive seen it all on ebay from a fuel saver to 15 inch subs for 20bucks but this is new to me do these electric superchargers acutally give u any power increase or is it just a croc like all the other stuff?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Electric-Supe...QQcmdZViewItem

[Bax]

It's all a croc.

[JD]

looks like a glorified k&n filer

[Bungle]

Ive have a guy buy some fittings off me to fit a similar one to his motorbike..
Sounded like rubbish but he swore by it... Was coming back once it was installed
to show me but six months later.... Still no show..

[redcv6]

it actually sounds good the way its typed up, not sure but
johnny

[38VNIT]

i actually think that would work in my opinion
but thats me, wouldnt make as much difference as they say, but i think it would help...

[redcv6]

yeah i agree i think it would help, but not alot
johnny

[2greedy]

yes they would work as all they are doing is creating forced induction same concept as a supercharger but on a smaller scale.

So yes they would work and you would notice a considerable difference to a stock engine.

As to whether i would by one? at that price no! half the price and i would considerate it a good little cheap 20hp bolt-on.

[walesy]

buy a v8 and you wont need to s/c ur stock 6

[cruzncommo]

ok electric superchargers, your better off making ur own. 1.6 seconds difference on 0-60 in a stock standard VR (we tested)

[Sp0tteh]

1.6 seconds isnt a bad effort for something simple

[Bax]

I still stand by my original post, crock of sh*t, they've been around for ages now.

More of a restriction then a benefit.

[Full Spectrum]

The twin 50,000rpm system would work great.
And the closer you can fit it too the throttle body the better it would work.

[Bax]

Just reading it again, its lacking key information, how much air it can pump. 25 thousand rpm means nothing until you find out how much its moving. Oh well I'm done.

[modcon]

I've seen a similar product in action over here in NZ and bolting one on doesn't do much, but with a few modification and bolting 4 of them on works pretty well for a cheap mod -

[Cheap6]

I'm with u Bax, it's a crock.

A S/C will take 10's of HP to drive. Think an electric motor can deliver that at a nominal 12Volts? Let say it is 10HP (= v. low power requirement for a real S/C), 750W (10HP) at 12V, P=VI, => 62.5 Amps. What does a normal alternator put out? Typically 60A. Don't expect to drive anything else then. And that's ignoring any other aspects such as response time.

[bradcad]

I wouldnt buy one but I wouldnt mind experimenting with the idea myself. Later model alternators are 90 amps min, up to 120 aren't they? I thought 60 amp were old pre injection

[immortality]

I wouldnt buy one but I wouldnt mind experimenting with the idea myself. Later model alternators are 90 amps min, up to 120 aren't they? I thought 60 amp were old pre injection

yep, standard VN 6cyl is 85amps i believe, these have been around for a while but i've never yet heard of anybody thats used one and been happy with it, they crop up on this forum every now and then, same answer everytime, don't waste your hard earned cash

[Cheap6]

Sounds reasonable but I screwed up; 10HP is 7500W = 625A.

[Ipswitch]

i actually run 4 of them on a twin throttle body. When they kick in, trust me. It helps a bit. Probably enough for a twin turbo setup running low boost. By saving a good 1k.

They sound insanely loud and cops love the sound of them but hey.

[leonthalion]

from what i have heard, in theory they work, only thing is once you get to a decent speed the compressor fan that it uses cant spin faster than the air geting forced through the intake, thus hindering high speed\top end. they should give you a bit more off the line but as soon as your up to speed the performance gets sapped so yer dont waste your money, just get an ss induction ($100 cheaper) and be done with it.

[centy]

I rang the guy to ask about legality in QLD and was not impressed with his responses.
Short version he does not know if they are legal he just sells them.
I expected that if they were respectable that i would be able to ring and see if they are legal but he was no help at all.
So end result is i did not waste my cash.