An electric supercharger! woot! This has come up before but now they have some examples and even a pair of them installed on an aftermarket intake. Hehe. I'm not sure if I'm convinced...but...

http://www.electricsupercharger.com/...5&vehicle=3071

 

Not AGAIN! That is painful. P L E A S E.

 

Hahah...you know you wanna buy one! Surely that big fan apparatus in the middle of your intake stream isn't going to reduce power at all.

 

I may have been a little bit terse. Here is the gist:

While THEORETICALLY possible electric superchargers do not work in real life. I mean, yes they do work, if you are willing to spend $300+ for something a shortened CAI can give you. (Without electric motors and such)

Unfortunately when you do the math the energy required for an electric supercharger to work is WAY beyond the capabilities of a 12V car electric system. Suffice it to say that if you want an electric SC to work you'd need about 4-8 HP which is about 3000-6000 W or approx 2000+A @ 12V in electrical energy. Just doesn't happen.

I'll say it very clearly: Electric SC are SNAKE OIL. 'nuff said.

 

Great.....a hairdryer in your intake tube.


What's next........hairspray to substitute for nitrous?

 

Hey, that may work. Which brand are you using? And does it make a difference if the can is pink or purple?

 

ROFL! NOW we're getting the spirit of this thread as it was intended.

 

Maybe I can even rig one of those fan thingies to the exhaust to help blow it out the back.

That's only after I fill the tires with helium (worth at least 4 tenths in the quarter.....helps to lighten the car!)

 

BUTT... Aren't you 'fraid your car will take off like the Hindenburg? After all it's Helium. That could be dangerous if you don't have means to get the helium out from the tire again.

 

I'll be soooooo fast from my intake hairdryers that I'll OUTRUN the flames!

 

Here we go again

 

That's so funny you found this link because that happens to be my car. Its not hard to believe that this part get you 10HP or so because I posted results here over a year ago. But for half of the money you can get a TVT or Needswings intake that gets you 8HP. I hear you get 10 HP from taking the engine cover off so hey, his numbers match. So enought said, just be glad some one tried it.