possibly useful electric supercharger??

[CamryRacer]

http://www.turbomagazine.com/tech/0406tur_knight/

i was board at work and i found this i figured that you guys might want to see it

[Eye8Pussies]

hmmm...that is actually very interesting....

[midnightmach]

So you don't need the exhaust to run it...? Sounds pretty cool.

[Zandro]

Yeah it is possible to make a electric supercharger but it requires
a hefty DC motor, there was a serious Swedish car magazine that
reported on a Hyundai Atoz with an electric supercharger, he actually
managed to destroy the engine with it, he used a 800W DC engine
witch he then connected a turbocharger (a half one) with belt drive
instead of the turbine part, worked just fine but not 24/7, the car battery
couldn't Handel more than 5min with the electric supercharger on.
Those electric superchargers they sell at ebay running ain't gonna cut it
a 15w electric motor running 10000rpm directly connected to a fan blade
is not near enough to make any power, it would only serve as a restriction.

[05Cam-Weasel]

That looks pretty cool. But the question is: would it be worth it? I know I wouldn't do it.

Wesley

[rusty9]

lol looks like 3 starters bolted together. i smell homebrew cookin!