Everyone knows that the squirrel cage fan motors (for exhausting gas fumes from a boat engine bay) are a big scam. These guys seem to have the dyno tests to back up their claims and if the magazine link works, S3 magazine (which I've never heard of) seems to back them up. Will anyone admit to trying this? Would it work on a V-Tec engine? It seems like maybe it wouldn't because their claimed 1 PSI may be less "pressure" than is created by the V-Tec.

http://www.electricsupercharger.com/test-results.html

 

 

Check the 30 posts in the FI section on this BS. It will actually cost you power on the top end as it can't support the needs of "V-Tec" Whatever V-Tec is.

 

Junk.

If you read the testimonials, some people claim once it picks up 'it flies'. Right below that someone reported gains of 10-12hp. That's not gonna make you fly.

 

 

There are some electric superchargers that work. They look like a vortech with a starter motor on the end instead of a pulley. Cool thing about those is that you can get a 100% spool up at any RPM. Plus you can mount anywhere you like.

 

 

I remember reading about an electric supercharger years ago. It's possible of course, but it requires a serious electric motor.

There are estimates that a supercharger consumes 40% of the power that it generates.

So an electric supercharger should have a motor that is rated for 40 or 50 horsepower. Getting that out of of 12v motor is diffcult since you'd be pulling over 100 amps. It's not impossible just difficult to do.

So lets say the linked electric supercharger is generating 10 extra HP. So is the electric motor connected to it rated at 4 hp approximately? If not it's probably not gonna work.

Edit:

They say the motor is rated at 1.2 hp and draws 62 amps. A decent sized motor. There's a chance it could work. Some of the engineers here should calculate how much power it takes to pump that much air. Hmm I'll see if I can Google it.

 

I use E-ram, 3 turbonators, and duralube to achieve my 7psi now. I top it all off by drying my car with the sham wow because its made in Germany and you know the Germans make good stuff.

 

fully spooled on startup. I don't know that I would want forced air at all times. I would assume this would be pretty rough on the blow dryer.