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1. Get 28 X 100' extension cords all hooked together and stay within about a 1/2 mile from home. I'd have to do "U-ies" and come back the way I came so the cord wouldn't get all tangled up.
2. Get 14 X 100' extension cords all hooked together and find a 1/4 mile race track that will let me "plug in" at the starting line.
3. Get another car (preferable a Vette Z06) and put on a trailer hitch. Have a heavy duty generator on the trailer that the Z06 would pull. That way, I only need 1 X 100' extension cord and follow the Vette. The Z06 is critical. Anything less and I'd probably ram the thing. I mean, who knows how many HUNDREDS of extra HP I'd be pushing with an ELECTRIC SUPERCHARGER. Trouble with this scenario is that the Z06 may have to be governed or it might get too far ahead of me and disconnect the cord.
I had other ideas, too. Did I mention how my leaf blower idea was received?
It's OK, I'll show them. I've got TWO of them duct taped in TANDOM??
Oh, and there was this time when I tried the "ram air" supercharger. I don't know why people made fun of me.
I'm in the process of coming up with my "air raid siren" supercharger. It involves having a passenger work the hand crank really, really fast.
DISCLAIMER:
Everything that followed this post:
Was NOT intended to make fun of the OP. It was purely intended to set myself up to have others get a laugh at my expense. Afterall, that's what the Forum Jackass is supposed to do, right?
oh man thats some good stuff... what makes it even funnier is that you actually have detailed plans and ideas about it meaning you are/were really interested in doing it
Originally Posted by CaptKirk,Aug 31 2006, 12:04 PM
oh man thats some good stuff... what makes it even funnier is that you actually have detailed plans and ideas about it meaning you are/were really interested in doing it
Actually, they were pictures for some other topics.
Originally Posted by passmans2kny,Aug 31 2006, 11:59 AM
i saw a pick up get like 40 hp from a leaf blower on a dyno
I find this part hard to believe. However, the electric supercharger can have some real benefits for a low compression, low output, low redline motor. The S2000 engine is none of these.
Thanks for the references. The idea is to boos low end torque, not total horsepower. The turbonator is just something that spins air. a fan similar to the capacity of the A/c fan may have enough capacity. I am curious and I will look up the refences. Thanks.
I have been reviewing the references. I see adds about a cold air induction and K&N filters. I also see adds for forced air from the car speeding and forcing air into the intake. The 2.2 engine came out to provide low end torque.
My issues are that I would want to provide boost at 2000 RPM and none above 6000. The rear HP will not change.Certainly electric engines are made to have cars go at 70 mph, this requirement is miniscule by comparison. The references all talk about providing boost up to redline. Forget that. There will be boost when the engine is not running. As the engine picks up spped, the air from the fan will provide less boost and eventually the normal engine aspiration wiould take over.
If you get hung up with total HP, you'll miss the point. Any engineer will tell you to look at the torque curve. It is the area under the curve that matters. Advertisers talk about the peak HP but that is irrelevant. In many applications the torque curve is flat, especially with modern engines and talking about peak HP works out. But what if I could boost HP at 1000 rpm by 50 HP, 2000rpm by 40 HP 3000 rpm by 25..... and 0 at 6000 rpm. No change in the compression ratio needed, no preignition. A change in the torque curve will result in HP gains but not in Peak HP gains. It would improve acceleration. The amount of litres per minute required drops considerably and the amperage required to drive it much less. Thomas Knight misses the point. I also would not use a centrifugal supercharger. There are more powerfull fan mechanisms. And to remind the others, even if I provided a measurement of 0 boost, it still is more than the negative pressure the intake manifold has.
1. Get 28 X 100' extension cords all hooked together and stay within about a 1/2 mile from home. I'd have to do "U-ies" and come back the way I came so the cord wouldn't get all tangled up.
2. Get 14 X 100' extension cords all hooked together and find a 1/4 mile race track that will let me "plug in" at the starting line.
3. Get another car (preferable a Vette Z06) and put on a trailer hitch. Have a heavy duty generator on the trailer that the Z06 would pull. That way, I only need 1 X 100' extension cord and follow the Vette. The Z06 is critical. Anything less and I'd probably ram the thing. I mean, who knows how many HUNDREDS of extra HP I'd be pushing with an ELECTRIC SUPERCHARGER. Trouble with this scenario is that the Z06 may have to be governed or it might get too far ahead of me and disconnect the cord.
I had other ideas, too. Did I mention how my leaf blower idea was received?
It's OK, I'll show them. I've got TWO of them duct taped in TANDOM??
Oh, and there was this time when I tried the "ram air" supercharger. I don't know why people made fun of me.
I'm in the process of coming up with my "air raid siren" supercharger. It involves having a passenger work the hand crank really, really fast.
DISCLAIMER:
Everything that followed this post:
Was NOT intended to make fun of the OP. It was purely intended to set myself up to have others get a laugh at my expense. Afterall, that's what the Forum Jackass is supposed to do, right?
