Thread: Electric forced induction

Sweet! I can retire the hairdryer.

So it uses batteries and has to be charged to work?

What's up R/C car days, I remember how frustrating and annoying it is when they die, waiting for them to re-charge, etc...

and I also remember how much fun they are for the small amount of time it actually works with full juice.

Looks neat, needs more work, imho.

Did you watch the videos and see how fast it recovers after doing pulls?

The 60-120 time also dropped from 26 seconds to 18

Yes, I simply, dislike that sort of inconsistent behavior for my own personal car. That is all.

One of the things I like about this is the same kit can be plumbed into just about anything. It seems like it would be fairly portable from car to car.

Here's a crazy thought. Use it to supplement a laggy conventional turbo system. If you watch the video on Phantom's website, once that WOT switch is activated, that sucker goes right to full boost in a fraction of a sec. and then tapers off once the motor starts to gulp the e-boost. I bet if you combined that with a big turbo, something that kicks in later in the RPM range, that would make for an interesting marriage....hmmm

Leave it to the Germans to be way ahead of the curve:

Beltless Blower: Electrifying the Supercharger - Tech Dept. - Car and Driver

I think they stold my idea about using it as a supplement to the turbos!

Thats cool that an OEM is trying to use that. That means others might follow if they have success with them later in the future

Couldn't view the vid at work but couldn't some capacitors could be used offset that? Like the 1uF type used in car audio...?

Need one point twenty-one jigawatts!