I heard about an electronic supercharger as a cheap way to add 45 HP to my car.. I havent been around cars very long (only like 10 years), and I dont know much about them.. I was raised where we only had horses, so Im still new to cars..
2006-09-15 23:21:23 · 5 answers · asked by Nick R 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Honda
no they are absolutely a fraud. The compression needed to push air into the engine (measured in cfm) is way higher than a little fan can provide. It has been proven by many car enthusiast that they do not work. Some of these superchargers only push 500 cfm where as (with out going completely technical) an engine revving at 6000 rpms with a 14:1 air to fuel mixture would require substantially more air. Not only do they not increase horsepower but they decrease since they can not keep up with the engine air coming in that it acts as a restricter.
If thats not enough proof, get someone to rev your car at 5000rpms and feel how much exhaust is being pushed out of your car, then buy your supercharge turn it on and feel how much air that can push. You will find that the car can push way more air than the supercharger alone.
2006-09-15 23:29:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
I saw such a device and I have to tell you that it's advertised to give approx 5% (you get 45 hp for a 4700 hp engine...) extra power which is within measurement error...
It has a huge disadvantage: the 800 Watts version consumes about 60 Amps constant which means your alternator is nearly 100% loaded which kills it very quickly (not mentioning that it has other consumers to supply, too !!!). Another thing that KILLS OFF YOUR 5%: this gadget is powered from the alternator, right?
Now, the alternator converts mechanical power to electrical power, this conversion has approx 80..90 % efficiency. Then you convert it back with the blower to mechanical power at approx 80..90 % best case. This means the overall conversion efficiency is abour 64..81% for giving the blower it needs to operate. Thus, during the conversion, you lose at least 19% of mechanical power to supply the blower, but the blower (according to the ad) gives only 5% extra power, meaning you actually LOSE power.
When you want easy horsepower, try fitting a mechanical supercharger, driven from the crankshaft.
BUT.
Before tuning up your car, get an overview of how things work (recommend visiting howstuffworks and wikipedia) and when everything is clear, go on with tuning studies.
Regards
2006-09-16 00:24:53 · answer #2 · answered by Blazs (Skoda 120GL) 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
on the famous vehicle they are valueless/the junk is ending up on ebay simply by fact they are greater worry than they are nicely worth/cutting-component automobiles with an air pass meter and ecm device prepare to not be consumer friendly to that sewer pipe crap/very such as the chilly air stuff its yet another ploy for the those that dont understand/
2016-12-15 08:50:18 · answer #3 · answered by pynes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you might want to stick to horses. it sounds like someone is trying to sell you the brooklyn bridge.
2006-09-15 23:58:34 · answer #4 · answered by isx650 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hadn't heard of those,, wonder if anyone else has? Interesting
2006-09-15 23:26:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋