I was browsing cardomin.com and came across a kid with a TBI third gen with an electric leaf blower plumbed into his ducting plugged into a power converter. He claims a .5 sec. reduction in E.T... I checked on leaf blowers, and some can blow 200mph. Its only a $150 investment with the power converter, so im seriously thinking about it. I have TPI so i will have to come up with an air filter before the blower. I want my plumbing to be more sealed than his (pic enclosed). Will this work???? I will only hook it up for the track and turn it on at wide open throttle. Im i crazy???

Im all about budget racing, i have some cheap mods i learned from this site and other sources. check my webpage http://www.cardomain.com/id/2quikk4u

tell me what you think about this idea, it is amusing if anything!

 

 

i don't see how much of an improvement it would show.

however, if you wanna try it. go for it.

 

i gotta admin it kinda sound liek it'd be cool, but i dont think it would be that great of a mod. Superchargers add a tone thats just, dammit i forgot the word, but its very special. Turbos are cool too but are expensive.



Shane

 

Buy it and post some before and after dyno numbers.

 

So im the guinny pig for this experiment huh????
I'll try it once it gets a bit warmer here in WI. I can always use the blower and converter if it don't work. I will document everything with my G-Tech.........
I'll keep it updated on my site.

http://members.cardomain.com/2quikk4u

 

 

like a whining sound?

you should see some of the videos of the 8 second turbo cars. they hiss something fierce.

 

 

Some people have too much time on thier hands. Just spend the money and make some real boost. QUIT RIGGING THINGS.

 

I posted this origanal message on 4 boards. I found the kid who actually did it. He supposedly dyno'ed this and improved +9hp and +14 tq. He claimed .5 seconds on his site. I know this isn't worth the effort. A good ram air system would do the same effect.
Check my site and i'll show you how i dropped .2 tenths for $10
I dropped my blazer's 0-60 .4 seconds for $30...........

 

this is the address sorry

 

All the negativity and that I've been seeing in response to this post has got me motivated.
I would actually be willing to wager that, there are greater hp per dollar gains to be found by using a leafblower to pressurize your intake tract than the hp per dollar gains found by using either a K&N air filter or underdrive pulleys, or both.
The loser buys a leafblower and pays for the dyno session.

 

Exactly why do you think "pressurizing your intake tract" would be benefical? If the biggest leaf blower they have flows under 300cfm, and your weakest small block requires 400+ cfm, then how can it be anything but a restriction off idle?

 

they flow way beter than a engine needs. Trust me d00d, its what we use to get rid of big spidewr webs, you need lotas of blowing power for that...


Shane