I was searching for superchargers on ebay. I came across this electric supercharger out of curiosity would u even want this supercharger in your car would u even feel the diffrence


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On second thought, since I'm tearing the guy a new one... perhaps I won't push it too far.

 

been covered a million times.

get your flame suit ready.

in a nutshell, they are crap.

 

And now the part where I tear this product apart.

Interesting, since a 2.0l ecotec uses more than 150 cfm above 6000 RPM. This couldn't even feed a 2.8.
Wait, wait. You mean this can't easily blow things up? Well, since internal damage is a natural occurance with excessive HP gains, WTF good is this?
From the vacuum? You mean the engine sucking air through this restrictive POS is somehow supposed to make it PUSH more air?! This moron's hilarious!!!
Nope. I got a better one for $25, not $160. i.e., its CFM rating actually exceeded my motor's requirements, it had a current draw that dimmed my lights and required a relayed setup, and it actually bumped my idle up 50-100 RPM and my free-rev redline 500-1000 RPM. (please don't ask me how)
Well, here's where things finally hit the fan (no pun intended). 2.7 amps * 13.8 volts (nominal) == 37.26 watts. 37.26 watts is not enough energy to compress air in a manner worthy of being defined as compressed. (say you're using 60 CFM at 1000 RPM.. it *might* be able to push you to 60.5 CFM, if it's extremely lucky)... that's a gain of under 1%... not noticable... definitely not worth 160 bucks..

 

http://www.boosthead.com/product.php?id=18

Now THIS is an electric supercharger. 15,000 watts of current draw. 3 6hp electric motors. Yep, 18hp to compress that air. Benchmark any future electric supercharger questions against this

 

Damn...I should get me one of those Thomas Knight turbos for my Tempo.

 

I find the price prohibitave when compared to JY turbocharging, personally... I'm just glad there's an electric supercharger out there that really works to show the difference between a real unit and an "eBay leaf blower"...