Re: Electric Turbo Vs. blow dryer?

Posted by Jon Hagen on March 25, 2006 at 21:10:08 from (69.26.29.225):

In Reply to: Electric Turbo Vs. blow dryer? posted by 4020pullin'up on March 25, 2006 at 18:54:41:

Like the others say,too little boost to be of any value. Many turbocharged diesel engines normally run 20-30 psi of manifold boost pressure.
There is an aftermarket 12V electric motor driven supercharger avalible for short bursts of power. It works,but draws a terrific amount of power from the battery and needs to be used sparingly.
I remember seeing a 1958 Chevrolet engineering supercharging experment that produced as much power from a 235 CI 6 cyl engine as you would normally get from the 283 V8. They had an air compressor on the engine that filled a fairly large air tank mounted in the trunk. When you needed a burst of extra power for passing,hill climbing etc,a jet of compressed air from the trunk mounted tank was blown into a venturi in the air cleaner intake.This worked as a venturi pump to drag extra air past the venturi and supplied several psi of boost pressure to the carb. The effectivness of the thing was limited by the capacity of the air tank,which would be drained in about 30 seconds. It took a while for the little compressor to refill the tank,so the supercharger had to be used sparingly. The setup never saw production,altho the little compressor did see use in the cars with air suspension.

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