Would this idea work?
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Would this idea work?
This might be a harebrained scheme...but I was wondering if you could mount some high speed fans to your air intake at some point to increase the air going into the engine....or what if you could pull the air out as well. picture hooking a vaccum cleaner hose to the tailpipe to increase the flow out of the exhuast...would it work?
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From: Director of Bands
St. Jude Donor '08
Originally Posted by James94LT1
Dude did 420 last a little long today? 
However there is a product called the tornado, I think JC whitney
sells them they claim hp and mpg gains.
However there is a product called the tornado, I think JC whitney
sells them they claim hp and mpg gains.
Ouch. That was harsh. Seriously, I used to ponder the same thing. I have since found, though, that there are others who have actually tried this sort of thing and the general consensus is that it doesn't do much. Yet.
Drifting
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Originally Posted by ir0nmaiden420
This might be a harebrained scheme...but I was wondering if you could mount some high speed fans to your air intake at some point to increase the air going into the engine....or what if you could pull the air out as well. picture hooking a vaccum cleaner hose to the tailpipe to increase the flow out of the exhuast...would it work?
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Melting Slicks
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Wasn't there a thread the other day about a lil' plastic hair dryer looking thing called an electric supercharger on ebay for like $150.00??
These low air moving things just dont work but are cute to ponder about.
I used to dream about a perpetual motion car. I figured I'd make a vehicle and strap a generator to each wheel that would charge batteries while rolling, to power an electric motor, along with solar panels on roof and hood that would be enough to get you rolling, then once you got rolling you would never run out of power.
Seemed to work in theory...but not reality 
Nor do the cheap plastic superchargers/fan/tornado and other do-hickys. At this point in technology the only thing that yeilds true performance is wads of ca$h!! 
These low air moving things just dont work but are cute to ponder about.
I used to dream about a perpetual motion car. I figured I'd make a vehicle and strap a generator to each wheel that would charge batteries while rolling, to power an electric motor, along with solar panels on roof and hood that would be enough to get you rolling, then once you got rolling you would never run out of power.
Seemed to work in theory...but not reality Nor do the cheap plastic superchargers/fan/tornado and other do-hickys. At this point in technology the only thing that yeilds true performance is wads of ca$h!!
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Well you would need a fan that can move all the air your engine needs and do it at an increase over atmospheric pressure. So indeed you are in fact talking about an electrically powered supercharger.
As mentioned, someone tried this a while back and the size of the alternator to run the compressor was quite large. Plus you lose some efficiency in converting mechanical power (from the engine) to electrical and back to mechanical (to run the compressor).
You could connect DC motor to a supercharger and find out how much power it would take to drive it to provide say a 6psi boost to your SBC. But some small fans connected to the intake just ain't gonna get the job done.
Instead find a way to adapt an available turbo charger to your SBC for a real boost.
As mentioned, someone tried this a while back and the size of the alternator to run the compressor was quite large. Plus you lose some efficiency in converting mechanical power (from the engine) to electrical and back to mechanical (to run the compressor).
You could connect DC motor to a supercharger and find out how much power it would take to drive it to provide say a 6psi boost to your SBC. But some small fans connected to the intake just ain't gonna get the job done.
Instead find a way to adapt an available turbo charger to your SBC for a real boost.
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From: W.V.C. Utah
Originally Posted by ir0nmaiden420
This might be a harebrained scheme...but I was wondering if you could mount some high speed fans to your air intake at some point to increase the air going into the engine....or what if you could pull the air out as well. picture hooking a vaccum cleaner hose to the tailpipe to increase the flow out of the exhuast...would it work?
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Here's the thread:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=906291
"Survey says?".........not a good idea.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=906291
"Survey says?".........not a good idea.
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Cheap horsepower
Originally Posted by skateparkdave
Wasn't there a thread the other day about a lil' plastic hair dryer looking thing called an electric supercharger on ebay for like $150.00??
These low air moving things just dont work but are cute to ponder about.
I used to dream about a perpetual motion car. I figured I'd make a vehicle and strap a generator to each wheel that would charge batteries while rolling, to power an electric motor, along with solar panels on roof and hood that would be enough to get you rolling, then once you got rolling you would never run out of power. Seemed to work in theory...but not reality Nor do the cheap plastic superchargers/fan/tornado and other do-hickys. At this point in technology the only thing that yeilds true performance is wads of ca$h!!
These low air moving things just dont work but are cute to ponder about.
I used to dream about a perpetual motion car. I figured I'd make a vehicle and strap a generator to each wheel that would charge batteries while rolling, to power an electric motor, along with solar panels on roof and hood that would be enough to get you rolling, then once you got rolling you would never run out of power.
Seemed to work in theory...but not reality Nor do the cheap plastic superchargers/fan/tornado and other do-hickys. At this point in technology the only thing that yeilds true performance is wads of ca$h!! 
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Originally Posted by ir0nmaiden420
This might be a harebrained scheme...but I was wondering if you could mount some high speed fans to your air intake at some point to increase the air going into the engine....
Originally Posted by ir0nmaiden420
...or what if you could pull the air out as well. picture hooking a vaccum cleaner hose to the tailpipe to increase the flow out of the exhuast...would it work?
DREAM ON!!!
