Thread: Turbonator
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Old 15-12-2007, 09:28 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Turbonator

In a word, no. Again it claims it can give you up to 30bhp but in all reality, it wont. When you used forced induction on an engine (i.e. turbo or supercharger), the charger unit will have to work harder and spin faster to maintain boost at high revs as the engine will be using more air/fuel. These electric thingies will only spin at one speed. This would cause the electric supercharger to either lack boost pressure at high revs, or over boost at low revs. Thats ignoring the fact that one of these would have to spin up at an astronomical rate to provide enough boost to make any difference at 1000rpm.

Basically, if it goes between your air filter and throttle, and is not driven by the engine in one way or another, it probably won't work.
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