ok so i had this idea for a while now and thought i get a lil insite on it i have a 9000 non turbo and was thinking of making a blower of some typer my first idea was to take a pipe cap both end cut a hole doen the side of it and fit it under the grile wear it look like an inter cooler would go and put a screen on it run it the filter and then to the throilt body my thinking would be that when i go 20 im get 20 moh wind through the pipe and get a good bost like a make shift blower.
my second idea would be to take and old fan i got off a car we had fit it in pvc sleav after the air fliter abd run it to a power sorce that woulkd handel it and maybe a switch so it will only cme on in full or 1/2 throtle so what do you guys think about this also is thear any way to figuer out from the wind speed in mph to get psi. that way i can figuer out how much hp i get
Just for your info, Kawasaki have a forced air intake on thier motorbikes and these don't come into play until the bikes are travelling at more than 100mph IIRC.
Don't think it will have any hp gaining effect on your car.
thats what i was thinking but may be you could get a lil better fuel econ with it but idk the other idea of puting an eltric fan type blower does anyone know about how fast the air would have to move to get any hp out of it
There was a discussion amongst the mustang folks a while back about ram air hoods (scoops) and the end result was that the max gain for a full hood ram air setup would be about 5hp on a 225 hp motor at 75 mph.
A compressor works not because it flows air....it works because it compresses air then flows it. You wont get much compression with just ram air.
Best bet.... get a nitrous setup. Cheap....easy to install and very effective.
Those electric superchargers are gimmicks. If anything they would be an intake restriction rather than a booster. It takes about 30 hp to turn a blower motor over....all that would have to come from the battery and no battery can put out that much juice.
There was a guy selling a REAL 5 psi electric supercharger (paxton with like 3 starter motors on the back to drive it) and it took a bank of 5 marine batteries to let it run for 20 seconds. This gives you an idea of the amount of electricity required.
" A friend who owned a starter/alternator shop helped him rewind several starters until they made one that produced 5-6 psi spinning 7000 rpm and drew 700 amps at 12V and 400 amps at 24V."
700 amps!!!!!!!! and then some !!!
Like I said...they are mostly gimmicks. The ones that are not are pointless to run due to the extra weight.
Better off with a 100 shot. It lets you keep your current fuel economy and driveability and lots of power right when you need it.
well thanks for all the help i thought that it would not work b/c if they did i thak car co. would have them stok so will my stock 94 2.4 non turbo moter handel nitros
I heard of people installing the electric 6 PSI blowers on land rover discoveries back when i was on those forums a lot. Aparently it was a noticable increase in power, however those land rover engines dont work well for very long with forced induction (The 4.0L V8 im talking about)
well i think now i know the hp isnt going to be much if any on the intake scop idea i had but would it have any afect on gas milage i think i get about 21-25 mpg city US so a cupple houre jop would be wort it to me if i got 5mpg more and too it look cool to me
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