Junk Electric Supercharger [Merged 1-7] bogus ersatz spurious crap

dTERM · 06-10-2002, 02:41 PM

http://www.electricsupercharger.com/

Anyone used this? They claim 5-15 HP gains...even on an already compressed intake system. 1-3 pounds of boost from an electric fan for $300. Let's hear it, anyone got one, anyone got pics? Howabout dyno test scores? The ones on the web site look good...but they ARE selling it.

santarulz · 06-10-2002, 08:27 PM

looks interesting, makes a nasty noise though

evan2 · 06-13-2002, 08:47 AM

no....that is a myth and its junk.. dont buy silly things like this.. everyone would have one

santarulz · 06-13-2002, 12:13 PM

I have talked to 1 guy who has it and said it helped....

dTERM · 06-13-2002, 03:34 PM

First off...I just got a stupid private message from a real idiot that aparently is so macho he can berate people that back him up...so I'm out for blood.

::Rant Mode ON::

DON'T TELL ME YOU THINK THIS IS CRAP...Unless you bought one and tried it yourself!

I don't care about the guy that know's your brother's friends roomates cousins moms doctors hairdressers brothers car that has one. I want first hand experience! Please...I don't want to but a 15Lb turbo on my car, it's already fun...I just want that little extra pep and I DON'T want to waste a bottle of N2O every week...

::Rant Mode OFF::

So If YOU have one or if you have seen one in use...personally...I'd like to know...If you have it, and it's crap, return it. If they won't take it, Send me a message, maybe I'll take it off your hands at half price.

Goblin · 06-13-2002, 10:10 PM

ILMAO

Nice rant.

evan2 · 06-14-2002, 06:42 AM

umm i might be lost here, but dude are you trying to say this thing is worth it? look at the tornado.. its junk too no matter what thier site says.. go to speedoptions.com he have had many posts about it where people who bought it and said it was junk.. some say on a all stock car it helped a tiny bit.
but look at what the tornado claims.. to swirl the air coming in to mix and burn better.. by the time the swirled air hits the runners it wont be swirled no more.. them things are junk..

santarulz · 06-14-2002, 09:48 AM

I don't think the tornadoair and the e-ram are the same (are they?) cause the tornado is just some sort of fan whereas the e-ram is "foced induction" =/

evan2 · 06-14-2002, 09:49 AM

isnt the eram some lil fan that goes into the intake tract before the TB.. which is supposed to blow air into there.. umm im sorry but if it worked dont you think everyone would have one?

santarulz · 06-14-2002, 09:59 AM

wow that was a fast reply

no i think the e-ram has a k&n air filter, then 1 or 2 fans that are activated by a "nos type switch". it then takes the electricity from your battery i believe and blows air. But yes i agree if it worked, everyone should have one. Stilll noone is willing to try it...

umiami80 · 06-17-2002, 11:15 AM

Yeah man, just get that electric supercharger, The Tornado air intake sustem, a Pep-Boyz APC intake along with that Pep-Boyz Neon light exhaust tip and you'll get 100HP to the wheels.

Add some blue wiper nossels and shot some nawz into the electric supercharger and you'll run nines.

All of this of, course, is a waste of money and late night infomercial crap, save your money.

psyjoniz · 06-17-2002, 11:36 AM

someone should hack their website and put in a 'testimonials' page that points to all the threads that tell everyone why NOT to buy that garbage...

santarulz · 06-17-2002, 02:49 PM

yeah if you check out the testimonials, the guy who invented the thing is in here hehe

UCSammy · 07-15-2002, 02:14 PM

They have this on ebay and it looks like it wont work. Does anyone have one. Does it really help or am I better off using the $35 for beer?

dTERM · 07-15-2002, 03:13 PM

Is it an E-Ram? If it is you will get 1-5 HP from it. Not the 15-35 they claim. You will notice a small difference at WOT but it's not worth more than $50 bucks to me.

98_silvergs · 07-15-2002, 06:10 PM

Get the beer

waffle · 07-15-2002, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by UCSammy
They have this on ebay and it looks like it wont work. Does anyone have one. Does it really help or am I better off using the $35 for beer?

My friend just ordered one for his '99 eclipse, If it does anything I'll let you know.

mitsucar4 · 07-16-2002, 10:09 AM

THis thing is a piece of junk. Don't waste your money on this ridiculous contraption. You'd be better off taping a hair dryer to your intake. (Don't do that either)

gsxtacy · 07-19-2002, 05:03 PM

I heard sears has a sale on a $35.00 leaf blower! Maybe that'll do the trick....good for 25-35 H.P. But honestly i would save my dumb ass money and buy a turbo car from the factory and quit dreamin'....GET THE BEER

GSXTACY

bluelightning92 · 07-19-2002, 09:29 PM

does any company make a REAL supercharger for the 1g cars? probablly not but i seen some for a stang and was jus curious, ### superC's are pretty easy to set up and get goin

usmusclekiller · 12-22-2003, 06:06 PM

hey just wondering, does those electric superchargers use blow off valves? and NO im not planning on getting one. hah

Spln_Hrd · 12-22-2003, 08:42 PM

i am pretty sure what you are talking about is one of those electic fans you put on a intake pipe, i think that they are actually a bs kinda thing, in other words they really don't make any boost. a REAL supercharger doesn't use a cbv

whamazoom · 12-22-2003, 09:24 PM

I know a guy who got one....lol all it is is a shitty PC fan lol, it dont do much of anything, you could fart in the intake and get more performance:laugh:

usmusclekiller · 12-23-2003, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by whamazoom
I know a guy who got one....lol all it is is a shitty PC fan lol, it dont do much of anything, you could fart in the intake and get more performance:laugh:

hahaha i like that

jtmcinder · 12-23-2003, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by whamazoom
I know a guy who got one....lol all it is is a shitty PC fan lol, it dont do much of anything, you could fart in the intake and get more performance:laugh:

I think that it's rather unfair of you to compare a simple mod like the PC-fan supercharger to something as fancy as methane injection. Of course the latter provides more benefit.

- Jtoby

CycloneAWD · 12-23-2003, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Spln_Hrd
i am pretty sure what you are talking about is one of those electic fans you put on a intake pipe, i think that they are actually a bs kinda thing, in other words they really don't make any boost. a REAL supercharger doesn't use a cbv

Depends on heh type of supercharger used...Roots type blowers, or screw type blowers dont really compress air as a turbo or a centrifugal S/C does...they just force more air into the cylinders...BUT a Turbo or a Centrifugal S/C they compress air...you dont really need a BOV on a Centrifugal S/C but some companies like Vortech do offer them for their kits...

Defiant · 12-24-2003, 05:42 AM

No. They have the approximate capability of supercharging as you do in sticking your dick out the window to fu(k the world. Merry Christmas.

Enigma_Man · 12-24-2003, 07:08 AM

There was some research into this a while ago. Most of the "electric superchargers" you see advertised are _really_ terrible. There is one on the market that I know of that does provide about +5 extra ft-lbs of torque down low, it uses a very strong electric aircraft engine, and a well designed ducted fan, and it does have actual results. But, eventually the car sucks more air than even that fan can provide, and the benefits are gone. A good deal of the benefits seen by any "electric supercharger" are from changing your intake (usually making it bigger to fit whatever contraption).

A supercharger can take on the order of 10's of horsepower to operate. This is around the 10,000 range of Watts. At 12 volts, that means you'd need on the order of 1000 Amps to drive this motor.

You all know how much drain on the electrical system our starter motors take. A starter motor only draws about 200 amps maximum! So... You'd need the electrical power of five starter motors to drive this supercharger that would make any power and/or pressure at all.

That, and superchargers don't need BOVs anyway

though some do use them (I'm not exactly sure why, not as well versed in supercharger-ese)

-Jesse