A real electric supercharger

[ghosthunter]

http://www.boosthead.com/product.php?id=18#

[orly_andico]

its made by thomas knight! that guy has a bad reputation :P

[yebo]

they never mentioned, even just an estimate, the weight of the battery pack needed to power this 15,000 watt power guzzler! or how big your alternator should be just to keep the battery pack charged!

i'll venture several guesses:

1. the battery pack weighs the equivalent of several 2sm batteries, like say 100 kilos! MIL SPEC only means it is accepted for use by the US military, it does not necessarily mean it's high capacity, low weight, or even efficient! as if the US Pentagon knows how to spend its money right!
2. you need to change your alternator to that kind used by tractor trailers just to keep those batteries charged.

result: whatever gains you get is lost from the additional weight you have to carry hehehehe!

[empy]

<---- extremely skeptical

[orly_andico]

the specs on the web site say it has three (3) "6+ hp electric motors." assume natin 20hp total output. 20hp is (20 x 746) = 14000+ W.

with a 20hp drain, mag turbo ka nalang! or supercharger. i don't think a turbo or SC would eat 20hp!

pwede naman yung batteries magaan, because thomas knight claims that the total weight is 94lb. malay mo, lithium-polymer. the company making those batteries, Hawker, is a brit warplane manufacturer (now part of DASA).

pero still.. thomas knight has a reputation for producing overly expensive, none-too-reliable kit. and consider that this so-called electric turbocharger provides at most 20psi.. that's a lot of boost, pero higher boost levels are possible.

siguro nga kaya malakas loob niya mag 20psi boost, kasi up to 15 seconds at a time lang..

[yebo]

if its only for 15 seconds then i'd just put an air tank in the boot and pump up the darn intake manifold with compressed air hehehe! and it won't weigh 94 lbs. then put a small air compressor belt driven from the engine with a clutch.

whadayathink?

[ghosthunter]

actually 15 secs per run and the system is good for 10 runs... So a total of 150 seconds.