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Old 09-22-2009, 11:42 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Electric Supercharger, anyone?



Didn't this idea get shown the bricks years ago?

I seem to remember that it just takes too much electrical power to create enough airflow at high engine speeds to actually create a supercharger's effect of increasing intake volume by any reasonable amount.

In fact, many of the "electric superchargers" that were tested restricted airflow, keeping the manifold under vacuum even under full "boost" conditions.
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