Please stand by. Do NOT waste your money on that piece of junk.
Soon to be released is my SUPER DUPER DOUBLE WHOOPER electric TURBO leaf blower supercharger. I'll market this thing at a fraction the cost of that goofy thing. I will GUARANTEE a HP boost of at least 3 crank HP until the extension cord runs out.

I must be in charge of calibrating the dyno.

 

This is pretty much "snake oil". Look at the pressures listed in the ad. 1 psi and 1.7 psi. Heck, you can get that with a rigged-up ram air scoop.

Oddly, I'm old enough to remember the cars of the 50's when they were new, and vaguely recall some European car of that day that had electric supercharging that was SUPPOSED to really have some benefit. I can't vouch for that, but those in the ad in the link are just a rip-off

Thanks,
Richard

 

It is quite a good and respected mechanic from a (non Honda) car dealer I know who came up with the proposal. Therefore I checked it with you guys... Wanted to place it in 'S2000 talk' but thought it may be moved to 'Under the hood'.

It made me think of the forced induction kit I made myself a couple of years ago. I gained about a second on the 60-100 km/h time, but it was not 'that' impressive. Think I will have to go for the Turbo and Compressor as VW does on there new 1.4 TSI engine 170BHP from a 1.4 16v in the new Golf

 

Well, now, aren't SUPERchargers electric pumps, while TURBOchargers are pumps that run off the exhause pressure? So there's such a thing as a legitimate SC.

I think the thing with that e-RAM thing is the picture of the little in-line fan -- it's obviously a piece of junk.

And, look, before you go investing in xviper's electric-leaf blower thingie, I've got a battery one whose CORD WILL NEVER RUN OUT because it has no cord. HPH

 

that's fine, we'd rather you ask then go buy it and go "omgwtfbbqsauce you guys have to get this"

[QUOTE]Wanted to place it in 'S2000 talk' but thought it may be moved to 'Under the hood'.

 

superchargers aren't electrical. they are driven off the crankshaft pulley, which is driven by the engine.

 

If you're interested in that, I've got some prime swampland property I'd like to show ya...

 

Can you provide the GB link for this?

 

I think we need to distinguish the usefulness of this sort of product in relation to the S2000 in specific.
To be realistic, this sort of device will probably work quite satisfactorily on an engine that doesn't draw much air, especially in its upper rpm band. Remember that our engines, both 2.0 and 2.2, draw a tremendous amount of air at high rpm. To make an electric blower that can not only match that airflow but to go far beyond so that it can actually compress the air to produce significant positive manifold pressure would require a motor that would draw considerable electrical current from the system on the car. This electrical draw will most likely be self defeating. So, the super duper version this product might generate an optimistic 2 psi (as advertised) on an ideal engine application. I somehow doubt it's going to make a dent on one of ours.

 

Notice, too, that this "electric thingy" only operates under full throttle, and only then does it produce its mighty (?) 1 psi boost. At all other times, its stationary blades constitute an obstruction in the air intake pipe. All you've got to do is to read the ad for this thing, and have just a little knowledge of intakes, to know this thing won't do you any good.

Thanks,
Richard