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Brisbane
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Electro Charger?
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Tue, 30 September 2003 12:31
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Trust me, even 3 or 4 psi into a 4A requires a bucketload of power. Not 100hp of course, but several orders of magnitude more than your car's electrical system can provide. Even if you only need a 5hp motor to develop the boost you need, do you have any idea how big a 5hp electric motor is?
A simple belt-driven supercharger is smaller, lighter, cheaper, more efficient and more reliable. I guess that explains why no-one has made a serious attempt at developing an electric supercharger. 
PS yes I have seen the silly eRam thing mentioned above (and several devices like it), but they aren't even worth a mention.
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Electro Charger?
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sjsaman | Tue, 30 September 2003 04:21 |
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Norbie | Tue, 30 September 2003 05:29 |
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oldcorollas | Tue, 30 September 2003 05:46 |
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draven | Tue, 30 September 2003 05:48 |
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sjsaman | Tue, 30 September 2003 07:01 |
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sleeka73 | Tue, 30 September 2003 09:14 |
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Norbie | Tue, 30 September 2003 12:31 |
