Electric turbochargers and superchargers, waste of time?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:58 am
Are these components a waste of time guys or what?
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Re: Electric turbochargers and superchargers, waste of time?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:16 am
Waste of time. There are several threads about this topic.
Re: Electric turbochargers and superchargers, waste of time?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:21 am
Joke right?! 
Re: Electric turbochargers and superchargers, waste of time?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:17 pm
yes, did you need to ask?
Re: Electric turbochargers and superchargers, waste of time?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:51 pm
I guess if I'm honest then no, but its always good to get multiple opinions.
Re: Electric turbochargers and superchargers, waste of time?
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:49 pm
Turns out that these electric Superchargers where first thought up back in the 60's!
but they also came up with things like this....
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topi ... %20-%20WTF?
but they also came up with things like this....
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topi ... %20-%20WTF?
Re: Electric turbochargers and superchargers, waste of time?
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:05 pm
Those guy at Turbonique were truly insane!!
Re: Electric turbochargers and superchargers, waste of time?
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:22 pm
You mean the cheap ones you see on ebay that look like a computer's cooling fan?
You'd be better off burning your money. At least it would keep you warm, thus serving some purpose.
You'd be better off burning your money. At least it would keep you warm, thus serving some purpose.
Re: Electric turbochargers and superchargers, waste of time?
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:18 pm
You could set up some kind of money-fueled boiler to heat up water and use the compressed steam to power a turbo!
Re: Electric turbochargers and superchargers, waste of time?
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:34 pm
ha ha ha i like itGrindCulture wrote:You could set up some kind of money-fueled boiler to heat up water and use the compressed steam to power a turbo!