Electric turbochargers and superchargers, waste of time?
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ivesy
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Are these components a waste of time guys or what?
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FlappySocks
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Waste of time. There are several threads about this topic.
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Joke right?! 
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march109
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yes, did you need to ask?
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ivesy
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I guess if I'm honest then no, but its always good to get multiple opinions.
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Chuntington101
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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?
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ivesy
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Those guy at Turbonique were truly insane!!
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crofty1984
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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.
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GrindCulture
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You could set up some kind of money-fueled boiler to heat up water and use the compressed steam to power a turbo!
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zimmer-320i
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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!
