fewy1979

Hey, does anyone one anything about this electric superchargers? Are they any good?
How about reliability? Is it a good choice to buy them? or They are just "snake oil"?
Anyone with information please give me your input on this, I have a 02 Mustang GT and a friend of mine is telling me that they are good and that some put out as much as 60 hp. I'm not too convince of this, I just don't trust the opinion of one person, I always like to get second opinions specially if they are coming from people who are interested in the same cars as me. Thank you

camaro_burns_all

yea everyone has heard about them. They dont work

acascianelli

http://www.turbomagazine.com/tech/04...ger/index.html

This is the only electric supercharger I've ever seen that looks like it would actually work.

But generally speaking, you're not going to find an electric supercharger powerfull enough to work effectively on any V8.

rwdfan

"Testing has shown the smaller the engine, the higher the sustainable boost. If a 3.5-liter engine is running 24v, boost will peak at 10 psi at 2000 rpm and then drop off to 3 psi at 6500 rpm. A 1750cc engine would make 10 psi at 4000 rpm while dropping off to 3 psi at 13,000 rpm. The boost drop is linear, so that 1750cc engine would make 7-8 psi at redline, and launch at 15 psi using 24 volts. If a blow-off valve is used to bleed off excess pressure, a steady sustainable boost is possible until the capacity of the supercharger is reached. This means that a prepared 1.6-liter four-cylinder can run a sustained 15 psi at 36 volts to 6000 rpm."

"Our completely stock Nissan Altima four-cylinder outfitted with an automatic transmission jumped from 105 whp to 184 whp with the ESC-400 at only 5 psi boost.
The weight of the car with speaker box, molded body kit, ESC-400 and batteries, etc was 3,780 pounds. The stock KADE 2.4-liter four-cylinder automatic ran low 18s at 78 mph with the ESC off, and ran a best 15.583 at 89 mph at only 5 psi boost. Traction with the ESC was a real problem, with 2.45 60-foot times on four attempts. This is faster than a 5.0 Mustang convertible."

Since when is 15.6 faster than a 5.0 mustang convertible...these guys are smoking something.


"Replaced engine with a low-mileage stock engine, added OBX headers, and an extra 550cc injector. The dyno run at a safer 8 psi gave us more than 208 wheel hp at South Florida Performance today! We won't ever run lean again with that 550cc additional injector. Next stop--Moroso February 8. We should run high 13s or low 14s."


So basically, a decent idea for a 4 cylinder car with no aftermarket support. NOT a good idea for a v8. Epecially those tiny bolt on 30-60 hp turbonator wonders for 69.95. Those things are a joke.

mustangman02232

they probably ran a 5.0 vert with an auto and 2.73s

acascianelli

+1

damonhargroves

dont waste your money... also since you've looked at that dont be suckered into those 20 dollar "chips" they aren't chips they are actually resistors to tie into your air flow sensors. basically it tricks your engine into thinking its getting more air but you actually aren't. plus it will make your idle rpms drop about 200-400 rpm... save your money and buy a real supercharger or turbocharger