eletric turbo...only not crappy

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Re: eletric turbo...only not crappy

turbos spin 50,000 - 100,000 RPMS to make boost

belts SC's are geared so they spin 30,000 - 60,000 and 80,000 for hight boost ones

so do you realyl think that little fan is going to work?

End of story

[nightrider2]

Re: eletric turbo...only not crappy

ok...now those are good points...and yes its would be an inline fan and external motor...as for the lubrication i'm thinking of using pre-packed pin bearings

[TurboProject]

Re: eletric turbo...only not crappy

This is the only version I've ever seen that looked like it had any merit.

http://www.turbomagazine.com/tech/04..._supercharger/

And just look at how many batteries he's running and at the gage of the wires.

Read the Q&A at the bottom of the article...it gives you a good idea of what it takes to get close to what's being lost through the exhaust of an engine and that can be recovered when using a turbo...


"T: When did you develop the idea of using three motors?
TK: About 10 years ago I developed a program to determine the horsepower requirements for electric compressors. It was a very difficult program and it took me a long time to get the parameters correct. I found that flowing 780cfm at 15 psi required 80 to 100 hp. I went smaller on engine size and lowered boost requirements until I reached 450cfm at 8 psi, which required 18 to 22 hp, so I looked for a 20-hp dc motor. All I found were 50-plus-pound motors, which were too large to use in my intended application. Three years ago I realized if I used multiple motors, I could get to the 20-hp mark."