A working Electric supercharger???

[pjc6281]

Elec. Supercharger on an automatic nissan altima (http://turbomagazine.com/tech/0406tur_knight/)

Let the experiments begin...

[yamaha]

This has been covered numerous times in older post's. Still cool, but its alot of money and weight as compared to conventional forced induction.

[FordFasteRR]

208 whp ! hahahaa

that sucks so bad... + look at all the batteries they had to install just for that crap to turn the blower ! !!

how lame... but thanks for re-re-re-re-re-re-re-posting !

[Vampyrate]

all i can say ford, it would fit a lot nicer than the leaf blower idea from a couple of months ago... that was a crazy video though!

[pjc6281]

Ford what did u get with your supercharger again???

[Vampyrate]

no no, it was a vid floating around here a few months ago over the summer where they took a leaf blower and strapped it to a civic (if i emember correctly) and an old s-10

[hyunelan2]

208 whp ! hahahaa

that sucks so bad...


Not that bad when the baseline was 115. Still stupid though, I wouldn't want to be carrying around a trunkload of batteries for a few seconds of electric supercharger boost.

[FordFasteRR]

the altima's base motor for that older style was a 2.4 L with 150ish bhp.

it was twin cam too... and you could get one with a 5 speed ...

:)

[hyunelan2]

^^^It said right in the article it baselined at 115:

Dyno: There's no doubt the unit delivers the goods. The Nissan Altima baselined at a measly 115 whp. At 5 psi, the ESC pushed output to 177 whp, and at 8 psi peak power jumped to 208 whp. At some points in the power curve, the ESC generated a 100-percent gain in power. Torque also dramatically increased. So 208 at the tires pushes this sedate Altima to a new level. Remember: it's an automatic.

[FordFasteRR]

ahh, its auto ... that explains the lower baseline !

anyway.. i've raced a few of those older model NA almitas with i/h/e and they beat me every time ! OUCH !

[CTele02]

Well now a days electric superchargers (like hybrids and electric cars) are good ideas but too expensive... but eventually technology (as always) gets smaller/lighter/cheaper/more reliable so that you wouldn't need all those batteries creating the extra weight and wasting space. I also read a while back how the creator of this electric s/c was working with some car companies to see if they wanted to use the idea for future factory cars, but its still not profitable at the moment.

[DAILLESTWUN]

You knwo what's funny? This guy is right down here in Miami...Hey Ford , we should go check this out...lol

[Kenshin]

Anybody notice the name? *snicker, snicker* Knight rider? :smileyr:

[05xd]

That thing is way overpriced,and only last around 1000 hours?Thats not cool.Im goin to have to give this thing 2 thumbs down

[korai9989]

i don't know if i'm tired or what, but could somebody explains what exactly a supercharger like that does to the car and how it does it?

[OPZ]

It's like a normal supercharger, but its not belt drivin. So theres no lagging on the SC, its boost as soon as you hit the button till it shuts off.

[mtlelantra]

There usually isn't much lag on a supercharger anyways, though, cuz the belts are already going... it's got other loss issues... T/C's have spool up delays cuz it's run off the exhaust.

[korai9989]

does a supercharger just build up pressure in the throttle body, cause i believe higher pressure causes for a stronger combustion in the chamber, my conflict is how a supercharger actually works. i highly doubt i'd do any of this stuff to my xd, fist of all, i wouldn't make much of an improvement, and it's my only car, im just gonna save up and get another toy.

[mtlelantra]

Both and SC and TC boost the amount of air, just in different ways... DO A SEARCH- both SC and TCs have been installed on XDs... You can learn principles and what's required and why.