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Old Nov 28, 2004
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Electric Supercharger

Does anyone have one of these and does it really help? What do you guys think of them?
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SEARCH!!! lol search man.
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Originally Posted by Michalo187
SEARCH???? search what

You did not just ask search what..

Search the forum.. go the search button at the top of the screen and look for what you want "Electric Supercharger".. or go to www.google.com or www.yahoo.com and search "Electric Supercharger"..

Oh yea.. and no they don't work.. So don't get one.
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^ what he said. some guys actually did a test on their engine and the plastic fins on the supercharger snapped off. well theres only one place they could go after that, and it wasnt pretty...
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The only one that works is the thomas knight supercharger and it runs off batteries. Very expensive and you can only use it for 15secs or so until it recharges.
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Originally Posted by gearbox
The only one that works is the thomas knight supercharger and it runs off batteries. Very expensive and you can only use it for 15secs or so until it recharges.
Wow, that sounds about gay..
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Well he justifies it by saying you're only gonna be accelerating 10-20secs in a race anyway. It's too much money tho and I think it needs more batteries in the trunk.
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Originally Posted by gearbox
Well he justifies it by saying you're only gonna be accelerating 10-20secs in a race anyway. It's too much money tho and I think it needs more batteries in the trunk.

Well that's also what they say with nitrous.. It's bad for your car after about 15 seconds, and on average a race lasts around 10 seconds..
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Originally Posted by gearbox
Well he justifies it by saying you're only gonna be accelerating 10-20secs in a race anyway. It's too much money tho and I think it needs more batteries in the trunk.
wouldn't the weight of the additional battery negate gains from the electric sc?
i think 15sec is good enough, and better than NOs since u don't have to refill, haha. btw, how much gain did he get out that thing?
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Gains were good, but it's more expensive per hp than turbo.
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Originally Posted by wonderz
wouldn't the weight of the additional battery negate gains from the electric sc?
i think 15sec is good enough, and better than NOs since u don't have to refill, haha. btw, how much gain did he get out that thing?
What about the extra weight?

ESC™ weighs only 42 lb. At just 13 lbs each, a bank with four Odyssey 680 batteries adds another 52 lbs. That's 94 lb in total. In comparison, a full turbo kit can easily weigh 90-100lb, while most belt-driven superchargers weigh 70 lbs. As you can see, this "extra weight" is in the same range as any other aftermarket system. Plus, no parasitic loss means greater horsepower, so our ESC™ more than makes up for the difference.
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