http://www.boosthead.com/home.php

does this have potential?

 

too much work for too little gratification.

 

for 2grand you could have yourself a built D Series making like 250+hp that is if your a D Series person

 

Will it work? Yes.
Will it be equal to a turbo or real supercharger? Not even close.
Could you better spend the money? Definately.

 

20psi inless then a second!
it's not a turbo, but u'll be in front 1st, add it to a turbo setup some how and that would be sweet. its a bottle of nitrous that never needs to be refilled.

 

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At not nearly enough flow, that 20 psi drops to nothing as soon as you open the throttle.

OEM electric superchargers are used to give 15% increases in 1000-3000 rpm band on sub-2.0 engines... meant to help with beefing up the low end of laggy small displacement turbo engines in heavy **** modern crash safe vehicles.

 

the guy in the picture is geoff knight. the guy has contracts with mazda and ford to come upwith crap like that. he is one of those guys that is smart as hell but wont shut up!! i saw that setup like 3 years ago when he was still in the prototype phases.

 

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exactly what i was thinking when i saw the price

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Will it be equal to a turbo or real supercharger? Not even close.
Could you better spend the money? Definately.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yup

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he seems smart from reading the site but its wayy to much work for such a little gain

 

turbo magazine tested it on an altima.

http://www.turbomagazine.com/tech/0406tur_knight/

 

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http://www.turbomagazine.com/tech/0406tur_knight/</TD></TR></TABLE>

wow interesting

 

How do you know it has no flow? it is a real roots blower with three electric motors on it. There is no reason it cannot work great. The only reason its recomended for small engines is it is a small blower. Just like the eaton m45 that JR uses won't flow like the M112 on the Lightning.

HT.. Home of the experts..

 

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wow interesting</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah especially the part where they leaned it out and fried 3 pistons

 

Even if it could perform like a supercharger, it is still massively heavy and only works for little spurts.

 

so after reading more info on it. it exactly like Nos w/o refill. needs to be recharged after each interval of use. seems like a neat idea. still a bit over priced..but it will work. people have their preferences...and most people here like myself chose turbo. either way....fast car = cool ....no matter how u do it. keep the peace in here people. on me

 

damn!!! i just found the price....$1995

id rather make a homemade turbo kit...

 

You 4cly guys have it easy, turbo and super kits cost atleast 4k for us V8s. Bastards

 

don't forget the batteries, probably a couple hundred per battery for the mil spec stuff. and it says four batteries, jeez thats going to wind up more expensive than a pretty nice custom turbo kit.

 

You could mount a small gas electric generator in the back of ur trunk to run the electric motors on it!!! You would only turn it on when u need boost!! You wouln't be using the electricity generated from your engine.

 

is that a IS300 he put it on .... WTF!!! has the money for a 30k car but can spend few grand to turbo ....

 

So does this supercharger only work for like one gear and then need charging?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">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.
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hmm intersting put i can work for 15 seconds thats pretty good i guess. im not diggin the fact you have to have all the extra batteries

 

Basic kit: $1995.00

4 batteries: ~$700.00

Oh, and don't forget that you'll need fuel management for it, just the same as a turbo. But unlike a turbo you can't just tune with the assumption that you'll make boost, so you'll need something with 2 maps. SAFC? Might work but it'd be a hassle.

 

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hehe

he's a cool guy.. i've never met someone so excited about a project in my life!

 

It's not worth it IMO, if you only want 15 sec of power get a nitrous kit. It's cheaper and proven. For the cost (kit $2k, batt $700, and fuel mgt $500), you might as well build a custom kit or get a greddy kit.

 

they put it in an altima, ford ranger and sumthing else too...

i think it would only be worth trying if it where atleast $1500 cheaper and complete