electric turbo's - glad you put in the ha ha otherwise it would be a joke! The whole idea of conventional turbos is to utilise the waste energy draining out the exhaust pipes. The only use of 'electric turbos' would be to reduce your cash reserves! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jose Fuentes" <jose.fuen...@gmail.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:55 PM Subject: Re: KR> Turbos on VW Mech. Vs. Elec.
Ha ha, Seems no one has respect for the ones on ebay. http://www.car-forums.com/s7/t248.html Though there are some very valid statements when you think about it, then there is Tomas Knight, seems his name is all over the place when it comes to elec turbos, but his units are 2500 bucks. http://www.boosthead.com/product.php There is alot of good information, though it seems to validate the point, you can't run the turbo at the rate it needs to run to be effective with the power the alt will produce. It can only be run for short hops (good for take offs and maybe stalls, to pull out of them). Though 2500 for a good elec turbo system is a bit out there, sicne it requires extra battries it reduces the weight savings drastically. Seems the cheaper ones are not very valid as they have no tests I could find to back up thier claims. Here are some of the other people: http://www.autoaccessorystore.com/product/MimoUSA-Electric-Supercharger/Default.aspx?dr=1 http://www.electricsupercharger.net/ One would think for 2500 it better work, but I could see alot of people tempted by $100 turbo to just try it out. I'm sure they see some increase, but worth the weight and drain? Joe On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Jose Fuentes <jose.fuen...@gmail.com>wrote: > I've been seriously looking at electric turbo's not the cheap ones, but > some > of the good ones cost as much as a turbo (300-400) and seem to range from > 8ps to 12psi. > > Alot less plumbing, less weight, can do on/off when off the air flows > though > unrestricted. > > Also going EFI so there will be an O2 sensor that can increase the fuel fo > rthe higher air input. > > Thoguhts on the subject? > > Joe > > -- > Jose Fuentes > Founding Father (one of and former Vice Prez) of Capital City.NET User's > Group > Former Microsoft MVP > http://blogs.aspadvice.com/jfuentes > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -- Jose Fuentes Founding Father (one of and former Vice Prez) of Capital City.NET User's Group Former Microsoft MVP http://blogs.aspadvice.com/jfuentes _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3342 - Release Date: 12/27/10 07:34:00
