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Old Aug 16, 2001 | 03:36 PM
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Electric Supercharger rice or real?

The e-RAM Electric Supercharger provides a dyno proven 5 to 15 HP increase from 3000 RPM to MAX RPM when mounted on any engine! GUARANTEED! Only $299.00


http://www.electricsupercharger.com/
 
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Old Aug 16, 2001 | 03:41 PM
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Just say no to rice.

 
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Old Aug 16, 2001 | 03:41 PM
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Looks pretty gimmicky to me.
 
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Old Aug 16, 2001 | 03:49 PM
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There was a guy who used one on another truck Mailing List I belonged to before I got my Ford. It is real. The only thing is it's set up to come on only at WOT. It doesn't run constantly. He had it on a V6 Dakota and it gave 1 to 1.5 lb of "boost". It will give a little more on a smaller rice motor. Anything bigger than a the Dak V6 needs 2 of them. He got rid of it last year and put a real SC on his truck.

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Old Aug 16, 2001 | 03:52 PM
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Does it come with a boost gauge calibrated in tenths psi, like:


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0 2max


that would be awesome!
 

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Old Aug 16, 2001 | 03:53 PM
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I think our Eatons would suck that thing through our TBs and into the blower.

On our motors it is very possible that this thing would be a restriction.
 
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Old Aug 16, 2001 | 05:18 PM
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Per definition, a supercharger has to be a positive displacement device. This looks more like a turbocharger driven by an electric motor. You might make some electric power from it, charge your battery with the air being sucked into it by the Eaton...
 
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Old Aug 16, 2001 | 08:58 PM
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Looks like perpetual motion to me. They are right down the street from here. It might work if it were powered by a gas turbine with a high bypass fan.
 
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Old Aug 16, 2001 | 11:52 PM
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Cute Model, BS product. Typical Rice

Does it double as a leaf blower?
 
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Old Aug 17, 2001 | 12:49 AM
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Talking lol

sorry, just had to laugh I think its funny...just get a real SC....its safer and probably would be more benificial than a double duty leaf blower.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2001 | 08:18 AM
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IS this a wholly owned subsidiary of Uncle Ben's?
 
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Old Aug 17, 2001 | 08:56 AM
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Would an e-RAM in line before the Eaton help flow much? How about their Super e-RAM (which looks from the picture to be 2 e-RAM's in series) http://www.electricsupercharger.com/...percharger.com Isn't this similar to what 38 top gun was trying to do with a second supercharger? Whatever happened to that project?

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...5&pagenumber=1

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...5&pagenumber=1

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...threadid=30139

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...threadid=34048
 

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Old Aug 17, 2001 | 07:05 PM
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Like MRBBQMAN said, the boost gauge is calibrated in tenths maxing out at approximately 9/10ths. That is the equivalent pressure required to blow an 8-inch bubble from two pieces of Bazooka bubble gum. The gauge unfortunately runs to 20psi. This is a picture of the prototype, but the production model is very similar.

 

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