12V Turbo Charger?!

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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 06:55 PM
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12V Turbo Charger?!

Personally, I think it would be a good waste of $160 bucks. What's y'alls opinion?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Super...76480501QQrdZ1
 
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 07:07 PM
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This guy made one that works for a small engine:
http://www.turbomagazine.com/tech/04..._supercharger/

As you can see, it cost way more than $165 to fab it up.

Too good to be true = always bad :santa:
 
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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If I had the money and time, I'd go for it just for the hell of it...would just be out of $160 bucks...God knows I've wasted a lot more money on performance mods...
 
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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Hair dryers work to lol or leaf blower.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 11:20 PM
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if you could make one that actually makes 5+psi boost, and not getting power from your alternator, it would be one heck of a nice power adder... but yea
 
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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Check into Turbonator! YYEEAAHH!
 
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 07:36 AM
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If anyone actually decides to buy one let us know how it works for ya
 
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 08:43 AM
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it's not a bad concept, except for the fact that a real turbo or s/c runs in time with the motor and forces air in in direct relation to how the motor is running. this is like a fan from heating unit they're using to just force more air through.

just lean the motor all the way out until it burns up, you'll get the same effect
 
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 12:34 PM
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I know it's been posted before but......

http://videos.streetfire.net/toprate...ad23ca9564.htm

 
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 11:31 PM
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I can only imagine how lean those motors are
 
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