Electrical Supercharger?!?!
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Originally Posted by macho_mike21
thread wasnt hijacked. this is my thread.
I ruled out using an AC electric motor because it would just have to be too big to run it. I saw how big the one that they used to test the hybrid M90 and they couldnt even get it up to max RPMs. I was thinking about those little DC motors that they sell off Ebay. Does anyone know off the top of their head how much they are and how much power they take?
I ruled out using an AC electric motor because it would just have to be too big to run it. I saw how big the one that they used to test the hybrid M90 and they couldnt even get it up to max RPMs. I was thinking about those little DC motors that they sell off Ebay. Does anyone know off the top of their head how much they are and how much power they take?
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i was looking at that eram thing. First, $250 is way too much for that. I bet it would work better if they make the fan blades longer, (this would increase the air it would move, right?)
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Originally Posted by macho_mike21
i was looking at that eram thing. First, $250 is way too much for that. I bet it would work better if they make the fan blades longer, (this would increase the air it would move, right?)
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i was thinking about hooking it up to a dryer tube or something, then putting it out of the way, so that you could have the blades as big as you want. it would look like this:
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Thats the fan in the middle.
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Thats the fan in the middle.
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Originally Posted by macho_mike21
disregard that drawing, the post screwed it all up.
Yeah, you might blow the motor, but will it move more air?
Yeah, you might blow the motor, but will it move more air?
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my thought was to put it outside your filter so that it doesnt cause turbulence. I would have it run all the time and just blow at the filter, like simulated Ram Air no matter what the speed. Advantage would be that you could have close to ambient air temps no matter what. Put it on the dryer tube end that is closest to the filter and it will negate all those turns, right?
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Originally Posted by macho_mike21
my thought was to put it outside your filter so that it doesnt cause turbulence. I would have it run all the time and just blow at the filter, like simulated Ram Air no matter what the speed. Advantage would be that you could have close to ambient air temps no matter what. Put it on the dryer tube end that is closest to the filter and it will negate all those turns, right?
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if we use it for the application that I described, I bet we could get away with a smaller motor and fan tho, so the power draw wouldnt be as much.
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