[Black&Blue]

Saw this on ebay today, it looks like it will blow your engine up lol but do you reakon it can actually work .
Be good to hear a few views!
Electric Supercharger Turbo CITROEN SAXO VTR VTS C2 C3 on eBay, also, Performance Tuning Parts, Car Tuning Styling, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 15-Apr-08 19:55:20 BST)

Electric Supercharger Turbo MINI ONE COOPER S 1.6 on eBay, also, Performance Tuning Parts, Car Tuning Styling, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 15-Apr-08 19:49:08 BST)

One with and one without dump valve

[westycoopers]

i dont understand how it is different from any other induction kit.

how does the dump valve work, looks like a silly idea to me,

[Black&Blue]

Thats exactly what i was thinging.
Surely you cant just buy what they state as a Turbo/Supercharger bolted on top of an airfilter and it give you big power gains?
Doesnt add up, would be funny to see what it actually is like!

[westycoopers]

it probably whistles when you drive so you feel like you have a turbo/supercharger
and everybody else will just think your an idiot haha. CRAP!

[minicabrio]

Its a form of forced induction..... the induction pipe has a small fan in it which will be spun up electrically to draw more air into the engine. I think they're exagerating their claims slightly though. A fart up the air intake would probably be more effective.

Personally I would risk fitting any non tested or approved parts to my pride an joy. Its a bit different than fitting one to a £500 Corsa

You have to also factor in the extra strain on pistons, head, clutch, gearbox....

[MINI-Morgan]

If the output flow exceeds the engines NA demand then yes it will work but since a ONE or Cooper has no way of dealing with boost pressures it will just lean the engine out. BANG! lol!

It is a good idea in theory but I dont believe electric compressors are quite there for the demand of larger engines.

[Ant FR]

Just to shock a few of you, not the ebay units. but Electric superchargers are very close to being used on a production engine by a manufacturer

Motor Authority » Electric superchargers ready for production

[MINI-Morgan]

Good on them! I see its a 1.2L but still 1.2L eco engine on cruise and similar to a 2L or probably better torque than a 2L when you put your foot down. Would be great for a small/medium sized car and if they then use deceleration for the alternator only then brilliant!

[Shaun]

Do a google there's some great stuff on other forums the Mitsubishi and the 106 forums are particularly funny and in some cases remarkably similar and concise. .

ets supercharger on ebay - Peugeot 106 Owners Club

electric super charger - Page 2 - Mitsubishi Lancer Register Forum

[chris.lamb]

Ant FR, check the date on that news story link ..............

[Black&Blue]

Great shout i wouldnt have noticed that myself :-D

[Jim Ray]

One of the members of North American Motoring bought one even after being warned that they would not work.

It drew 60 amps from his battery, and still did not make a difference in HP. Junk is a kind word for the device.

[captint]

Pile of cack

[NeuroBeaker]

It'd be interesting to test their claims that it eliminates turbo lag... if the little motor in it is powerful enough, then then you could stick it on the front of the intake to help your great big whacking turbo spin up during low rpms. Then you get all the top-end power of a really big turbo and lessened lag at the bottom end.

As aforementioned, though, I wouldn't want to try it on an engine that's not designed to cope with forced induction.