Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Actually an electric super charger would work just fine, in theory; it's > the same principle as a normal super charger. Power comes off the > engine that spins a turbine to increase the manifold pressure. Besides > the fact that an electrical motor is probably not going to give you the > speed and torque you need, why would you use this as an example?
Yes, there are electric superchargers that actually work, but try an ebay search for 'electric supercharger' and you'll find a bunch of scams that hook an electric bilge fan or something up in your intake and claim it gives you a performance boost. For every 99 sites on the internet that advertise an electric supercharger, there's maybe 1 that sells hardware that might actually boost your car's performance. The vortex generator things are just a spinny plastic thing in your intake, and will also do nothing for you except waste your money. Similarly, while there may be some Brown's Gas injection systems that produce some efficiency gains, the products you get from the flaky-looking sources on the internet are more likely to be piles of junk. --Levi /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */