Re: Electric Supercharger - give me a break..... (archive)

Randy, a turbo charger blows air into an engine, a supercharger blows air into an engine, just more. I guess I used a misnomer, what the air does is raise the "effective" compresion ratio. Dont be scared to ask around.
The raising of the effective compression ratio is when the ingoing air presure/volume is greater that when the engine is normally aspirated. If you compress more stuff to the same volume, the pressure goes up. The real problem is whether or not this device will provide more air than the engine will "suck" normally.
Thanks for pointing out this misnomer.

Regards

Kevin

: : What is important is how much air flow it will deliver. The super/turbo chager compres air/fuel mixtures, this fan does the same thing. If you push more air/fuel into
: the combustion area using any method, the engine will respond with a more violent explosion. Turbo engines generally use a compression ratio of about 6.6/1 to
: 7.5/1. This is usefull when there is a powerfull fan blowing stuff into the engine and raising the compression ratio to 12/1 thru 15/1. With higher compression
: engines say 8.5/1 thru 11/1 compression ratios the air/fuel loading from a large fan would infact destroy the engine, a smaller fan would just deliver an added little
: punch, raising the compresion ratio from say 8.5/1 to maybe 9/1 or 10/1 for a short time, thereby improving performance.
: Corolary
: This device if set up properly may in fact be a very inexpensive performance device. Do however research it further as I intend to.
: Regards
: Kevin Bundschuh

: Kevin, please explain to us how blowing air into an engine can raise the engine's compression ratio. You cannot, because it's impossible. You
: post with such authority that some idiot may just
: believe you, and i don't feel sorry for anyone
: who does. Still waiting for that forced-air
: compression ratio increase explanation.....

: This electric supercharger scam has been thoroughly debunked by some very technical
: BMW experts a long time ago, and anyone even
: slightly falling for this garbage is immediately
: labeled an idiot. It's no wonder this topic is
: so taboo on the BMW mailing list. It's idiotic !!

: Randy
: 89 325is

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