Please do the math, here.
If I took this to the air strip and ran passes the battery would become dead.
The ratio of increase in engine torque to electrical draw is too high for a sports car.
Maybe in a mail truck it would work. Provided the FE savings can offset the initial cost to the Canada Post fleet. This is great tech. When you get 200 HP out of a 1L petrol engine I will invest.
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Originally Posted by Gary in NJ
I really don't want this thread to displace the technical discussion that is on-going in the thread noted in post #1. However, are you concerned about compressor surge? Remember that this unit only makes 2psi at high rpm. So there really isn't anything to be concerned about.
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Look at a Tuned N/A Bore/stroked Hyabusa. They average around 320HP.
This is high rpm tuning that you can only get with tiny motor design. Yes, it lacks robustness reliability of a street car engine. But point and case, we are all trying to fill the area under the torque curve.
Gains are to be had in the high rpm. Your supercharger WILL only ever flow at pressure in the low RPM range, where your diminished returns are hidden.