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So just to give an update on what ive been doing, the short answer is not much. Mostly this is due to buying a house as Ive stated a few times, but more so Ive really been thinking about the feasibility and point of going e-supercharger.
One of the main reasons I wanted to do this and do it big was the ability to decouple the boost from engine RPM. Obviously I had plans from the start to be able to highly tune what boost I wanted where. However, I didn't realize how bad high boost at low rpms was for an engine. Obviously, tune makes a difference, and building the engine will resolve it from being an issue, but if without opening up the block I can't run uber boost at low rpms, Ive lost part of the reason I wanted to do this.
My second issue creeping up is I will be leaving in June for some military training that will last about a year. While I am convinced that a setup such as what Neutron is doing or the phantom setup can run reliably, my proposed system can't. While a little bit of upkeep is fine, even to the point of changing out gears, the system as a whole probably wouldn't be ironed out in 6 months, and Ill need a reasonably reliable car through that year.
My current tentative plan moving forward is the Kraftwerks rotrex kit, for a couple reasons. One of the most important reasons for this thread is that it has a second belt system, offset from the factory one. This will make a perfect start to not use the crank pulley and fab up a couple electric motor mounts. Especially considering these brushless motors can run either direction with no issues, a belt system would be perfect for multiple motors. As has been mentioned, using a centrifugal supercharger removes all the question about the reliability issues of my purposed gear setup which has obvious long term use concerns.
So, Ill run the kit as intended for a year or so, then start back up trying to electrify it. In the mean time, I'm still going to be active here and do what I can to help. I want to see this succeed. I will probably still try to develop my control system in the case someone else wants to use it. Hopefully that will start beginning of next year. Ive picked up a couple microcontrollers which may make it pretty exciting.
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