OK I should explain a few things.
1. my car is N/A. I have done all the minor work to get the cheap gains, namely -
AEM clone intake
Quad plat plugs and 9mm wires.
Throttle body cooling bypass (tiburon specific)
And am currently port polishing a throttle body I picked up from the dude I got my rims from. Well actually a friend of mine is doing that
I dont want a turbo. For a couple of reasons..I want to keep my internals stock and Tiburons are bastards to charge with a turbo.
2. I have been studying electric chargers for months, and you're right.. They provide VERY little gain when wired up conventionally.
3. A electric inline booster DOES exist that works very well, providing 7-15 hp with low end torque gain.
Here -
http://www.electricsupercharger.com/
I have read reviews from car critics and they do as they say, they do however flex and are built pretty shit.. Note how the 12v one is $300 or more, the 'upgrade' one is $600 or so? Well thankfully I know what is going on with the 'upgrade one' and how these chargers are built and work.
Mine was $60, pictured here -
So what is that clump? basically it's a boat engine cooler that pumps water into the engine block of a boat to keep it cool. It shifts 250 CFM of air, cars feel boost around 440 (using the audi 1.8T as an example..) so it aint gonna do much on 12 volts.
The secret here, one that noone really looks into is that on 12v the spool time is plain gay. Electric 'chargers' are all the same, they use a heater blower motor in whatever assmebly theyre put into (be it a nice one like the above pic (pump) or a shrewd home made device.. but they all have a turbine fan, main fan and diffuser and pump air.
Those motors can hold ALOT of voltage, they have been tried and tested to take 48 volts easily. However finding the switches and relays needed to hold the ampage 4 batteries in series can produce is next to impossible. So one should roll with the 24 or 36 volt setup.
Doubling the voltage does a few very interesting things, namely -
Makes the motor spool ALOT quicker. Those motors can push 475 CFM max when on 24 volt.
At that voltage I can expect to see anywhere from 7-15 hp gain. Small I know, but for $100 all in? that's the cheapest way for me to gain that much HP where I stand now.
Other options are -
Cat back exhaust - $350 and up for a shit low end apexi and then a sure inspection failure.
1.8l tiburon cam - $150 and will gain me 5-7 hp and require in depth engine work.
So 7 extra horses for $100 and no major work is the cheapest way for me to get more power.
I'm being VERY realistic about this, and have done ALOT of homework. The 7hp gain isnt much but with more air and more pressure (Im not going to call it boost, more like an air ram) I am sure to gain low end torque, something the tib needs to get it off the line (very heavy little car).
All I have left to aquire is a 12v motorbike battery (breaking yard around the corner) and a switch to switch it from run to charge. I also got a volt meter that'll read up to 60v today from biglots, so Ill know when to switch it to charge. Nicest part is I can turn it off and on whenever I wish, so itll be good all round.
And here is how it wires up
Cecil, do you have one of these DPDT switches kicking around? or know where I can get one from?
seen it the other day lmao
