clio "supercharger"

[samcourtney86]

Has anyone seen this on ebay? I have always wondered why people havent invented one of these, I presumed it would work for some reason. Do they work, they sound good? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/supercharger-...060865098QQcategoryZ36680QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Sam

 

[Day]

What do you reckon?

lol

 

[clio__chris]

this says it all really

Serious BOOST

does it have the boost of a cosworth innit

 

[my_cougar49]

I dont know if it would work. Would you like to buy one and let me know? LOL

 

[Jones]

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha thats the funniest thing i have ever seen think i might triple supercharge my clio

 

[lee_cup]

the biggest loads of bollox i have ever seen. How can an air filter with a dump valve stuck on it work as well as a supercharger.. hmmm

 

[samcourtney86]

Well I know it wouldnt work like a supercharger, but surely forcing more air into the engine would create more power? Sam

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

lee cup have you tried one ??

If so how can you comment, it may well not work, but on the other hand, I think putting an air compressor pipe into my intake with a flap valve may create a fair ammount of power. Neither are sensible things to do, but doesn't mean it won't work.

 

[Serg]

even if it did help it would be running very lean if the statments wer true so i would of thought the car would run crap.


but then that doesnt matter coz its all crap

 

[The Hoff]

Mate had one of these and he was running 230bhp, and 1/4 mile in the 13's.

Well worth it...ahem

 

[GordonD]

Electric superchargers have been ridiculed plenty of times on this forum.

Yes an electric motor driven air pump like the eBay device could improve your engine's power. But car engines need huge amounts of air at full throttle and it would take huge amounts of power to pump enough extra to increase power more than a couple of horsepower. It'd need an electric motor a couple of times larger than a starter motor. Your battery couldn't supply enough power.

The dump valve on the top of it is proof that that particular advertised product is fraudulent.

If you want a few extra horsepower and you're willing to pay a couple of hundred pounds then replace the engine driven water pump with a Davis Craig electric water pump.

 

[Dan@SJM]

a 1.8 engine at 7000rpm takes in 12,600litres of air a minute. theres no way a computer fan will do this!

 

[truffleshuffle]

i had one of these before! total crap! DONT BUY ONE!

 

[AliasOmega]

Looks to me like a basic cheap and nasty cone ait filter, some silicone hose cut down with 3 dubilee clips on it. One clip holding the hose to the filter, the other going to the flexible hose, the other holding the fan inside the hose in position. Meanwhile the cable for the fan is put through the side of the hoses and re-sealed.

The dump valve is useless as its put in the listing...as any over pressure would just be forced back through the fan and out through the filter.

Now, if the fan was driven via aux belt..that would be different..

Maybe good for a buzz, tho with a 172, 182 the cone filter would need a outside cold air feed, therefore probably more useful removing the fan, and ducting the pipe infront of the grill and creating a ram air system.

Overall will work better at high speeds. As your moving, your creating forced air induction anyhow..

 

[smillie]

might put one on my lawnmower..

 

[kpowell911]

not bothered about performance, but would the dump valve noise sound good?

 

[JclioD]

no mate, you wont notice the dump valve noise, there isnt enough pressure to hear it

 

[Topgun]

Reminds me off a similar shity product called a Surbo ! Totally waste of time

 

[kully]

lol:approve:

 

[Brasseye]

what a load of dung...

 

[ajketley]

just looks like an induction kit with a stuck on dump valve! Offer 15 quid at most, just to feel the serious boost it offers

 

[Galeb]

Yea that really looks underpowered.

Seen video of some guys using leafblower or similar on a dyno. Now that looked wicked.

 

[my_cougar49]

its all a load of pants LOL :S

 

[Neil G]

40,000rpm is no where near quick enough.

Save your money

 

[CrazyK]

HAHA these are proper shite!!!

On a more serious note though, has anyone tinkered with a proper supercharger for the clio RS models, some of the popular renault tuning firms have started producing turbo kits but not heard of any superchargers as of yet.

 

[Timmay]

40k RPM instantly - obviously a genuine figure that one....lol

 

[Dink]

a 1.8 engine at 7000rpm takes in 12,600litres of air a minute. theres no way a computer fan will do this!

just to 12,600 litres a min = 450cfm

this computer fan (like most computer fans pull 40A lol) generates 1000cfm (according to the advert)

just something to think about maybe

 

[Dan@SJM]

you ever felt the suck that an engine has got on tick over? the compter fan is nothing like that.

 

[Dink]

it aint a pc fan though is it

 

[stevo172-RWD]

i had one of these before! total crap! DONT BUY ONE!

i also had one of these too! from a company called stormforce! it dint work for me so i bought a real turbo! tell em fat boy!

 

[bradfincham]

If it does provide enough air then the engine will run lean and melt a piston

woo hoo