Posted by Mike McDermott on August 08, 2002 at 00:13:38:
In Reply to: Re: NEW ELECTRIC SUPERCHARGER THAT REALLY WORKS posted by John C on August 07, 2002 at 18:01:03:
Don't waste your money on those online electric turbos...make your own. The "Microchips" used by the ones online are garbage, they never get the mix right. Buy a used Eureka motor, $15-35 U.S., (these motors are really powerful) and play around with the setup until you get what you like. I run an Iceman cold air intake on my '00 Focus. All you have to do is afix the motor after the end of the flow tube and before the mass air meter, bingo, you have a turbo. Next, hook it up to a slide dimmer and run that into the cabin of the car. I have it attached to the backside of my steering wheel, it's low profile and black so it's hard to see. The slide dimmer controls the boost and as far as getting the optimal mix, definatly install high flow injectors...After a few runs on the track I firgured out when to apply the boost pressure and how to roll off it while shifting. At first it was like learning how to shift a sportbike, but I got used to it and it dropped my 1/4 time down to 14.988 from a 15.600 . I recommend this method for anyone not afraid of possibly messing up their car. At the track just tell the people that ask what you have under the hood (and believe me you will get a lot of people asking you about it.) that it's an old hairdryer.