Recent content by wayland

I don't see how they can identify drone motors over RC car motors. They'd had to ban all of them.

It occurs to me that the companies making these components will seek other markets. Maybe more will be available to America's enemies to make military drones if they are not being bought for a harmless hobby. You can bet the weapons smugglers will be able to deliver them.

Drone components banned from import into America by the FCC because the pose an unacceptable risk to national security. How will Americans build these things if the motors and batteries are banned?

Generally the supercharger battery is dedicated to the supercharger. You can probably use a buck circuit to create the 12v for the normal car electrics from the 48v circuit. Or keep the normal TR6 alternator in addition to the 48v one. I don't think people run the electric supercharger...

I believe with the electric supercharger it's all about flow rather than pressure. From what I can see you don't need an intercooler because of the low pressure. You'd probably want to have two electric superchargers, one for each side of the engine in order to have enough flow. The battery is...

I've now got an XJR which is the supercharged Jag. Easier to get a whole car than e-supercharge one I have. I may still do that to the other one.

Thanks for that @matnrach, That torque gain at the lower revs is quite significant. A gain in torque starting at low revs is what I'm after. The Jag is pretty nice at low revs due to decent torque so more would better. If it was a manual Jag then I'd be using the gears to get the engine into...

The Torqamp calculator seems to think it will be OK; Part of the calculation is the max RPM which for my car is 5500. They suggested a bypass component. I see from their customer feedback that the larger engines gain 30BPH and the 1.4 Panda gained 50BHP which is massive for a 100HP car. The...

https://torqamp.com/ looks pretty interesting and you can buy one today. They've solved various problems such as the battery and how to charge it. I don't think it's as powerful as some of the units people on this forum have made for themselves but if you've got more money than time it would be...

I'm in England using Brave Browser on Linux Mint. It's always been OK for me.

It's very impressive what that little fan can do. Electric motors have come a long way. You could certainly make a full power tiny leaf blower with that. I think it was Mighty Car Mods plumbed a bunch of pretty decent leaf blowers onto their car and it made no difference.

I reckon you'll need two superchargers for that 6.2 litre.

It might be interesting to combine this with some kind of inter cooler or water injection.

You could be a little smarter with the RPM. Rather than simply lockout the boost below a particular RPM you could also look at the rate of change of RPM and throttle position. If the driver is calling for power and allowing revs to climb at a fast speed you could turn on the supercharger...

I think it was Mighty Car Mods on YouTube tried to boost a car with leaf blowers. It did nothing. However these systems are using a centrifugal compressor connected to a high power high speed electric motor. It ought to be easier to fit and operate than a conventional supercharger or turbo...