Hi everyone.
I'm from Helsinki, Finland.
I am a total newbie in eboost and electricity issues..
But I have some extravagant plans (and I hope commenting stays civil..) and I wish perhaps you guys could "calculate"/chime in if any eboost/e-supercharger set up could be sufficient enough for my plans:
I am planning to buy a Ferrari F355 (3.5L 375-380hp V8, max revs 8250rpm) and install a forced induction system in it. Originally I wanted to install a turbocharger system (then considered a belt-driven supercharger) but those are totally illegal here in street use. I of course could strip them down and put the car back to original but that is way too much work to do once a year for the yearly official technical inspection..
A year ago I had an idea could there be available any electric superchargers or such.. I figured it would be way easier and quicker to disassemble from the car and put the car back to original and reassemble e-supercharger parts after inspection. And I found some Cleetus McFarland and Torqamp videos from youtube (which were for smaller displacement and lower hp engines..), and then Alex's videos.. Once I saw that he has built 650hp e-supercharger I registered to this forum..
I have two turbocharged cars, so I think I kinda know and understand at least some of the forced induction systems..
My goal for the Ferrari F355 supercharging would be having LOTS of mid-rpm range power (torque) but also have lots of power in the high rpm, peak hp goal some 550hp or a bit more. The Brazilian owner of a company called Fueltech in US installed a turbocharger on his F355, with 1.1 bar (some 16psi) of boost got claimed 775hp.. I think I would be comfortable with some 0.7-0.8 bar of boost (that might turn out to be some 550-600hp to the wheels). As my goal 1.0bar (14.5psi) of boost would be a good target to scale the eboost system.
The usage of the added power would be for some circuit driving (no drag racing) and mainly driving on regular twisty roads, some motorway driving (seldomly I might go to Germany to drive on autobahns with unlimited speed). So I guess flat out (wide open throttle) time would be maybe 30-90 seconds at a time when the e-boost would be needed.
I am wondering would you be able to advice if f.ex. Alex's 650hp DIY e-supercharger ("turbocharger") which he nicely advised everybody in one of your youtube videos (even with part names and codes, thank you) would be suitable (size wise and in any other relation) for Ferrari F355 engine? Or could it be too big, or too small?
If it wasn't suitable size, which compressor you would suggest to use? Or what should be done otherwise?
My initial idea would be using four 12V lithium car or motorcycle batteries positioned in the frunk, thus all-in-all max 48V available.
I have a friend who understands some electric, he advised me not to go over 50V in this case. This 48V limitation, to my understanding, will limit at least the time of the available boost, wouldn't it?
I guess the boost system should be with a blow off valve? I would be installing an intercooler too (needed or not? Beneficial?).
How long the batteries can / should last in my car use described above until the 48V batteries run out of juice?
Could those additional batteries be charged while driving with the original charging system of the car?
Anything else you would advise related to my plans above?
Someone might say don't do it or dream of it.. But as a starting point, I want at least to explore if this could be doable and practically working..
Thanks so much guys.
I'm from Helsinki, Finland.
I am a total newbie in eboost and electricity issues..
But I have some extravagant plans (and I hope commenting stays civil..) and I wish perhaps you guys could "calculate"/chime in if any eboost/e-supercharger set up could be sufficient enough for my plans:
I am planning to buy a Ferrari F355 (3.5L 375-380hp V8, max revs 8250rpm) and install a forced induction system in it. Originally I wanted to install a turbocharger system (then considered a belt-driven supercharger) but those are totally illegal here in street use. I of course could strip them down and put the car back to original but that is way too much work to do once a year for the yearly official technical inspection..
A year ago I had an idea could there be available any electric superchargers or such.. I figured it would be way easier and quicker to disassemble from the car and put the car back to original and reassemble e-supercharger parts after inspection. And I found some Cleetus McFarland and Torqamp videos from youtube (which were for smaller displacement and lower hp engines..), and then Alex's videos.. Once I saw that he has built 650hp e-supercharger I registered to this forum..
I have two turbocharged cars, so I think I kinda know and understand at least some of the forced induction systems..
My goal for the Ferrari F355 supercharging would be having LOTS of mid-rpm range power (torque) but also have lots of power in the high rpm, peak hp goal some 550hp or a bit more. The Brazilian owner of a company called Fueltech in US installed a turbocharger on his F355, with 1.1 bar (some 16psi) of boost got claimed 775hp.. I think I would be comfortable with some 0.7-0.8 bar of boost (that might turn out to be some 550-600hp to the wheels). As my goal 1.0bar (14.5psi) of boost would be a good target to scale the eboost system.
The usage of the added power would be for some circuit driving (no drag racing) and mainly driving on regular twisty roads, some motorway driving (seldomly I might go to Germany to drive on autobahns with unlimited speed). So I guess flat out (wide open throttle) time would be maybe 30-90 seconds at a time when the e-boost would be needed.
I am wondering would you be able to advice if f.ex. Alex's 650hp DIY e-supercharger ("turbocharger") which he nicely advised everybody in one of your youtube videos (even with part names and codes, thank you) would be suitable (size wise and in any other relation) for Ferrari F355 engine? Or could it be too big, or too small?
If it wasn't suitable size, which compressor you would suggest to use? Or what should be done otherwise?
My initial idea would be using four 12V lithium car or motorcycle batteries positioned in the frunk, thus all-in-all max 48V available.
I have a friend who understands some electric, he advised me not to go over 50V in this case. This 48V limitation, to my understanding, will limit at least the time of the available boost, wouldn't it?
I guess the boost system should be with a blow off valve? I would be installing an intercooler too (needed or not? Beneficial?).
How long the batteries can / should last in my car use described above until the 48V batteries run out of juice?
Could those additional batteries be charged while driving with the original charging system of the car?
Anything else you would advise related to my plans above?
Someone might say don't do it or dream of it.. But as a starting point, I want at least to explore if this could be doable and practically working..
Thanks so much guys.