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There is a guy on ebay selling an electric supercharger for a 3in intake.. He says it will boost up to 240 cfm and 150 cfm under no load. Any ideas ...coments? I am by far not an expert on forced induction.
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Do you have the link?
IIRC, it's a b.s. scam and I wouldn't waste my time on it until it was proven. my opinion.
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those e-bay things are a scam, though the e-ram is supposed to work, or so says one reliable resource, a little more expensive than the fake stuff though.
"Wow, that sank fast." "Yeah, like a rock." 96 Contour GL ATX 9mm Ford Racing Wires; 2 Resonators down, 1 to go;"Special airbox"; many mods planned Sony CD player: 50wattsx4;remote; Speakers=50 watt Pioneer 6x8s Ross Evans 
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The one on ebay is a total scam!
The real E-Ram does work.
I have a friend with one on his 96 Accord, and was dyno'ed and showed a 7 HP boost (at the wheels at WOT) over his current mods of Header, Intake, and Exhaust
Definately something I am going to install.
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Originally posted by Sleeper:
The one on ebay is a total scam!
The real E-Ram does work.
I have a friend with one on his 96 Accord, and was dyno'ed and showed a 7 HP boost (at the wheels at WOT) over his current mods of Header, Intake, and Exhaust
Definately something I am going to install. Yeah but how much for 7 HP to the wheels? :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by LoCo:
Yeah but how much for 7 HP to the wheels? :rolleyes: $315 shipped. Granted not the best HP to $ ratio, but with as little HP as a 4 cylinder has, every drop counts. Besides, speed costs.
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Well, if it's a real 7hp. bump, that's really not bad, considering an intake and exhaust will run about $450 or so (give or take, for demo purposes only) and you're lucky to get 10 HP out of that.
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Originally posted by Sleeper: Originally posted by LoCo:
[b]Yeah but how much for 7 HP to the wheels? :rolleyes:
Granted not the best HP to $ ratio, but with as little HP as a 4 cylinder has, every drop counts.
Besides, speed costs.[/b]You'd be better off dropping another $200 and running nitrous. At least that is HP you can feel. :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by LoCo: Originally posted by Sleeper: [b] Originally posted by LoCo:
[b]Yeah but how much for 7 HP to the wheels? :rolleyes: $315 shipped. Granted not the best HP to $ ratio, but with as little HP as a 4 cylinder has, every drop counts. Besides, speed costs.[/b] How bout do both? If I waz to run nitrous, my engine would quickly go boom.
"Wow, that sank fast." "Yeah, like a rock." 96 Contour GL ATX 9mm Ford Racing Wires; 2 Resonators down, 1 to go;"Special airbox"; many mods planned Sony CD player: 50wattsx4;remote; Speakers=50 watt Pioneer 6x8s Ross Evans
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I don't know if any of you looked into the "electric supercharger" but I did. It's a plastic tube with a 12 volt, 240 cfm fan inside. It comes from the marine industry. It is used to vent the bilge on a boat. It was never made for this application, ever. Theoretically, it should work, and for $20 or $30 (what they go for in the boating industry) it's worth a try maybe. For any $$$ above that, RUN !! As long as they don't cause anything to come apart inside your engine a person may want to try one. I wouldn't.
Ken Smith, 1999 SE Contour Zetec ATX, 1998 E-350 XLT V-10 ClubWagon.
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