ebay - Nissan Maxima K&N Turbo Electric Supercharger

[NewfoundlandDude]

Is This ?????

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAP...op:ca

Item number: 150120580947

[DjNikos]

I have a buddy who put one on his Audi S4 however this was not the ebay brand. It cost him 500.00 and the switch was placed under his gas pedal so it would activate when only at full throttle. I took a ride in it and I definately felt 25hp kick in. It spools up just like a regular turbo, but its nothing spectacular. Maybe a dual intake setup with two of them would be great.

I put straight 3'' blower fans, I would not recommend doing that. if you are to try it period, get the spooling ones.

[rxm6]

Don't get this.

Back on the Bimmer thread, all these guys were going google-eyed over these mainly because the only way to force-induct an E30 was to turbo it and since no one made a turbo manifold for the 4-cyl's, everyone was looking for cheaper ways to do it. The people that put these in their cars did experience the extra hp gain but eventually took them out because you are not always accelerating at full throttle. When they were in turns with a half-acceleration and then as they applied full-throttle the electric turbo would kick in and give them an odd boost of power that made life difficult.

If your just looking for kicks and fun on the street, you can do better than $350 for one of these. It doesn't have to be car specific. But if your really into performance, just save up for the supercharger or turbocharger of your choice. The power gains over the whole power band will be much more satisfying.

[Beancooker]

His description is fairly accurate. You might expect about 15 hp. Mind you he states that the turbo for an Audi pushes 400CFM. At what RPM? and that is for a small 1.8l engine. You have an additional 1.2L on that little Audi engine, and only adding 250CFM. Another question is how many PSI does it compress? Your car will pull at least 250CFM at WOT, not using the device. So thinking about it, I'm not too sure. If it doesn't actually pressurize the air, then it is pretty much worthless. If it gives you 2 or more PSI, you will notice a difference on the butt dyno. Personally, I'd save my $350. but that's just me. If you do buy it, let us know how it works!

[audtatious]

The only "real" workable elec SC is the Thomas Knight model

http://www.turbomagazine.com/t...arger/

[nismo1219]

ok, matt...smartie-boy - where can i pick up one of these little items?? id like to get one and mount the battery/power units in my trunk (like the altima) but under the floor board where my "long-since-removed" spare tire used to sit! then try to wire everything up nice and tidy under the carpeting so nobody knows its there!! mwuah-ha-ha-ha!

sounds like they had some really good performace gains, considering. id def. be interested in givin' it a whirl in the max!!

[mtcookson]

http://www.boosthead.com/product.php?id=18

Those ebay e-s/c's are a joke... actually... they're really just bilge blowers out of a boat. (notice the price difference between the bilge blower and the same thing renamed as an electric s/c) http://motors.search.ebay.com/...usZbs

It might flow enough air for some extra power down low... but its very likely you wouldn't even notice anything.

[DjNikos]

the interesting thing is, TK electric ones even have option for blowoff valve. The downside is, 10-15 runs a day only makes the car fun for track purpose only.

[MinisterofDOOM]

they're really just bilge blowers out of a boat.

Definitely makes you question their longevity. A bilge blower in a boat would have waterflow to keep it cool. In a car it's sitting under the nice hot hood and sucking in thin air.

[DjNikos]

Definitely makes you question their longevity. A bilge blower in a boat would have waterflow to keep it cool. In a car it's sitting under the nice hot hood and sucking in thin air.

yeah, I have dual Bilge Blowers. They dont make a big diffrence, except that if you have them on at an idle stop, your car will either shake because of the air flow at a dead stop or your throttle will lag from a dead stop. Im definately not satisfied compared to a spooling turbo.

[915max]

For that price, I would just go with a custom turbo set-up... piecing everything together(without a intercooler) and doing it will cost you around the same amount + you can feel it for more than 15 seconds.You can still boost at least 6 psi without an intercooler and be safe, which is higher than what the electric supercharger recommends for the product.

[915max]

For that price, I would just go with a custom turbo set-up... piecing everything together(without a intercooler) and doing it will cost you around the same amount + you can feel it for more than 15 seconds.You can still boost at least 6 psi without an intercooler and be safe, which is higher than what the electric supercharger recommends for the product.

Dont get me wrong.. its a good product, but money-wise and performance-wise, you're better off boosting the traditional way. Or rig up a leaf blower to the intake piping.

[mtcookson]

+ you can feel it for more than 15 seconds.

Image how fast you'll be going boosting for 15+ seconds though... in a Maxima you'll be going well over 100 mph. Keep turning up the boost and you'll be going faster and faster in less amounts of time.

Unless doing some road course racing or similar you'll most likely not ever need to be boosting for more than ~15 seconds. Maybe highway driving... but I can't personally remember any times that I ever needed boost for more than 15 seconds driving on the highway and I've done numerous 10+ hour trips in my Maxima.

In the end, I'd personally take a turbo over the e-s/c just because that's my preference but the e-s/c wouldn't be a bad choice at all if a turbo isn't an option for you regardless of the 15 second stuff.

[915max]

Image how fast you'll be going boosting for 15+ seconds though... in a Maxima you'll be going well over 100 mph. Keep turning up the boost and you'll be going faster and faster in less amounts of time.

Unless doing some road course racing or similar you'll most likely not ever need to be boosting for more than ~15 seconds. Maybe highway driving... but I can't personally remember any times that I ever needed boost for more than 15 seconds driving on the highway and I've done numerous 10+ hour trips in my Maxima.

In the end, I'd personally take a turbo over the e-s/c just because that's my preference but the e-s/c wouldn't be a bad choice at all if a turbo isn't an option for you regardless of the 15 second stuff.

If you want to hit 100mph in less than 15 seconds, do the 3.5 swap + some headers & intake... its less expensive and more reliable!

BTW, 3.5swap is the way to go!!

[mtcookson]

A 3.5 would definitely be awesome... but there's nothing like a turbo.

[915max]

A 3.5 would definitely be awesome... but there's nothing like a turbo.

Cant argue with that!

How bout a 3.5 swap, turbo'd! LOL

[DjNikos]

If you want to hit 100mph in less than 15 seconds, do the 3.5 swap + some headers & intake... its less expensive and more reliable!

BTW, 3.5swap is the way to go!!

I can only saw, aside from the performance gains, it looks so much frekin cleaner with the swap the way you have it. Engine bay looks like you actually have room.

[915max]

I can only saw, aside from the performance gains, it looks so much frekin cleaner with the swap the way you have it. Engine bay looks like you actually have room.

The engine bay does look like it has a lot more room. I dont know if it does really or if it looks like that because it looks a lot more organize with the large engine cover.

BEFORE:

AFTER: (please excuse the dirty engine bay)

[mtcookson]

Cant argue with that!

How bout a 3.5 swap, turbo'd! LOL

FTW!

I'd love to do a boosted 3.5 someday, probably in a Z32.