Re: It's a Gas

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 farna@xxxxxxx wrote:

> The electric turbo looks neat, but boost goes DOWN with speed.
> Starts at 5-6 psi, goes down to 3 psi at higher speeds. Takes to
> much juice to spin it up at high speeds. I think I'll stick to the
> remote setup -- can do that with mostly salvaged parts too.

Why is this a problem? Except for race conditions, boost at low
speeds, and less so at cruise, would seem perfect. A small
displacement engine is fine flat-and-level, but lacks torque for
accelleration.

The real advantage to the electric supercharger would be software
control -- essentially the times when you'd be lugging it, you
boost the hell out of it, and back off at highway cruise.