Leaf blower turbo charger - Page 2

Pat Dolan · November 7th, 2009, 06:58

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Originally Posted by Diesel_Benz

People actually pay money for this junk thinking it works.

Wind powered supercharger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iXYl2EWg8o

I may not recover from this one. That is the funniest thing I have EVER seen!!!!!!!

I would LOVE to see the "manufacturer's" advertisements and claims.

PT Barnum was wrong....there's one borne every SECOND.

Lug_Nut · November 7th, 2009, 07:09

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Originally Posted by grnbaja72

i keep scratching my head at the 15 hp wondering how 1psi of boost would do that. is this at all feasible? i just cant picture it...

1 PSI positive pressure with, versus several inches of vacuum without.
Feasible? yes. Practical? hardly.

k_harley · November 7th, 2009, 13:26

Well, since the title says leaf blower, I have to chime in....

I have seen a gas powered leaf blower installed on a 87 300zx NA. It was the "Rust in the wind" car at the 2009 24 hours of lemons race in CT. I talked to a guy on the team, he said it did actually make a little HP. He said he tied it into the actual fuel supply so it could keep going over the 15 hour race. I think it died at the end of the first day (8 hours of running).

Sounded really weird going around the track!