Leaf Blower on Dyno Options

[Drew-887]

Check this video out it pretty cool and kinda funny.

http://videos.streetfire.net/player.aspx?f...FD-A1AD23CA9564

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

Yeah a leaf blower is ghetto, but it works, plus you're talking what up to four psi of boost, IMO it would still sound funny going down the road but the fact is something so practical will give you horsepower and in the Celica that's difficult to do. I remember an episode of Mythbusters where they made a sealed container and used a leaf blower to mimic the pressure inside a skyscraper and it built about 4-5 psi so a quility blower could easily mimic the effect of a supercharger or turbo, only thing is having to relieve the pressure when the throttle is closed and build it back up when the throttle opens again.
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It is my belief that if you us a toggle or nitrus switch, you could make it work. You take off in first gear and hit second at about 3000 rpm flip the switch to turn it on, leave it on untill you've hit as fast as you need to go because rpms wouldn't drop to low between shifts. This would be for drag. I can see it working pretty easily for drag. For something like autox, I think it would be hard to make it work. You could use it in the strates. You could use this pretty much exactly like nitrous actually. You won't get as many hp out of it though. I'm sure that if you set it up right it would work good. I'm going to start a list of the stuff you would actually need. Anyone who wants to, please add or take away.

1. Modified Leaf Blower with hook up for output and a place for and intake
2. Filter
3. Converter for battery
4. One of those capaciter things people use on amplifiers
5. A little bit of piping
6. Thicker wire and toggle switch (personal preferance would be push button, cuts down on hitting it by mistake like a full throttle switch and adds ease instead of use instead of flip switch)