Leaf Blower on Dyno Options

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

Well #1 and 2 IDK, #3 probably not, #4 you would need the flow test of a head and probably specs from the maker for the blower, #5 Mythbusters built about 4.5psi in a sealed chamber with a normal leaf blower and it wasn't even at full power.
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About the mythbusters thing, I've seen were someone posted that somewere else. Was it you? I was reading on a forum some were where this guy was talking about using a custom setup with dual motors. I'll try to get some more info here about this junk. I've got way to much spanish to study tonight, so it'll be a bit before I can put some real effort into it.
Come to think of it, it would take one heck of an electric motor to equal the sucking force the engine has. We've all stuck our hands in vacume clears and felt how much the suck, but I've cranked my throttle and stuck my hand on the throttle body before. That is some serious sucking power. So, I've come to the conclusion that it will definately help. Anything to help equilize pressure will help, but will it push more than the car sucks. Short of getting actual flow numbers, this thread is losing weight fast.

[boosted_K2]

as long as the blower can force more air into the engine than the engine can originally pull AND sustain enough static pressure to hold the air in the intake at a higher pressure than the atmosphere you WILL see a gain, and an industrial leaf blower probably would do it. you guys have to stop calling BS on everything lol but in all honesty, who would really want to rig up a friggen leaf blower under their hood?

its called redneck engineering and though its redneck... it is applying basic principals, though i doubt they really took the time to figure out if the pressure would sustain and it would force enough air in before sayin "hey what would happen if..."

[jgreening]

as long as the blower can force more air into the engine than the engine can originally pull AND sustain enough static pressure to hold the air in the intake at a higher pressure than the atmosphere you WILL see a gain, and an industrial leaf blower probably would do it. you guys have to stop calling BS on everything lol but in all honesty, who would really want to rig up a friggen leaf blower under their hood?

its called redneck engineering and though its redneck... it is applying basic principals, though i doubt they really took the time to figure out if the pressure would sustain and it would force enough air in before sayin "hey what would happen if..."
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Nobody said it couldn't work - only that it wasn't wise nor worthy of serious consideration.

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Hahahaha......I cant wait until somebody comes on here and puts up dyno proven gains of like 40 horsepower. THEN see how fast everyone tries it for themselves.

[Batman722]

"powered by John Deere"

neeto concept but in all reality please don't do it. This forum would loose respect from any tuner.

"those 6gc guys use leaf blowers to add HP, real men use turbos"

respect and credibility down the tubes.

[lagos]

it gaind 10hp on a dyno, on a civic si. on a celica, you are probably looking at about a 5hp gain. is that really worth all the crap you would get from having a leaf blower power your motor?

This post has been edited by lagos: Sep 16, 2005 - 11:04 PM

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Ok ok, on a Celica.....NO.

On a beater car.....yes, but just to try and even then its a maybe. It would still be good for laughs though.

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

I like how this post is going. People seem to actually be excepting it now. It seems to me that it's a consinsis that it will work, but cost effectiveness is the true issue here. I was reading a thread were a guy was talking about wired a control switch to his throttle so that the fans would spin faster as the throttle increased. I wouldn't what people thought about blowers when they first came out? I read in car and driver how the said "disk brakes are a passing fad, and will have a hard time ever competing with the tecnology of drums." I don't think the electice supercharger will be as big of developement, but it's still interesting to know these things. I really need to start posting links to things I read.

EDIT: Here's one. I'm only part of the way through it.
http://www.osti.gov/fcvt/deer2003/ShahedPa...#39;eturbo'

This post has been edited by Bigmeanbulldog55: Sep 17, 2005 - 2:10 AM

[lagos]

now you are starting to talk about electric turbos.... those are known not to work because the power drain on the car would be more then the electric turbo could spin.

the leaf blower in that video was running off its own power.

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

now you are starting to talk about electric turbos.... those are known not to work because the power drain on the car would be more then the electric turbo could spin.

the leaf blower in that video was running off its own power.
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So, even if you could set up an extra battery, and a capaciter or something, this still couldn't work for something like drags? I don't know too much at all about electronics. I can wire them, but I'm not really good at the details.