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LX5liter 05-11-2001 05:54 PM

First problem: air compressors will not live much past 700 - 1000 rpm, they are just not built for it.
Second problem:I dont think a leaf blower will produce enough psi. They may move a lot of air but you need pressure and volume.

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B.R.
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89LXCarb 05-12-2001 01:02 PM

check out www.electricsupercharger.com
it seems kinda like an overglorified leaf blower to me.
and it only makes 5-15 xtra horse power

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red82gt 05-12-2001 02:36 PM

The biggest drawback to the howling monkeys is that they're louder than the whine from a Vortech, you'll hear them a couple of blocks away http://www.mustangworks.com/msgboard/wink.gif Seriously though, a supercharger moves one helluvalotta air and even a leaf blower would blow air slower than an engine could suck it... Back to the drawing board...

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dinomite 05-12-2001 03:57 PM

I think that a leaf blower would be fine, they move a lot of air.

vegasmustang 05-16-2001 05:50 PM

Hook up a hose from your A/C to the intake. Well, actually running the A/C might slow your ET. LOL

jseaton 05-17-2001 10:54 AM

That web page with the electric blower is funny. This is really acting as a "ram air" effect. A supercharger or turbo actually is compressed air being forced into you engine. Without a way to regulate the compressed air in relation to fuel and timing, you might as well get ready for some serious damage. Not to say you couldn't design something to work, I mean when they invented these things years ago, they blew up their share of engines to understand how everything work in conjunction with each other. To do this correctly, there are many engineering formulas to figure out all of the rpm, fuel and timing curves.

Good luck.

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SmokeyDP 05-17-2001 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LX5liter:
Second problem:I dont think a leaf blower will produce enough psi. They may move a lot of air but you need pressure and volume.

Ok, first off...have you even USED a leaf blower? Trying looking down the tube while its on. Your telling me the leaf blower wouldn't have enough air? http://www.mustangworks.com/msgboard/biggrin.gif

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Stang Runner 05-17-2001 01:54 PM

There was a thing in one of the magazines that had a homemade TWIN TRUBO kit form parts a the Junk Yard. It was in like the low 12's.

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Drivetrain: 2.73 Stock Gears, World Class T-5, Lakewood Bellhousing, Summit Adjustable Cluch Quadrant & Cable, Alumminum Driveshaft, Flaming River Manual Steering Rack
Suspension: MAC Control Arms,Maximum Motorsports Front Grip Package, H&R Sport Spings, Bilstein Shocks
Engine: Steal Mounts, Ram air, K&N, Under Drive Pulles
Exhaust: 1 5/8 Un-Equal Length Mac Headers, X-pipe W\cats, Edelbrock cat\back


clearwaterms 05-17-2001 05:37 PM

Okay, three things...

#1 A leaf blower will not work, for a few reasons.
a. are you going to use a two cycle gas powered one? an electric one is designed to run off of a 110V AC, if you were to use a step up converter to get your 12V DC up to 110V AC the amount of power required is not possible for a car charging system. The other reason is at idle my blower puts out as much air as the leaf blower does at full throttle, at 9 PSI my blower is moving almost 800CFM.
b.The electric supercharger? I think the ricer or monkey's would make more power
c. The twin turbo's, go to jyturbo in the yahoo message forum, it is a group dedicated to using junkyard turbo's and accessories. For instance you can buy the huge intercooler used on the F350 power stroke diesel for like $250 from Ford, new. You can buy turbo's from a Turbo coupe, add some piping, and a boost controller and hello 12's or 11's.

And let's be honest, would you really want to roll up to the local hot spot...
"hold on, i have to pull start my [leaf] blower..."

LX5liter 05-19-2001 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SmokeyDP:
Ok, first off...have you even USED a leaf blower? Trying looking down the tube while its on. Your telling me the leaf blower wouldn't have enough air? http://www.mustangworks.com/msgboard/biggrin.gif

I dont dispute they move a lot of air, but if you read my message i said pressure AND volume. you can have a ton of volume with very little pressure. http://www.mustangworks.com/msgboard/smile.gif


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B.R.
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89FHPLX 05-19-2001 05:03 PM

Hey! Come on! I thought this was a Mustang site NOT A DAMM JAP! Site. You people sound like the other wannabe's with the loud fart machines. You want housepower, Buy the parts and dont make a fool of yourself like the Honda,(Jap cars) type. Ive seen crazy stuff here in florida with jap cars but I love when we use pure hosepower and letting them see our taillights. Mustangs are the bosses here in Florida when it comes down to it.

BowTie Eater 5 Liter 05-20-2001 02:07 AM

well, i was( & have always) been thinking... why not try to hook the smog pump up to the intake? i dont know if it would work, but it feeds air into the exhaust. right? so why not it let air feed into the intake instead?

just my thoughts

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2FastLX 05-20-2001 11:57 AM

How about throwing an oxygen tank in your car and injecting oxygen into the cylinder?

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QuantumMotorsports 05-20-2001 10:13 PM

Pure oxygen combusts very easily. That is why people run nitrous oxide which is an innert gas. Pure O2 would make your car run really well, but not only would it be more expensive than nitrous, it would be dangerous as hell.

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1988 Merc Cougar 5.0 HO, Ported and Polished E7TEs, 2.25" duals w/ 2 chamber flowmasters, T5 tranny
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Mach 1 05-21-2001 06:32 AM

Its nice to dream, but i think anyone with a good sound mechanical brain will know this idea and ridiculous, and move on.

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LX XLR8R 05-21-2001 08:11 AM

if you ever ran direct o2 into a direct port setup can you say boom..lets think..what happens in a oxygen/sedulan torche after you add oxygen..it cuts metal..you wanna explode all you pistons at once then this is the way to do it..

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2FastLX 05-21-2001 08:37 AM

My brother and I were talking about it and we thought of that too. It was just a post to go along with the sillyness that is going on in here =)

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Too much to list. Best ET on the car so far with stock 2.73 gears - 13.73@102mph

Indiana Stangers Association
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Francismaximus 05-21-2001 10:02 PM

Some flamer nameed josh made one and actually had it in readerws rides in MMAFF he said it didnt work to well. Why nt run your exuast to a tank to build and store pressure then intercool and inject it back into the engine.

NO SLO PK 05-21-2001 10:29 PM

You CAN get a compressor that flows enough. Many industrial units (Ingersoll Rand, Atlas Copco, Sullair) flow 1000+ CFM at 100psi, but requires a 250 hp motor to operate which renders the idea impossible.

The exhaust pressure idea sounds interesting, but it does sound similar to a turbo.

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'91 LX
Procharger, 3 row intercooler, extrude honed Cobra intake, Mac full Length Headers, 30# inj., 73mm C&L, 75mm tb, E303 cam, 289 rods, ported E7 heads, MSD, T-Rex w/255 lph Walbro, 5 lug conversion, Cobra R wheels, 3.27 gears and Moser Axles.

Robert_5_liter 05-21-2001 10:56 PM

You guys have some good ideas if some of us took the time to experiment some of them something might work.
I like the creativity you guys have to make something to boost power



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