Turbo Lag

[Bruno!]

On Fri, 23 Feb 1996, ARTHUR OKUN wrote:

> how about an electrically driven supercharger???
> 

My friends and I have thought about this one as an idea. What we 
came up with is that the motor driving the supercharger would have to 
have HEAPS of torque driving a gear arrangement to get the turbines to 
spin at a decent speed. Would be brilliant on a car, dial up whatever 
boost you'd need, and maybe going one step further and having the engine 
computer control boost pressure.

This motor would also put quite a load on the electrical system on the 
car. The size I'm thinking is a small starter motor, for the torque. 
Would have to spin at a low speed, to stop itself from flying to bits. 

	         Bruno.     ( u933234 at student.canberra.edu.au )

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