Aerochargers are better than a twin screw!! hahaha ;-)

[Stephen Andersen]

Just FYI, the Whipple 1600AX on my 2.5l engine at 7000rpm and 7.5 psig
manifold pressure should require approximately 17hp to drive it (according
to Whipple's compressor maps).

I would suspect that the centrifugal would require slightly less, since it
will create less waste heat in building the same pressure at the same
flow...

Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-diy_efi at diy-efi.org [mailto:owner-diy_efi at diy-efi.org]On
> Behalf Of Greg Hermann
> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 4:49 PM
> To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
> Subject: RE: Aerochargers are better than a twin screw!! hahaha ;-)
> 
> 
> At 2:37 PM 10/15/01, justin ivan wrote:
> >Electric generator motor combo would be interesting to see, 
> but I imagine
> >that a relatively high hp motor (I imagine it's >1 hp to 
> spin a turbo under
> >load) to 100K rpm's would be pretty tough.
> 
> It's a _whole_ lot more than 1 HP. depends on boost level, 
> absolute air
> pressure, air mass flow, and turbine efficiency--but 30 HP or 
> more is not
> an outrageous number.
> 
> The weight of the hardware might get pretty impressive.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
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