I've been doing some research into superchargers when i came across some electric ones of eBay that just bolt onto the existing air intake as a cheap way to provide forced induction. However further reading up on them show that they have absolutely no meaningful effect what so ever, they are effectively glorified ventilation fans.
Centrifugal superchargers use drive from aux belt and then through a small gear box to drive the impeller in the housing.
So what if instead of using a belt pulley to power it, why not an electric motor? Obviously it would have to be powerful enough to drive it and may even require its own speed controller and battery source to power it. But it would mean you wouldn't have to try and source a larger belt or worry about where to mount it in line with the aux belt.
I might even use this idea as a basis for a university project if i don't get to the the project i want to do.
Thoughts?
Centrifugal superchargers use drive from aux belt and then through a small gear box to drive the impeller in the housing.
So what if instead of using a belt pulley to power it, why not an electric motor? Obviously it would have to be powerful enough to drive it and may even require its own speed controller and battery source to power it. But it would mean you wouldn't have to try and source a larger belt or worry about where to mount it in line with the aux belt.
I might even use this idea as a basis for a university project if i don't get to the the project i want to do.
Thoughts?