i have a 98 accord and was thinking about turbo charging it. i was looking around getting prices and "Electric Super Chargers" kept coming i was curius if anyone knew anything about this?

 

read this,...
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.ph...13561&t=113561

This was done on a jbody not a honda but still the same facts.

read this too...
http://www.civicforums.com/forums/79...ercharger.html

Do some research on this and you will find out how much of a waste of money they are.

Your better off trying to make a leaf blower work for forced induction.

 

If it's a 150-watt blower you'll probably get about 100 watts of extra power. (that's about 0.13 hp)

 

dang jim with that type of power you can boil your tires with no prob...LMFAO!!!

...I was joking about the leaf blower thing BTW

 

appriciate those links. that just proves my assumption about it not working. but what would be a good turbo charger and what all will i need to go with it besides a turbo and intercooler?

 

You got to do some research bro. everyone’s set up is diff. and learning is the key when doing mods like that...search engines are your best friend.

 

No joke, it pretty much IS a leaf=blower.

Now seriously, electric superchargers might work. You need a lot more power though. In order for it to actually boost (and not just become an obstruction) it has to do some screaming RPM which aint gonna happen for $150. If it had a big enough electric motor to do the job, you'd need to triple the power of your alternator.

Now someday (maybe) alternators & motors will become more efficient; then maybe something like this might work. For now a belt-driven supercharger creates far less drag on your engine.