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Old 07-23-2005, 11:48 AM
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You're kidding, right? Where exactly are you going to plug it in, because you sure can't run that off of your car's electrical system!





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I dont think he was serious but you could get a dc to Ac power converter. But I dont think either thing would really do jack.
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Old 07-23-2005, 01:11 PM
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I dont think he was serious but you could get a dc to Ac power converter. But I dont think either thing would really do jack.


Try running an electric leaf blower from a DC/AC converter and see what happens.



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Old 07-23-2005, 01:46 PM
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I dont think he was serious but you could get a dc to Ac power converter. But I dont think either thing would really do jack.
For argument's sake, let's presume that your "average" supercharger requires ten horsepower to drive it. That's probably on the low end of the scale, as only ten horsepower wouldn't get you much boost - probably not enough for even 40 HP out of 3.3 litres - but since we're talking about small blowers, it's a good comparison. You can convert horsepower into other measures of energy, and since we're talking about electric leaf blowers, watts is a good unit of measure. One horsepower equals 746 watts, so ten horsepower would equal 7460 watts. At 115 volts, that's about 65 amps. Your standard wall outlet is rated for only fifteen amps, and I doubt many leaf blowers draw very much more than ten. ...but let's just say you're getting all fifteen amps out of it, that's 1725 watts. If 7460 watts is good for maybe 40 horsepower if you're lucky, then in theory, 1725 watts is good for almost ten horsepower.

Of course, I'm using only the most favorable figures. If the leaf blower was extremely efficient and powerful, and all the stars aligned just right, ten horsepower is the most you could ever get. In reality, that generous 10 horsepower consumption netting you 40 horsepower figure is probably closer to 20 horses netting you 40 on a good day. The leaf blower probably only draws 1000 watts, about half of the 1725 it might draw if lightening strikes. So basically cut both the efficiency and the power in half. That leaves you with about three horsepower out of the optimistic ten possible. Still, three ponies isn't completely pathetic. It's not worth the trouble or all the laughs you'd get, but a 233 horsepower SVX is faster than a 230 horse SVX.

...so, how much boost on an SVX is required to get three horsepower?

Watts x 0.00134 = Horsepower
Horsepower x 746 = Watts
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Old 08-06-2005, 05:40 PM
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Wow you guys have to much time on your hands. Also I think someone needs to stop taking things so seriously. Like anyone (I HOPE) would ever hook a leaf blower to there engine for extra horse power.
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I can't believe that we are tackling this AGAIN..... Here is what was found from the threads about this over the past few years....

1. it does work (someone posted about trying it on a honda once and actually saw about 1 or 2 tenths of his 1/4 mile time....

2. it is pointless because you would have to have an external battery to run it off of and you could only use it about one or two times before your battery was drained..... So ya would have to wait for it to charge up again...

3. RICER MOD..... People looking to cut corners inorder to get straight line speed...


I have decided that with the help of Boxer4Racing (www.boxer4racing.com) I am going to have a 300hp (crank hp) N/A engine within the next year or two... Depending on school and work situations... I have talked to Dale Teague about it and we will be building up a plan of attack for the project within the next month or two... He believes it is MORE than possible with the SVX engine... Not only will I do the above, but I will do it on an engine with 100,000 miles on it.... Just wait.... It's coming....

Besides, I need alittle more power to be really competative since I am stuck in SM in AutoX....
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The entire discussion is really moot anyway. Even if one could supply enough electrical power a fan is a fan and not a positive displacement pump.
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