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Old 02-11-2010, 10:31 PM
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i'm gonna classify this as a "wtf?"

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ELECTRIC-TURBO-TU...item1e5a605f59
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Old 02-11-2010, 10:53 PM
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Wow, I know there is a sucker born every minute, as the saying goes but that seems to take the cake.
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Old 02-11-2010, 11:00 PM
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Re: i'm gonna classify this as a "wtf?"

Just like "what" professionals do?
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WoW! Just what I am looking for!
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Re: i'm gonna classify this as a "wtf?"

Believe it or not... Ferrari was rumored to be looking into electric hybrid turbochargers. There was an article on Autoblog a month or two ago about it.

It was a dual-drive compressor, powered both by an electric motor, and an exhaust-side impeller... the electric motor was intended to pre-boost the compressor to act more like a centrifugal supercharger, and as an anti-lag device

But supposedly the motors required to spin the compressor like that are not small motors, and require a fair number of amps to make it work... so it actually becomes an issue of generating and storing that electricity.

But that is obviously not what a snake-oil salesman is trying to sell on e-bay, by putting a small electric motor on a turbo compressor... not selling you the device, but just the "plans." sure.
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Old 02-12-2010, 10:19 AM
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Re: i'm gonna classify this as a "wtf?"

dude, im gonna take a 7.8l turbo I have here and just put it compressor side up and tuck some wires behind it.... Electric turbo ftw

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Old 02-12-2010, 11:11 AM
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dude, im gonna take a 7.8l turbo I have here and just put it compressor side up and tuck some wires behind it.... Electric turbo ftw

Tom
Might be a bad idea Tom... might screw some people up something bad

My friend saw a turbo from a Train at the jy the other day, the thing is bigger than an engine block!
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Old 02-12-2010, 11:23 AM
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Might be a bad idea Tom... might screw some people up something bad

My friend saw a turbo from a Train at the jy the other day, the thing is bigger than an engine block!
its an electronically controlled variable vein.... so techinically its an electric turbo

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