Does anyone know anything about electric turbos? I can not afford to put a real turbo on my car but these are much cheaper and suppose to add around 20whp, For those of you who dont know what im talking about they are basically electric turbines that fit into your intake and are powered off your battery, they force more air through the intake providing 2-3psi of boost when running.
Im looking at 2 right now, the first moves 755cfm and pushes 3.5psi, the second moves 855cfm but only at 1.25psi my first question is are electric turbos worth it? my second is which of these would be better, higher cfm or higher psi, my guess would be higher psi to get the air into the intake manifold better but i would like someone to confirm that for me.

 

Are joking? I heard that if you add a tornado intake I heard you could gain 10-15 whp.

Seriously...dont waste your time and money on that crap.

 

don't bother, they are a scam, in fact they have been shown to reduce power cos they block airflow, not to mention they are a waste of battery power.

save up your cash and get some worthwhile mods.

 

dont waste your money!!!Its basicaly little fan from a computer ,it wont do you any good

 

i got a better idea. just hook up a really long straw onto your throttle body, then when you floor it, just blow really hard into the straw. that'll give you like 50hp, and don't forget zero spool time

 

Seen one installed. didn't work. not enough energy to acually make boost, The fan just interfears with air flow

 

well its kinda nice to know you guys get these posts here like we do at mpf.

DON'T BUY ANY CRAP YOU SEE ON EBAY THAT SAYS IT ADDES POWER!!!!
Unless you really feel like doing an engine swap in the future.

 

Well i know if you buy a cheap one its pretty much just a fan that blows air, but a few higher end models actually create boost which is what i was looking at, unless the turbo is strong enough to create boost in the intake manifold i agree its a waste, but if you get one that is strong enough to do so it should increase hp. 2-3psi is not alot but its not bad when compared to the $5k turbo kit that can only do 6-7psi on our cars.

And as for
'save up your cash and get some worthwhile mods.'

what exactly would that be, from everything i have read about our cars they dont really respond well to bolt ons, apart from going FI, you can spend alot of money for very little increase in power, thats why i was looking for alternatives such as the electric turbo.

 

THERE ARE NO GOOD ELECTRIC TURBOS

i saw an article of a guy who made one that pushed 12psi and it cost him a lot of money and he used about 4 batteries. Other than that one guy, there is nothing out there. If electric turbo's really made 20hp, don't you think people would have them?

if you wanna get realistic power out of your car. you will get a real turbo setup. you can build a custom one for about $2,000
if you just wanna get a few HP then get some n/a mods, like intake and exhaust.

but don't waste your money on "high end" electric turbo's. there is no such thing. They will give you ZERO power.

 

dont do it, waste of time and money. as far as the $5k i'm sure they are cheaper then that, try fleabay, or this http://www.turbokits.com/lancer_turbo_kits.html

 

thanks for the input, as i said i cant afford a real turbo kit and was planing on just doing some n/a mods for some moderate power gain, but after doing a little reseach it doesnt seem like n/a mods do very much so i was just hoping this would be a middle of the road way to go.

 

sorry, with the lancer its either go all out or go home.

if you want a little extra kick and save some money then you can do some of the following:

autozone intake MAF adapter & K&N filter $60
custom cat back at a muffler shop $150-$200
TB coolant bypass: free
custom filled motor mounts: $20
sway bar end link kit: $25
1.8L mirage Ebay underdrive pulley $20 + new belts $50, total is $70

those are some cheap mods for performance and handling. other than that you are gonna be spending a lot of money on mods that won't get you much power. if you want real power save up your money and get a turbo

 

I already have a CAI and front and rear strut bars, does a cat-back really produce much noticeable power? Ive also been told the rrm camshaft will add 10-15hp, does anyone here know that to be true?

 

from what I've read it produces noticeable power in the top end. its probably only in the region of 3-5hp though. I wouldn't spend $400 on one, i'd get a custom one from a muffler shop, or even an Ebay cat back. i just don't think its worth paying $250 extra for the sound.

The best N/A mod out there is RRM's piggyback. which will give you something like 10hp, but apparently, it only works best alongside other N/A mods. so to get that 10hp, you would already have to have intake/header/exhaust.

honestly mate, if you are serious about going fast then save up for a turbo. but if you know your on a budget and won't be able to get a turbo., then just stick an exhaust on the car and call it a day. Or, if you want to make improvements, work on the suspension.

 

My original goal was 120whp NA (or as much as posible) with spending only around 1k and doing the work myself. I may have to rethink things now.

I am comming from a dsm(4g63) that made 280whp and cost me about $2.5k - im use to 10hp per mod, not 10hp total