Compresed air forced induction.
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Compresed air forced induction. Pretty awesome!
Instant boost, -20* air, and 1400hp worth of flow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_yEsEQL8Nc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXas3u1Yxts
Instant boost, -20* air, and 1400hp worth of flow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_yEsEQL8Nc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXas3u1Yxts
Last edited by Forcefed86; Jan 6, 2025 at 09:16 AM.
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Check out his channel. They go over filling and how long it lasts etc. They have 3 tanks on board and it drops about 1/3rd for a 1400ish hp 1/8th run. They use a scuba tank to top off 3 larger mother bottles in the semi and then use that to fill the tanks on the truck. They say it takes about 5 mins to charge it up.
I'd guess the kit is crazy expensive... But talk about cheap up-keep/yearly costs and consistency! If the valves and all don't require a lot of maintenance, sounds like a pretty awesome setup!
Figure Most of us won't need 1400hp+ worth of kit/air onboard either. I don't know why you couldn't just hook the scuba pump directly to the onboard tank(s) for a "budget setup".
I'd guess the kit is crazy expensive... But talk about cheap up-keep/yearly costs and consistency! If the valves and all don't require a lot of maintenance, sounds like a pretty awesome setup!
Figure Most of us won't need 1400hp+ worth of kit/air onboard either. I don't know why you couldn't just hook the scuba pump directly to the onboard tank(s) for a "budget setup".
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I run a simplified version:
Magnuson TVS1900, belt drive from the stock front crank pulley.
Works great, only service is occasional oil changes, replaced the belt about 4 years ago...
Granted, I don't make 1400 horspower on pump gas./
Magnuson TVS1900, belt drive from the stock front crank pulley.
Works great, only service is occasional oil changes, replaced the belt about 4 years ago...
Granted, I don't make 1400 horspower on pump gas./
I studied this in school and was always curious about it. If you put a nozzle on a pressurized tank, it will release high pressure air at temps below freezing. You just need a pump to pressurize the tank.
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Some of the old school big rigs had a high pressure compressor built into the diff. Could easily setup a mechanical pump to fill a decent sized on board tank when cruising.
Scuba tank compressors like they used above range from are about $1500-3000ish.
Scuba tank compressors like they used above range from are about $1500-3000ish.
There has been a CAS car at the last two PRI shows. In ‘23, there was a guy with a 1st gen camaro he ran in Top Sportsman. He said he also had another car, but I don’t remember what it was. Then last month, for ‘24, they had the truck there.
It’s really cool tech. With FI we are always battling heat. Well, if the air is coming out of a bottle, it will be expanding, which means it will be cooling.
They need to get the pricing and servicing to the point of relative ease for the end user… but I see a lot of potential here.
It’s really cool tech. With FI we are always battling heat. Well, if the air is coming out of a bottle, it will be expanding, which means it will be cooling.
They need to get the pricing and servicing to the point of relative ease for the end user… but I see a lot of potential here.
I looked into doing this several years ago, had some nice scuba tanks, valves, regulators, but didn't have a car that I wanted to use as a candidate so the project fizzled out.
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