Electric Boost vs Turbo & Super Chargers

[jb92563]

I do not want to attempt this, but was just curious if it had been done before.

It would require a tune of course since the computer controls the amount of fuel entering the engine.

Any device that can increase the volume of air entering the engine should be able to increase HP along with the ECU tune.

I just thought that with so many folks spending $400+ to get a less obstructed induction system for a gain of less than 10hp, they may as well do the electric super charger and get perhaps 20hp gain or more for the same $$$.

I used to have a Turbo car and it had a boost guage that had a red zone beyond 14lbs boost before the wastegate would open.

To me that was a nice feature that helped acceleration tremendously.

I think if the 6 speed Boxster had a turbo you would need to be pretty fast on the shifts and perhaps a 5 speed transmission would be better.

Here is a Dyno test of the leafblower experiment