the electric leafblower is fed into the tbi.  Suppli will have to be through a 1500 watt power inverter and a cap on the battery to avoid sudden powersurges. squeese trigger, voila, you have boost.  lots off idle and low rpm, not so much at high rpm

Believe it or not somebody beat you to it. There is also a company that takes electric motors with impellors and mount them in a tube. Then they sell it to kids that install it inline of the intake system. They say it does something but it can't be much.

What if you had a leaf blower for each cylinder?

       

This is FAH! 87BlackSami, I saw those electric blowers on Ebay also. They were basically marine engine room exhaust fans/blowers.

I did some research into this a few years ago. You need a huge fan to pass enough air, the power supply would be in the region of KW, so you'd need around 100A to run it, which means bigger alternator, twin batteries and all that nonsense. You do need a big fan otherwise the fan will restrict air flow at higher rpm and loose power. Trouble is where does the power for the fan come from - yep the engine, anyone who runs a winch will know how much power it takes to run a big electrical load. Someone somewhere was claiming a 5% power increase, well I've seen bigger power increases from a change of oil and a clean of the spark plugs.

exactly.  I was leaning towards 120 Amps, hence the 1500W inverter.  Some of theese blowers put out an advertised 20 mph wind, some advertise 400cfm.  You would not need extra alternators, as this would not run all the time, just like your starter motor, it would be there to get you out of a jam

What you need is a compressor, not just a blower, 400 CFM
20 MPH, uhh I dunno if it's going to do much for your trouble.
You need PSI and flow, it's called boost, and a leaf blower is
not going to have what you want.

if someone would donate me a leafblower and lend me an inverter, i would pay for dyno

what about a gas powered leafblower? A backpack style you can lay on your roof (or hood) route the hose into your snorkel(if you got one)?

LOL, you guys are STARVED for power aren't you.
COMPRESSOR, not blower, it has to compress the
air, a turbocharger takes a high volume of air and
packs it together, that's why compressed air from
a turbo can be 300F temp, a leaf blower does not
compress, it just blows, like the heater blower in your
car, if you stop the flow, it will not make pressure, on
the other hand, if you block the flow from a turbo it
will compress up to 20-30 PSI, and burn you with the
300F hot air it compressing.

So who want's a Turbo Manifold for your zook, I'll build
it for $300 heavy construction, I have a flange for a 1.6
right now, just needs tubes put on it, and a good used
turbo for another $150, you add the other stuff like
intercooler, aww heck I'll make that too, another $200

So for $650 you can have your Turbo Zook, you add the
plumbing to get the air in, increase fuel and get the
exhaust out the back.

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how about twin gas leaf blowers?

If I had the money i might take you up on that turbo if bandit didnt want it. Does it affect you fuel economy at all? Are there any negetives to it? How much more power did you get? Thanks



Jacob

fuel economy is down 3-5 mpg depending on the
weight of your foot. power about 115 Guess |removethispart|@ 3 PSI
boost, Negs, uhh  getting it smogged

What are you doing for fuel while on boost? FMU? What turbo model from what vehicle?

I would go turbo but hitting it with water would just blow up the turbo so that out.  I get the blower thing but it won't work.  you need forced induction.  if you could make a turbo powered by a 24V motor then you would be in bidness.  lata stu