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Old 10-13-2004, 01:48 PM
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if you were to put a mini fan inside of your intake, do you think that would add power or block air from coming in. my friend has one that he made. it has a switch inside the car that he can turn in off and on. he claims it makes more power. do you think this would make more or make less power? think about it.
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Old 10-13-2004, 01:52 PM
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It would block air... and I hope your friends fan stays together. It would be a shame for it to break apart and get sucked up.
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I put one outside the intake and called it a supercharger.(foolin)

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see thats what i told him that it would block air but he claims it adds power. that is why i asked.
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Old 10-13-2004, 01:57 PM
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even if you put one on the outside of it wouldnt that still block the air?
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Even if it did blow air into the engine (instead of blocking it) it wouldn't add any measurable boost whatsoever.
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Efan or something like that makes one that only produces 1.5psi of boost... it's freakin huge.. and needs pretty good amount of power....
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do u have the link for that
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You also must think about the electrical strain that this small fan puts on the system, so even if it did add power, the electrical hysteresis/counter torque losses would negate the gain by the fan...
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Old 10-13-2004, 05:24 PM
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what do u mean by that?
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what do u mean by that?
When you add more load to an electrical generator (alternator in this case) it causes more current to flow (Basic ohm's law). This current creates a larger magnetic field around the wires of the stator of the generator. This magnetic field acts in opposition to the magnetic field that is on the rotor of the generator, therefore showing the rotor down, therefore slowing the engine down.

To maintain the engine at a constant speed, more gas is given to the engine, which means more power is taken away from the drive train.

This is why people turn off A/c and Radios when they are going to try to outrace a faster car. Even though they do not know the science behind it, that is why.
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so ur saying it would slow down ur car?
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Yeah Dado's fan is called a turbo, looks like a damn hairdryer, and makes , what +400bhp?

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