CAR SUPERCHANGERS for VACUUM MOTORS

Jimmy L

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Would these be a good vacuum motor on a portable? I mean if there was someway to configure it with a electric motor?

I'm just trying to advance the rather primitive state of portables now.
 

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jiMmy;

Is that the vacuum motor with a long fuse on the end of a round cylinder, appropriately named: BoOm!!!

Ya, that would fit into your re-muddled porty.
 

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I was always a visionary and way ahead of you morons. You just wait someone will try it and watch it change the way portables perform!
 
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Jimmy;

The key is efficiency of converting electric power into vac power.

Ametek has made some gains with the 8.4" & 6.6" Hi-Airwatt series.

Chart from an earlier post on vac motors on efficiency (LMB5A is 8.4" Ametek)
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Here is photo of portable w/ dual 6.6" vac motors @16.7" hg.:
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This General Pump system is what we are putting in new portables:
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I think you mean the turbo chargers. I think the super chargers are similar to TM blowers already. In fact roots makes superchargers. I don't think you will get any more power than what is already available with the new vac motors for the same amperage draw but it's worth a try if you have the time and money.
 

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All the money you're planning on spending on R&D, just give it to those bottom feeders so they can afford a TM! :winky:
 

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So no performance gain from using a car turbo?

And how much for that portable with the general pump, 2-3 stage vacs?
 
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Car turbo chargers in effect capture wasted HEAT energy to compress incoming air for combustion.

Portables have no heat to waste.
 
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Jimmy. ...hate to burst yor blower bubble but it takes 900 to a 1000 HP jus to turn a blower on the top fuel cars in NHRA.....HOWEVER they produce over 10000 HP
....So get busy...I want to see you get sucked though a porty
 

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Superchargers are belt-driven like TM blowers.

Porty vacs are ran off integrated 10-12 amp electric motors.

2 different animals.
 

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I think you could find a turbo that doesn't need 1000 hp to turn. The issue would be on how to get an electric motor to turn it. And if it could suck enough to be better than a little vac motor.
 
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I think you could find a turbo that doesn't need 1000 hp to turn.

Not 1000 hp, but not more than 12-13 amps per vac either.

That's the biggest factor limiting electric vac motors for portable units.

Only so much you can do with that many amps, and the latest high performance vacs are as good as it is going to get until improvements in electric vac technology can deliver improved designs and efficiency.

Porty vacs also have sealed bearings for use in wet applications.

I can only imagine what a little foam or moisture would do to an expensive supercharger.
 
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