CAR SUPERCHANGERS for VACUUM MOTORS
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Ed Valentine
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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.
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.
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!
Larry Cobb
Member
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)
Here is photo of portable w/ dual 6.6" vac motors @16.7" hg.:
This General Pump system is what we are putting in new portables:
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)
Here is photo of portable w/ dual 6.6" vac motors @16.7" hg.:
This General Pump system is what we are putting in new portables:
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Cleanworks
Moderator
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.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Don't encourage him.
Desk Jockey
Member
All the money you're planning on spending on R&D, just give it to those bottom feeders so they can afford a TM! 
So no performance gain from using a car turbo?
And how much for that portable with the general pump, 2-3 stage vacs?
And how much for that portable with the general pump, 2-3 stage vacs?
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Car turbo chargers in effect capture wasted HEAT energy to compress incoming air for combustion.
Portables have no heat to waste.
Portables have no heat to waste.
Lyman
Supportive Member
Desk Jockey
Member
As much as a Hydramaster Bobcat used to cost. Really!
bob vawter
Grassy Knoller
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
....So get busy...I want to see you get sucked though a porty
Goomer
Member
What's that purty thang?
Goomer
Member
Superchargers are belt-driven like TM blowers.
Porty vacs are ran off integrated 10-12 amp electric motors.
2 different animals.
Porty vacs are ran off integrated 10-12 amp electric motors.
2 different animals.
Larry Cobb
Member
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.
Desk Jockey
Member
Lyman
Supportive Member
66 stang with 347 stroker with two hair dryers
Nate The Great
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Goomer
Member
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.
