Electrolux

[pompei]

That article about the turbo 2CV reminded me of something I read years ago about some kind of home made turbo using a vacuum cleaner. Am I going mad, or did someone really make one?

[Pillock]

That article about the turbo 2CV reminded me of something I read years ago about some kind of home made turbo using a vacuum cleaner. Am I going mad, or did someone really make one?

You can buy "electric superchargers" from t'ebay which I imagine are much the same thing. Anything that can make a teeny weeny bit of pressure to the inlet, any fan will do I suppose.Although a Turbocharger to me suggests it's connected to the exhaust manifold..... vacuum cleaner components? Hot exhaust gases? Not for me!

[Des]

Many years ago some guy came a cropper while hoovering his car, sucking up dirt around the petrol filler, hoover gets a nice fill of flammable vapour and woof, most intense space heater of evar!Would be easy to try out a hoover blower if your game, as no problem powering it off an inverter, if you can find a Hoover Constellation from the seventies, their outlet had the fitting for the hose.Reminds me, can't remember where but I saw an ad for a car with a messy engine upgrade not long ago, engine was so big the radiator had to be relocated to the boot, I was having a look at the pics and noticed an electric water pump setup, or rather a central heating pump running off a fag lighter inverter.

[Father Ted]

 

Obviously never met my ex then?

[AXrescuer]

Obviously never met my ex then?

Funny how times change. These days that ad would mean that their products are crap!

[Station]

There's a vid on youtube of a car on a dyno, where they use a leaf blower and it actually increases power on the dynometer.