Well you learn something new every day....I didn't know that you could get electric superchargers, anyhow here's my opinion. The first thing I noticed was that you need to lug around extra batteries to make it work, particularily Odyssey, which I think are crap. I have 5 dead ones sitting in my garage which someday I have time I'll try to resurrect. The next thing I noticed was that the boost rating is only 5 psi on the standard model, suitable for up to 3L engines. If you try to run this unit on a 4L 0r 4.6L engine your boost level will drop to around 3.75 psi, which is still okay but dissapointing, and, you cannot decrease the pulley size to try and compensate as this will burn out the supercharger. If you go for the upmarket unit, you need to have done major engine modifications such as forged pistons etc, plus lug around more batteries. Now if you study the picture carefully, you will notice there is no air flow meter. This because the system is controlled by a ECU such as Haltech or Motec. These also control the RPM's.
Now considering the cost of the unit, installation, extra batteries (and finding a place to put them), plus cost of ECU and programming, I'd be inclined to stay with the conventional Roots or centrifugal supercharger where you have the power available on demand all the time.
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No hand signals, driver playing with his transfer Knob.
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