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    I was daydreaming and thought of this.

    More air = more power, usually obtained by a nice exspensive turbo or supercharger.

    what if you were to install a regular compressed air tank in the trunk mated with an air hose, and ran the airline inline into the bottom of the air box. Mated with a switch or relay to activate whenever you wanted it. Compressed air always seems to accumulate water, so that would be a major hurdle, but pretend it doesn't for now.

    It would sure be nice to pull up to a gas station to fill up your air tank for free, and have forced air on tap.
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    I am not thatknowledgable on forced air, but i figured i would a add a few thoughts.
    1. How would you regulate the air pressure comming out of the tank to be consistant with the throttle?
    2. If there is a benefit of this air, then i would imagine the weight of the tank would hurt the vehicles performance. You wouldnt be able to get much consistancy (sp?) out of a small tank.
    3. Why not just run nawz
    Although i understand your thinking, i beleive you day dream is missing alot of factors.
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    • #3
      The volume of air needed would not be met, by those means.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Toyz
        I am not thatknowledgable on forced air, but i figured i would a add a few thoughts.
        1. How would you regulate the air pressure comming out of the tank to be consistant with the throttle?
        2. If there is a benefit of this air, then i would imagine the weight of the tank would hurt the vehicles performance. You wouldnt be able to get much consistancy (sp?) out of a small tank.
        3. Why not just run nawz
        Although i understand your thinking, i beleive you day dream is missing alot of factors.
        I am also not knowledgeable on forced air.
        1. Regulate it? You wouldn't, full blast at the flip of a switch
        2. Tanks aren't that heavy, 5lbs empty, 50lbs full (i'm guessing)
        3. Not as much fun to daydream about stuff that already been done even though it is much simpler to run nitrous

        I would say more than alot of factors are missing
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        • #5
          How would you seal the intake so that it doesn't rush out your filter? There is no way that you would actually be able to keep up demand from the engine with a normal hose even at full blast.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by mbiker97
            How would you seal the intake so that it doesn't rush out your filter? There is no way that you would actually be able to keep up demand from the engine with a normal hose even at full blast.
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            • #7
              I've seen a leaf blower add hp on a dyno, wouldn't a compressed air flow more air than a leaf blower?
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              • #8
                i understand your theory, but if it would work, it would have been done already (turbo-nator anyone? lol ) But seriously... you'd need an adjustable FPR to keep up with the demands of all the incoming air along with everything stated above. You could seal the intake in many ways.... pick one. Tape, o-ring, gasket, seal any of those would work...

                That would be something to test on a $100 beater car, not a a new g6 :P
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                • #9
                  You could try it on a $1,500 mustang

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                  • #10
                    yea that's the same as adding one of those "electric superchargers" found on ebay for $50...just a lot more air.
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                    • #11
                      You would have to fill the tank all the time, depending on how much you use it , if you could get it to work in the first place.
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by jonnycat
                        2. Tanks aren't that heavy, 5lbs empty, 50lbs full (i'm guessing)
                        it would be like having turbo lag cause you would be losing weight as you sped up

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                        • #13
                          plus compressed air has to be filled with a special regulator that unfortunately probably coudln't be filled with a regular ol' air hose.
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                          • #14
                            Everyone just remember "theoretically"

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                            • #15
                              Re: Theoretically, would this work?

                              Originally posted by jonnycat
                              I was daydreaming and thought of this.

                              More air = more power, usually obtained by a nice exspensive turbo or supercharger.

                              what if you were to install a regular compressed air tank in the trunk mated with an air hose, and ran the airline inline into the bottom of the air box. Mated with a switch or relay to activate whenever you wanted it. Compressed air always seems to accumulate water, so that would be a major hurdle, but pretend it doesn't for now.

                              It would sure be nice to pull up to a gas station to fill up your air tank for free, and have forced air on tap.
                              Change the air to NOS and it just might work.
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