Electric Supercharger Kits Turbo Super Charger Bolt On Superchargers Universal

Honest information about superchargers such as electric superchargers or mechanical.

The truth about Superchargers and the 4 types that exisit:

There exist four types of superchargers/turbo in the world. We will go over the details of each type and what to expect from each.

1. Mechanical Supercharger or air intake supercharger

These superchargers sold contain a fan blade inside a metal housing that is designed to install into your air intake housing.

Draw Back: Gains no power, and can actually loose power because the air intake flow is reduced. Usually 2.5 inches in diameter.

Positives: Easy to install on most vehicles with 2.5-3 inch intake runner. These cannot be installed on cars with big engines with larger diameter intake hose.

2. Electric Superchargers – Electric Fan Type – Bolt On

These popular superchargers have popped up across the globe as an alternative to a normal belt driven supercharger. These fan driven chargers operate at high speed designed to create a pressure effect inside your intake. The RPM ranges usually from 10,000 rpm to 20,000 rpm. The fans can use as much as 1000 watts of power when active. Pressure created will vary with engine. The smaller the engine, the better the pressure created.

Draw backs: Puts excess strain on battery and alternator. Not guaranteed to make the horsepower claims they claim. Can get damaged easily because its an electronic and mechanical device.

Positives: Can be easily installed on most vehicles, but will require wiring.  

3. Belt driven Superchargers – Bolt on

These are superchargers available for a handful of vehicles. Not all vehicles can support a belt driven charger because of space and engine design. If superchargers cannot be installed, the alternative is turbo’s. Belt superchargers must be powered by your cars belts. They do require extensive knowledge of your engine for the installation and the labor can get quite extensive. Many parts of your engine may need to be removed for the installation. Horsepower gains are excellent but not as great as a turbo.

Draw backs: Hard to install and not available for every vehicle

Positives: Can get good sized horsepower gains with minimal stress on the vehicle. Usually little modification is needed to the vehicle for the install.

4. Turbo Chargers
Turbo chargers are usually the hardest performance part to install, yet give the maximum gains. Turbo’s use your vehicles exhaust flow to spin a blade that creates pressure in your air intake manifold. Extensive vehicle modification maybe required. Turbo’s not available for all vehicles. Turbo installation will always require custom software for your vehicles computer management system.

Draw backs: Very hard to install and not available for all vehicles

Positives: Gains of over 100HP are typical. Can make your vehicle very fast!