Correct me if I am wrong I have a 1979 280ZX, N/A. If the turbo looking thing just a secondary engine cooler? Like once the black hits a certain temp? And might there be a way to keep this on while the engine is running and pipe the air into the air intake? I dont know if it would add much but might be something to try for fun. Let me know! Thanks!

 

the "turbo looking thing" that I think you are talking about, is the black Y tube on top of the rocker cover?

That is the injector / int manifold cooler. It comes on after the car is shut off, if at any time the temp got above something like 200 degrees. It stays on for ~17 minutes. You can hard wire it to a switch if you really had to... but it doesn't make any difference for performance.

 

You can also turn the Y hose around and use it as a blow dryer..

 

When my Uncle saw that in my car, he kept on going "What is that? A Hair dryer?"

 

If you pipe that to your intake and seal it you will loose power as the engine tries to suck air through that electric motor faster than it can spin.

In order to rig up any electric motor that would flow enough air to cause positive intake manifold pressure you would need an alternaotor with 4 times the amperage you have now and that alone would take away as much power as you might add with the forced air intake.

Try an exhaust driven turbocharger. I think those things work ok.

 

I've thought about that too... and come to the assumption that it really wouldn't be effective, because the flow & power isn't linear to the engine... er something like that. that's just a thought anyway.

 

Yeah I am trying an exhaust driven turbine thingy..

 

its just an idea. Don't blame me if it doesn't work. The backpressure will probably kill your performance.

 

There are electric superchargers and they are very expensive. They only add a few psi too so I really don't think they're worth the investment. And gear and pulley differentials can be used to compensate for the lack of motor speed as opposed to purchasing a SUPER alternator But again none of this is really worth the money. Far better off using one of the exhaust driven thingys that are so hight touted

 

Oh and on a quick side note:

Even if you could get the blower to spin fast enough to move a lot of air, it wouldnt be able to compress it due to the design of the impeller. So theoretically even if you could rig up a huge alternator to put out enough amps to spin the blower fan fast enough to put out masses of air it still probably wouldn't add up to more air then the engine itself could suck in on its own because the air isn't going to be very dense like in a turbo or supercharger application where the compressor wheel is designed to do just that Plus the tolerances aren't nearly close enough to keep the air where you want it and the wheel would probably explode before it could move a substantial amount of air.

But hey, if it's just for fun try it and let us know how it goes I once rigged a hairdrier up to an old escort I had back in highschool to see if it would do anything. I simply removed the motor and case and implanted it into the intake tubing after the filter. It didnt' do anything, but I got extra credit in shop class for trying it

And finally a fellow Zdriver in my neck of the woods. Newport News isn't very far from where I am. Next time I need something heavy pulled out of my car I'll give you a holler

 

i rigged my cooling fan to stay on when the accesorie switch is on, it really helps when its a constant 100+ degrees here and your fuel is almost boiling. .