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Old Dec 7, 2010 | 09:23 AM
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You know i had a passing thought the other day. But now its nagging me. what if you took a gas powered leaf blower and ran a pipe straight from your throttle body to the end... would it make boost if you duck taped the throttle wide open? would it only be a pound or two? would the motor suck more air than it could push at say 6000 rpm?
 
Old Dec 7, 2010 | 10:50 AM
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Do that, plus attach an industrial strength vacuum cleaner to the exhaust pipe....and hang on!
 
Old Dec 7, 2010 | 11:18 AM
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Im not saying itll build a race car or would be 600 hp bolt on or anything, but after some reasearch there may be benefits...

http://blog.cardomain.com/2009/02/18...-supercharger/
 
Old Dec 7, 2010 | 03:51 PM
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Maybe....? But would you really want to do that? I mean, I'm a huge fan of duct tape, but... lol.
 
Old Dec 7, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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I say do it. It's got to work.
 
Old Dec 7, 2010 | 09:30 PM
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I have decided to partner up and me and a buddy are building a gokart with our leaf blower and a nos shot. Project suck and blow is on
 
Old Dec 7, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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Awesome
 
Old Dec 7, 2010 | 09:38 PM
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it will be slow but i will post when finished
 
Old Dec 11, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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That sounds like some good times lol
 
Old Jun 16, 2011 | 01:09 AM
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sounds awesome!
 

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