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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 04:22 AM
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i have been working on a home made turbo consisting of a acdc converter and an electric leaf blower i want to connect the blower to the intake the only problem is i need blow off it works when throttle is open but idle cuts off any thoughts?
 
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 03:52 AM
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a homemade turbo made from a leaf blower??

okay, im not saying theres going to be problems....but....
 
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 12:03 AM
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Believe it or not, I wrote a lenghtyt response to this, but now um i'm not so sure. Dude, uh, yea. K thanks for posting.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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Please do it and tell us what happens it sounds like a splendid idea to me!!!
 
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 10:43 PM
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this might not be a very good idea, but let me know how it goes. i have a feeling that if this worked very well, it would already be a common add on.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2007 | 01:38 AM
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THIS SOUNDS KINDA CRAZY BUT ANYWAYS...........ABOUT THE SHUTTING OFF WHEN IDELING....CAN U SOME HOW ATTATCH THE CABLE FROM THE TRIGGER OF THE LEAF BLOWER TO THE THROTLE OF THE THROTLE BODY AND HAVE THE LEAF BLOWER KICK ON TO A CERTAIN RMPS OF THE CAR....LIKE ONCE THE CAR RPMS HITS 3OOO SOME HOW HAVE THE BLOWER SHUT OFF.......THER IS SOMEBODY ON EBAY SELLING PROFECIONAL HOMEMADE TURBO AT ABOUT $70 IT ONLY KICKS OUT 3PSI IS ELECTRIC
 
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