Supercharger

[tarquin]

I am looking to fit one of these. http://www.superchargertuning.com/Toyota/IQ/ seems economical. comment anyone?

David

[reidy]

Waste of money mate, it will make sod all difference

[DFish]

Well it might add some musical notes to the intake, but I doubt you'll see any real performance gains. An option would be for water injection, but that would need a slight engine map tweek to get the best gains.

Fish

[johnan]

It would be interesting to see if it would make any difference.

The report of the user in the ad. said he improved, or reduced, his quarter mile time by one second when he fitted it to a 2000cc Honda.

If that is the best he could get then I don't think it is worth the bother fitting it or increasing insurance premiums for the use it will be.

It is basically a ram-air system but with forced induction on demand when the accelerator is "floored", as the US advert says. The updated chip option would be a must if the air/fuel mass ratios for efficient combustion and engine longevity are to be mantained.

Without upgrading the ecu to compensate for the extra air flow the engine must surely run weak when the blower is running which will remove any potential power gain.

Still, as I said, it would be interesting to see actual results on an IQ...but I will leave it to someone else!

Better to make sure your intake air is as cool as possible but with such a low powered engine I doubt if would make any difference.

John

[reidy]

The engine will suck harder than that can blow lol

[sweet-dentist]

Pure rubbish... do not spend any money on such a thing... please...

A real compressor needs a lot of power to make a difference... a turbo also uses exhaust power in the high regions... but compresses air very efficiently.

AND it has no cooling of the air... that should be hotter by the "compression"... nó heat-exchange-device...

The turbo of mu Smart is very very small. Little air-intake en small air-outlet... and has a cooling heat-exchange-thing to cool the compressed air!!!

Takes a lot of power and very high speed RPM's !!!

A supercharger does the same... only the air is compressed all the time and with a kind of air-pump.. no fan thing..

But makes the world in difference with the extra acceleration...

SO I think this is pure waste of money... can not work...

Sorry.. but NO...

Peter

[marcandsebe]

I am looking to fit one of these. http://www.superchargertuning.com/Toyota/IQ/ seems economical. comment anyone?

David

Don't waste your money David. I tried one a few years ago on a non turbo Toyota Hilux. It did not work. They had this great video sucking you in. Absolute rubbish.

[DFish]

Sorry they fitted the ram air and it took 1 second off their quarter mile time! Complete :censor:

Fish

[Soeley]

I'd be very skeptical as well , it they did work well, the the manufacturers would be fitting them as well.

Also when the fan is not running I would have thought that would restrict airflow for anything but WOT. Perhaps all it is doing is giving back what it is taking away? If you get my meaning?

Proceed with caution David

[tarquin]

Ok. When i fitted the K&N induction kit it made a hell of a difference. In accelleration in the upper orders. My iQ would bottom out at about 85mph. Now it accellerates fron 80 up to (as i'm always quoting) 112mph. Got one on order. Could control the rate with some of my electronics so it doesnt appear as a fan block when "off". Lets wait and see. Its simple to fit so if it doesnt do much except sound interesting then i will take it out and use it for chopping carrots

David

[cabcurtains]

Sticking a handheld fan in the airbox with sellotape would be better and cheaper ;)

[Soeley]

Ok. When i fitted the K&N induction kit it made a hell of a difference. In accelleration in the upper orders. My iQ would bottom out at about 85mph. Now it accellerates fron 80 up to (as i'm always quoting) 112mph. Got one on order. Could control the rate with some of my electronics so it doesnt appear as a fan block when "off". Lets wait and see. Its simple to fit so if it doesnt do much except sound interesting then i will take it out and use it for chopping carrots

David

LOL, sounds like you are going ahead at least with the right attitude towards it

Be interesting to see the results

[marcandsebe]

Ok. When i fitted the K&N induction kit it made a hell of a difference. In accelleration in the upper orders. My iQ would bottom out at about 85mph. Now it accellerates fron 80 up to (as i'm always quoting) 112mph. Got one on order. Could control the rate with some of my electronics so it doesnt appear as a fan block when "off". Lets wait and see. Its simple to fit so if it doesnt do much except sound interesting then i will take it out and use it for chopping carrots

David

I think you might regret it David. As I said, I fitted one on a Hilux and it did not give any extra power. It ended up blowing up and I was lucky it did not damage the engine. When it's installed, you have a small switch on the accelerator peddle. It only works at full throttle, so when you push the the peddle to the floor, it powers up the motor. It was very noisy too. You should cancel it if you can. If you are getting it from the USA, you will probably have to pay import tax like I had to.

[tarquin]

As i am on the edge of being ridiculed i am not sure if i will be posting results

David

[marcandsebe]

As i am on the edge of being ridiculed i am not sure if i will be posting results

David

You might prove us wrong, as you have a tiny engine, but on a 2.8L diesel, it did nothing. At the end of the day, all it is is a high power hair dryer with a simple foot switch. I don't think you can do much with it. If yours can do 112mph, is that not fast enough? My iQ3 would not do that, but I do think the acceleration is reasonable.

[Soeley]

Ok. When i fitted the K&N induction kit it made a hell of a difference. In accelleration in the upper orders. My iQ would bottom out at about 85mph. Now it accellerates fron 80 up to (as i'm always quoting) 112mph. Got one on order. Could control the rate with some of my electronics so it doesnt appear as a fan block when "off". Lets wait and see. Its simple to fit so if it doesnt do much except sound interesting then i will take it out and use it for chopping carrots

David

I think you might regret it David. As I said, I fitted one on a Hilux and it did not give any extra power. It ended up blowing up and I was lucky it did not damage the engine. When it's installed, you have a small switch on the accelerator peddle. It only works at full throttle, so when you push the the peddle to the floor, it powers up the motor. It was very noisy too. You should cancel it if you can. If you are getting it from the USA, you will probably have to pay import tax like I had to.

I'm sure David is more than capable of fitting some sort of Potentiometer so the the fan speed will increase in line with the amount of throttle.

[tarquin]

As i am on the edge of being ridiculed i am not sure if i will be posting results

David

You might prove us wrong, as you have a tiny engine, but on a 2.8L diesel, it did nothing. At the end of the day, all it is is a high power hair dryer with a simple foot switch. I don't think you can do much with it. If yours can do 112mph, is that not fast enough? My iQ3 would not do that, but I do think the acceleration is reasonable.

I have no idea what it will give me or not. My car has a "kick" of acceleration doing 80+ but hoping for a bit of kick at lower speeds . Some fast roundabouts are still scary in

a multi drive

David

[sweet-dentist]

As i am on the edge of being ridiculed i am not sure if i will be posting results

David

You might prove us wrong, as you have a tiny engine, but on a 2.8L diesel, it did nothing. At the end of the day, all it is is a high power hair dryer with a simple foot switch. I don't think you can do much with it. If yours can do 112mph, is that not fast enough? My iQ3 would not do that, but I do think the acceleration is reasonable.

Huh... doesn't this diesel car .. already have a turbo installed..??

@David... a "K&N induction kit" is that the airintakefilter-thing?? Sally has??

[marcandsebe]

As i am on the edge of being ridiculed i am not sure if i will be posting results

David

You might prove us wrong, as you have a tiny engine, but on a 2.8L diesel, it did nothing. At the end of the day, all it is is a high power hair dryer with a simple foot switch. I don't think you can do much with it. If yours can do 112mph, is that not fast enough? My iQ3 would not do that, but I do think the acceleration is reasonable.

Huh... doesn't this diesel car .. already have a turbo installed..??

@David... a "K&N induction kit" is that the airintakefilter-thing?? Sally has??

No it was a 2.8L non turbo Japanese import, not the 2.5L turbo that's in the UK.

[sweet-dentist]

Okidoki .. tnx... :)

[tarquin]

Yes the induction kit is like Sally's. Her's is made by Blitz. I think that came first then K&N put their heads together. Like i said makes fair difference at 3000rpm. Think it suffers at low speeds in the summer when the engine bay isn't getting cooled. There is a cool air feed under the front but is only 3cm diameter and only really works at speed.

David

[sweet-dentist]

So... this works better with cool air, of course it does... But..How is this done with the ORIGINAL airintake-box.. doesnt this take ait from a warm place?

And.. the air-intake-resistance has been reduced. Reducing alone gives this push during 3000 rpm's... Well that sounds just neat.. that where we want the extra powerrrr.

Anyway... to reduce the airintake-resistance can you think also of a special "lowresistance" filter to fit in the original airintake-box???

Two flies with one stone??

Or does the induction kit have a better and bigger surface area, than the original?

[barrycoll]

when working as a delivery/collection driver for http://www.ecurie25.co.uk/, I had the pleasure of using a supercharged Range Rover a couple of times...now THAT would really pick up its skirts a fly...but still not as quick as the Porsche Cayenne Turbo...........on the other hand, it was always a pleasure to return to the sedate chair in my Smart Cabrio to come home........

I appreciate that a Bee has lodged firmly in your Bonnet, David, and the only way to resolve the situation is a by fiscal flagellation...its painful, but it works..

all the best mate barryc.

[thewildblue]

Is an April fools joke early...an electric fan...haha

Now I reckon this might fit....http://www.rotrexsuperchargers.co.uk/Rotrex/pages/products/cars/aygo/prod_aygo.html

I know its for an aygo but no reason why it wouldnt get under the bonnet of the iq, there is loads of room in there.

[sweet-dentist]

3.400 Pounds... yeah shure... I will buy a second hand Aygo for that money...