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If a electric turbo was put in the fender weld or anywhere it could pull in cold air, are you telling me it would not make ONE bit of difference in the motor response?

Dude......... it's a well known FACT..... electric turbos are junk. They may give you a few hp, but it doesn't com close to justifying the energy it would take to run it.

DON"T DO IT, JUST A SCAM IN MARKETING

AN ELECTRIC TURBO INSIDE A FENDER???DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT???DO U KNOW HOW MUCH HEAT ANY KIND OF TURBO PRODUCES?????OH JESUS, PLEASE HELP THE GUY....... I PRAY.

it dosent even add hp its a pos

No one's answered your question yet...You asked, if an electric turbo "...would not make ONE bit of difference in the motor response?"I believe it would. Putting all the rhetoric aside, consider the physics of what's going on. Anytime you presurize a fuel-air mixture, you increase the energy of the system. In a perfect environment, boosting manifold pressure by 15 psi (one 'atmosphere') theoretically doubles the output of the motor. In practice however, street drivable turbocharger systems are only about 65% efficient, due to heating of the gases which rarifies the density of the oxygen & fuel content within the intake manifold...that even while employing intercoolers. So let's say that these goofy electric 'turbos' (really, more like a big hair dryer w/o the heater) are only good for increasing the manifold pressure by a measly 1 psi. That represents roughly a 7% boost in horsepower. And because they move a large volume of air at so low a pressure, they would be adiabatically efficient & heating of the air would not be an issue. Consequently & for example, a stock 200 hp motor would see a 14 hp gain with this device (based on arbitrary assumptions of a 1 psi manifold boost). Who knows, the device actually might generate even higher pressures, or maybe not. I'm sure there's plenty of good reasons why these aftermarket gizmos have never caught on, but to answer your question, 'yes', you would see 'some' power gains.

waste of $$$