First Drive in 2 Years, Calculating HP and Other Datalog Kung Fu

[@robbioe]

glad to see the car on the road

[@williamzoom]

That's a ton of weight to pull out of a intake!

[@AlexLTDLX]

I cut a lot of runner out of it - about 5" worth. The top used to say trick flow. Now it just says trick.

[@tarekz9992]

Are still working on the electric supercharger??

[@AlexLTDLX]

Absolutely. In fact that's one of the primary reasons why I needed to get the car running. It's the test bed for the electric Vortech. Yesterday I got the power connectors I needed for the ESC which arrived last week. From this point forward, most of the upcoming videos will be purely related to the electric Vortech. At least until that is tested and done.

[@tarekz9992]

@@AlexLTDLX fantastic. I had this idea for years but never found the right motor for the application and with a 12v electrical system, it's going to be a lot of strain on the alternator. I then started thinking of using parallel groups lithium cells from rc cars to rig a 48v system along with a dc to dc converter and charging subsystem for the batteries. This should give me instant boost off the line. The only challenge would be integrating a clutch on the vortec to disconnect the electrical drive and engage the belt (engine drive). Basically a hybrid system. Centrifugal S/C output is terrible at low rpm and I'm anxious to improve that. Car is a 2008 M3 with Vortec V2. That said, Audi A7 already has a hybrid S/C and can be picked up for 1k. I don't have the efficiency map for it so it's a crap shoot with respect to what it can output. Certainly would be nice to simplify the whole thing.