Hey, first post here. I have a 07 GD3 as a daily and i plan to install an electric supercharger in it. The kit I'm waiting to be shipped out is a TorqAmp. It's basically a small turbo powered by a brush-less electric motor, hooked up to a 48v battery/charger system that can produce 5psi of boost instantly. It can be controlled either by the switch that comes with it, or by the controller that they make (ordered it). The box reads intake manifold pressure and the throttle position sensor signals, so i can profile it however i want. Also it's Arduino based so it's easily programmable.

I was wondering what modifications are necessary to run this little amount of boost safely. If i run bigger injectors without changing the tune, could it make the mix richer/safer? So it would be more safe without the need of another 800$cad for a flashpro or an expensive tuner... The previous owner only swapped out the muffler for a cherry bomb and installed a short ram intake, no other mods wear made other than aesthetics ones.

Any advice from anyone who boosted the L15A is more than welcome! Thanks!
Sorry for my bad English, I'm a french Canadian

 

Why did you go that route?it creates boost for 1 to 2 mins then it stops to recharge,that is a lousy supercharger

 

It can create up to 4 minutes of continuous max boost before it stops. It won't be profiled to run at max boost at all time either, and i'm not tracking the car. I'll be boosting only for around 4 seconds per gear and once at cruising speed it'll be off and charging automatically. And even if i where to drain the pack out i wouldn't even need to wait for it to be full again to boost since the charging unit as a smart on/off.

Also I went that route because the whole kit is less expensive than a decent turbo kit with all the piping plus labor "since i don't weld for shit" while being almost plug and play. Also they are sturdy and rebuildable. So in the future i can always use it alongside a turbo in another setup. It can be used to fill in when the turbo isn't spooled up yet in lower RPM's. Audi uses a similar electric supercharger for that exact purpose in some of their cars i believe.

I'm driving mostly on countryside backroads so it'll have plenty time to charge between stops haha

 

Here is a dyno graph from a 1.2L 3cyl citroen. Showing how much of an impact such a small electric supercharger can have on small displacement engines. The only downside is that you can't boost at low rpm's to prevent surges.

 

Cleetus put one of these on a Cavalier I think and it was impressive what it could do. The Fit is a great candidate for this. Unless you are tracking it it offers plenty of run time for hooning around.

I would run it with Hondata.

Good luck with it.

 

electric route,im eyeing on orbis electric rear wheel or hoping a company could produce a much cheaper version of it

 

I guess you're right. If i'm going to boost i'm going to boost the right way. But the flashpro is expensive, even tho i know it's worth it lmao... Only thing is that hondata doesn't ship to my address... rip I guess i'll have to order it trough E-TuneZ.

 

You can order Hondata from Teknotik in Toronto! https://shop.teknotik.com/hondata-flashpro-14103.html

 

Thank you so much for that link! Saved me a pretty penny. It would of been more expensive to order from the states that's for sure.

 

Any updates?