I agree with Eric on this one. If you compare the output of a turbo/super-charger with this E-charger, it's like comparing a an F4/F5 Tornado with a breeze.

How many amps are needed to drive this E-charger, anyway?

Craig

Edited to have comparisons in correct order.

Sorry to hear about that Henry. Times certainly are tough, and a flood doesn't help either. Hang in there, you have a young family to watch over and your awesome Packard will be there when your ready.

Chin up!

Sending you happy Packard thoughts as we speak.

i wish......house flooded, cost me 2grand deductable.....just don't have money right now.....and i have pretty much done everything i can do myself.

i am going to attempt to rebuild the trans myself with the kit from kanter, but that is 1300 bucks. the drive shaft has to be done and the motor is all together another story.

i could work on other little things, but i am ready to move onto the powertrain. i still want to get some new things done before salado next year though, i just don't know if i will have the powertrain all done or not.

i am sad about it.......

Here is a brief description of vacuum section operation from a Motors Manual. Think you might have hit the spring purpose/workings in post #3 above. Illustration keyed to description probably of wrong model as I don't know what 22nd used. Threw in one from AJ series as typical since it was similar to what you posted.

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An electric fan blowing air into the carb sounds like a scam to me, will probably be more of a restriction than anything.

Maybe you should stop bugging people about it.....

How close is that paint job to original "50th Anniversary" gold? It looks very good. The four-door layout is different for a drag car, but it kind of fits with the Flintstone motif. The hood ornament is fantastic! How many modified dragsters do you see with a hood ornament? I bet this thing hooked up really good.

Its Tourmalene and Moonstone --- thanks for the vote of confidence but I wish I knew more than I do --- I agree with you that the oil is super important and do plan on checking the pan -- as with the tranny pan -- just time and money LOL -----------------

thats a great car to grow up in by the way!!!

Hi Joe,

Congrats on the '55 Clipper Custom. It's almost the "spittin' image" of the old family car in you see in my posts. Except you've still got the fender skirts and it's dual exhaust. The paint is probably different, yours looks more green than blue, but fading makes it hard to tell. Ours had over 70K when we sold it, too, and never had brake or lifter noise probems, but did need an Ultramatic rebuild pretty early in its life.

It sounds like you know the basics of going through an old car, so I'll just mention one thing I'm kind of passionate about (besides brakes and steering) which is dropping the oil pan and checking for crud buildup. You'll be able to tell a lot about what may be wrong (or right) about the engine by what's laying in the pan, which if it's just sludge buildup can be fixed, messily, right away!

Again, welcome to the forum.

Hey all, my boyfriend and I like to work on our bikes and on our car when we have the time and money to upgrade. Our latest modification was installing automotive LED lighting. I was online this morning checking out some different products when I saw an electric supercharger. It was significantly cheaper than your conventional supercharger AND it said you'd increase MPG. Is this believable or a scam? Because if it worked, and gave our car torque AND less time at the pumps, I AM IN!!