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Hair dryer = horsepower!!!

Discussion in 'Other Off Topic Forum' started by Etcetera, Jun 8, 2004.

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  1. Etcetera

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  2. 96impalaSS

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    1 pound of boost. That is funny.
    It seems to me that a cold air intake would make just as much of a horse power gain. This is about the same price as one.
    I would not even waste my time with this.
     
  3. infraredline

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    Yeah I think this product has been disproved to work in other forums. Superchargers often drag 50-100 HP from the engine it is boosting. I don't see how a little electric 12v motor could possibly put out that kind of power (this unit at 700 watts won't quite produce one HP even at maximum possible efficiency). It might produce 1 PSI boost at idle speed, but when your engine starts to really suck around the redline, I bet that little fan will be more of an obstruction than anything else.

    As for the dyno pics, why are they so small? *scratches chin*.

    The guarantee sucks too - you have take the car to a dyno, get it tested with and without the ERAM and take a picture of the installation and get it signed by the dyno technician, then send it back to them. If THEY decide you installed the ERAM correctly and didn't get a performance gain of 4% from 3000-6000 RPM, only then will they send you the money back. Can you even advertise that as a guarantee?
     
  4. JonBrent

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    Thats great! Find the proper dia RC ducted fan, put a $5 can speed 400 on it, and sell it using pretty asian girls for a 1200% profit! It even has a Deans connector on it.

    I'll bet all his racing expenses are now a complete tax writeoff.

    Just wish I'd thought of it first. : )

    Cheers,
    Jon
     

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