Re: ermmm

you see the problem with resistors on the intake air temp is the ecu finds it's way back to normal in a few seconds using the 02 sensor as a guide

so these idiots had to come up with something that the ecu has no control over it's last and final resort to measuring mixture there for after fitting these baby's you now have a real danger of seriously breaking your engine with bore washing

as someone has so very well put above it wont give you any great gain anyway althou we could buy them and sell them for twice the price to our local chavs and there saxos they all deserve to blow up

The non-powered supercharger

I inadvertedly came across this earlier on whilst browsing eBay.

...??!

It's a "supercharger" that is apparently powered by neither the engine, the exhaust or the car's electricity. Since the only thing it must therefore do is spin a bit when air is sucked through it into the engine I mailed the seller asking exactly how it worked. I got this in response:

Hello,

Our unit uses your vehicles intake system to power its blades to spin at up to 65,000 RPM. The patented angular blades create greater efficiency in your combustion process. These conditions create better performance at higher gears and increase fuel mileage at lower gears. Thank you and have a great day. PLease let me know how else I can help.

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I fail to understand how stoppering up your air intake with a stupid passive fan will "increase" anything, really. or am I being thick and this actually, magically works? I suppose it might help fuel efficiency if the ECU matched the fuel supply to the dramatically reduced air intake...

Re: The non-powered supercharger

total crap mate dont waste your money get a decent induction kit ie gsr these dont work!!!!!

Re: The non-powered supercharger

theres a sticky on these... a decent cold air feed is the way forward

Re: The non-powered supercharger

yes its just that, a fan that slows down/chops up any intake.


TBH the intake of an engine isn't laminar anyway, its turbulant as the air sort of vibrates DOWN into the TB, not really smooth atall, so doubt the fan will even spin.


I'd love to see how many ppl have bought these off ebay

Re: The non-powered supercharger

the theory behind it shows it should work to smoothen out the flow of air, but as said it will slow it down,

same scenario,

you know when you empty a 500ml bottle of coke and it glugs as it flows out, spin the bottle as its flowing and it will flow out with out glugging, hence being smoother.... but it take longer for the coke to flow out,

so total crap tbh...

might as well get ripspeed sunstrip at the same time... extra weight will help slow it down

Re: The non-powered supercharger

yes I see where your coming from, but for any device to try and 'add' swirl to your intake, the rotar blade would have to be stationary.

and instead of a blade in teh middle, it needs the outside edges of the pipe to be swirled for quite some distance at teh correct pitch/angle

which would then be compeltly wasted by the time its gone thru the TB/ air flow metere

Re: The non-powered supercharger

faster4_tec said:

yes I see where your coming from, but for any device to try and 'add' swirl to your intake, the rotar blade would have to be stationary.

and instead of a blade in teh middle, it needs the outside edges of the pipe to be swirled for quite some distance at teh correct pitch/angle

which would then be compeltly wasted by the time its gone thru the TB/ air flow metere

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Ah didnt think about it that way! yeah true..

Re: The non-powered supercharger

to be honest the only way this would ever even remotley work is int he same terms as the barrel of a Weopen is rifled.

but the research into getting the effect correct would be hard. plus in all fairness the ends wouldnt justify the means.

loads of ********. geta GSR

Ay, Y R U aving a go at dees? I've got wun on me Nova and it wurks brillyent lyk!!!!!!! Da spinny fans fings makes da ere mix betta wit da petrel n i get loads mor orsepowers n tawks n stuf!!!!!!!My 12leeter nvoa is kwicker den me mats saxo vts innit! I luv dees fings, u shud awl get wun!

:yeahthat:

I did see a 'mod-chip' that featured a 'variable power boost' that you could use to vary your horsepower by 0-20BHP from inside the cabin...

...so basically a variable resistor with the wires clampled to the air intake sensor then?

The concept is really quite beautiful, but the execution is poor.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/25BHP-Power-Mod-...tcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

a no to this so?????????

Gavin R said:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/25BHP-Power-Mod-Chip-FIAT-stilo-panda-idea-bravo-punto_W0QQitemZ330271112098QQihZ014QQcategoryZ32094QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

a no to this so?????????

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no, think about it... 25 bhp for 25 quid, if they were really any good, everyone would have them