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wells696
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:34 pm

any1 used one of them electric superchargers are they any good for the money saw 1 for £100 and they said 15bhp gain are thay talkin s#*t
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:40 pm

there has been a few threads on these in both the zone and e30tech all of which said 'load of crap'Image
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:44 pm

there was a write up in one of the moded mags they tested one on a mr2 and it actually lost power so they are a pile of s**t
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:03 pm

is that the one were its basically a little pc type cooling fan that goes into your air intake?never actually seen or used one but general consensus is as above :wink:
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:40 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/electric-Supercha ... dZViewItem


This is the link to the item i was looking at
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:41 pm

no no no

been discussed plenty of times would lose power was the conclusion.
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:46 pm

thanks alot will save my money any ideas wat i can spend £100 on to make it betta i got a 320 with 325inlet and tb k&n panel filter and chiped
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:47 pm

maxfield wrote:no no no

been discussed plenty of times would lose power was the conclusion.
i dont believe in these things personally but how many of the people who slate them have actually used or tested one and formed a conclusive result rather than jumping on a hearsay bandwagon?but like i say i wouldnt spend my money on one
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:55 pm

fuzzy wrote:
maxfield wrote:no no no

been discussed plenty of times would lose power was the conclusion.
i dont believe in these things personally but how many of the people who slate them have actually used or tested one and formed a conclusive result rather than jumping on a hearsay bandwagon?but like i say i wouldnt spend my money on one
If you look at the cfm of even very powerful small electric fans, you can work out that you would need at least 100 of them to make even a small difference and an alternator the size of Essex to power them.
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Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:23 am

you can get faster! :D :D
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Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:47 pm

If you look at the cfm of even very powerful small electric fans, you can work out that you would need at least 100 of them to make even a small difference and an alternator the size of Essex to power them.
plus the fan is a restriction on the airflow
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Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:49 pm

cass1_5503 wrote:
If you look at the cfm of even very powerful small electric fans, you can work out that you would need at least 100 of them to make even a small difference and an alternator the size of Essex to power them.
plus the fan is a restriction on the airflow
if a fan is a restriction on airflow why have 2 of them on the radiator?
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Sun Nov 26, 2006 4:45 pm

fuzzy wrote:
cass1_5503 wrote:
If you look at the cfm of even very powerful small electric fans, you can work out that you would need at least 100 of them to make even a small difference and an alternator the size of Essex to power them.
plus the fan is a restriction on the airflow
if a fan is a restriction on airflow why have 2 of them on the radiator?
Too cool the radiator down when they're is no air flowing through it. ie. heavy traffic! What sort of a question/ statement is that ?

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