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Old 07-04-06, 01:33 PM
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Talking Finally a supercharger!!

look at what i found!! ..maybe we can get a group buy
http://www.electricsupercharger.com/

HA!!
this was funnier http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/bette...20supercharger
i also like "davidcreed"'s reply
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Old 07-04-06, 02:36 PM
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HAHA! What can you say... LOL
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Old 07-04-06, 03:13 PM
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If it was $99 i'd try it. Cant hurt lol
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Originally Posted by yellowssm
If it was $99 i'd try it. Cant hurt lol

if it was 26 cents, i would not try it, its a lexus dude, dont F it up!
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Old 07-04-06, 08:16 PM
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But wait, if you are one of the first 1,000,000 callers, we'll also include these Yosemite Sam Mud Flaps!!!
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Old 07-04-06, 09:25 PM
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Hey. I bought that!!!








Yeah, right!
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Old 07-04-06, 10:08 PM
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i once had a neighbor who honestly believed he could rig an electric leaf blower to the throttle body of his corolla to make it faster. i told him he was retarded. this is the same concept just someone is making money on it. still retarded.
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Old 07-04-06, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by yellowssm
If it was $99 i'd try it. Cant hurt lol
Actually, it CAN hurt.
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Originally Posted by blk06is350
i once had a neighbor who honestly believed he could rig an electric leaf blower to the throttle body of his corolla to make it faster. i told him he was retarded. this is the same concept just someone is making money on it. still retarded.
he's onto something. take a look at this
http://videos.streetfire.net/Comment...AD23CA9564.htm
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Old 07-05-06, 05:09 AM
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MMM.. How much are leave blowers???




LOL --not
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Old 07-05-06, 06:35 AM
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I looked at the eRam once and if I had some extra cash laying around, I might give it a try just as a guinea pig to see the effects on the track. No way am I spending that amount of cash.

Aside from price, my issues are them telling you to put it the intake path and the fact it only works at WOT (though I could probably rig it to spin faster as my foot goes further down on the accelerator). You can turn it into...god forbid...the Tornado, which it isn´t.

I don´t doubt that you can get an effect from these things.

If I were to design how I would install it into my RX300 it would have to shoot at an angle into the intake path, not sit inside it. Remember, there is a vacuum effect where air gets sucked in. This little eRam from the CFMs I saw probably does a better job than some light compression turbos (like the ones in some of those VWs and Audis).

For me, too much cash to throw out there.
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