Boost controller for supercharger
Racer
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From: Twister Country
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From: http://www.mphparts.com 800-364-1975
Patents, schmatents. Use it on your car and have fun with it, if you know how to do it. Then come back on here and tell us about it, because I think it would be a fascinating SC modification 
No company is going to come after you personally for doing it. You'd have to do it and make a big enough fortune on doing it that the patent holder would even want to try litigating...
Something like 99% of patent cases end up in settlement because they are so expensive and lengthy to litigate.
No company is going to come after you personally for doing it. You'd have to do it and make a big enough fortune on doing it that the patent holder would even want to try litigating...
Something like 99% of patent cases end up in settlement because they are so expensive and lengthy to litigate.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: eagle mountain utah
A waste gate on a s/c would keep boost from exceeding safe levels when you go down in elevation. A car at 4200 feet making 12# is going to increase to about 17 or 18 at sea level. Makes me think, GM has been selling supercharged cars for some time, including Pontiac, I wonder how they set them up so they dont overboost or underboost from elevation change?
Drifting
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From: Northern VA
A waste gate on a s/c would keep boost from exceeding safe levels when you go down in elevation. A car at 4200 feet making 12# is going to increase to about 17 or 18 at sea level. Makes me think, GM has been selling supercharged cars for some time, including Pontiac, I wonder how they set them up so they dont overboost or underboost from elevation change?
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Northern VA
Patents, schmatents. Use it on your car and have fun with it, if you know how to do it. Then come back on here and tell us about it, because I think it would be a fascinating SC modification
No company is going to come after you personally for doing it. You'd have to do it and make a big enough fortune on doing it that the patent holder would even want to try litigating...
Something like 99% of patent cases end up in settlement because they are so expensive and lengthy to litigate.
No company is going to come after you personally for doing it. You'd have to do it and make a big enough fortune on doing it that the patent holder would even want to try litigating...
Something like 99% of patent cases end up in settlement because they are so expensive and lengthy to litigate.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 3,064
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From: MI
Patents or no patents...if it were commercially viable and reliable, someone would have sold. I started back in the mid-90's asking the same question(s) and I've yet to see anyone market...gotta be reason why.
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From: http://www.mphparts.com 800-364-1975
Frankly, you could probably get away with 10s of thousands or even $100,000 in sales on something like this without a patent holder really trying to put teeth into litigation. Sure, you'll get a letter right away, because that's inexpensive to do. But to actually build a case and litigate it, you are not only talking real money, but a real diversion of focus from those people at the company who would have to show for court. Typically the same people that could better spend their time making some new, ingenious product for the company that would make them more money than putting you out of business or forcing you to pay a license/royalty.
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