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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 09:05 AM
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Problem is, some people will buy it.
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 09:07 AM
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This is a viable article, but it isn't going to result in a very big HP gain. I doubt that it can really offer much more than 5-10 hp. It's major advantage is overcooming the drag of airflow through the intake passages. It might create at most 1/4 psi of boost and that is about 1/60th of the engine's base HP and that assumes no heating of the air that would normally be intercooled by better charger systems. 1/60th of 350 is a little over 5 hp. If that is worth $85 bucks and fiddling around with wiring to power the motor, then go for it.
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Problem is, some people will buy it.
...lets start a GP and see how many!
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 10:53 AM
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Reading this guys feedback reviews was really funny.
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by mvvette97
This is what we need for our vettes http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Elect...QQcmdZViewItem

I love the "don't settle for cheap imitations" line. (I mean this thing does cost 85 clams!)

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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 11:13 AM
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I have already installed the "leaf blower" charger.
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by vettes4fun
Check is feed backs (poor)
yeah, I was P/Od after I ordered it because the tech help was lacking and they were really no instructions for Corvettes and .....
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 01:04 PM
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Leaf Blower?
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one of the negative replies...LOL

"i can boosted my car more than this supercharger with my mouth."
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jaxgator
Oh brother!

That looks like the leaf blower that was posted a little while ago. Except the leaf blower got better numbers.

The ad says 25-40 hp and then they show a dyno from a customer that got almost 20. What a joke.

Barnum and Bailey said it best...
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