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Hehe. I didn't see this mentioned anywhere on this forum so I thought I'd bring it up. A lot of people on eBay are selling "Electronic Turbo Kits" for just about every car imaginable. Here is an example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1846210162

Now, upon further research, these fans are actually blowers that you can buy at boating stores online for $25.00, but people have been selling them on eBay for $300.00+! Wow.

Someone sent me the "instructions" for free. Basically what it is is you take out about 5" of your intake and replace it with this fan that spins at 8,000 rpm. The fan is controlled by a switch that you mount somewhere inside. They claim it will boost you anywhere from 20-40hp (I think I also read 1-2 psi, but I don't exactly know what that means... I'm a newbie, remember?) Anyway, some people I've talked to say this wouldn't work, but I'm wondering, why not? Wouldn't forcing extra air into the engine boost performance? Isn't that how a real turbo works?

Anyway, here's an example of someone paying way too much for this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1845661135

Finally, here are the same fans at the boating store for much cheaper:

http://www.iboats.com/mall/index.cgi?cart_id=645759956&store_id=249&keywords= blower&search_in_category=f&current_category=plumb ing

So, let's hear what you guys think.

IronFist

 
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i'm not into flaming people on this site, but sometime learn to link. thanks for the info and such

here are links for yall

linky 1

link 2

link 3

 
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i would do unless someone else has done and the gain more power. but seems to look useless...

 
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thats not enough cfm i think its bs if u want something like that get an e-ram

 
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hey....it SOUNDS interesting...if ya want..ill do it to my accord and see if it works...and if it do imma shove it in mah civic when i get it! if it really works..! but i would just rather buy the TORNADO...spins air and gives u better gas mileage and increased performance..up to 20hp...AS SEEN ON TV hahaha

 
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Does anyone know if there is any truth to that?
I'm not 100% sure, but it seems like it should provide more air to the engine (intake).
If that tornato fuel saver thing actually works, than this should too.
All that the tornato fuel saver does is spin the air, alowing more air to enter (in theary).
The shouldn't this thing be like a forced air intake, when turned on it will push air in.
Question:
does anyone know if it will reduce horse power when it is off.
Because it is a large object sitting in your intake. it will let air in, but maybe not as much as without it.
will it actually be able to blow more air than what your car already sucks on itz own?

I like the idea of buying it from the marine shop. seems cheap enough to try.
-Lowtek

 
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i liek the idea.. ill def do it if any one has any positive results with it..

-Big Wing

 
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Oops, I should have linked and not just posted the URLs. But I was late to work already and I wanted to ask this question and this is a new board and stuff... yeah, you want some more excuses?

soopason said:
hey....it SOUNDS interesting...if ya want..ill do it to my accord and see if it works...and if it do imma shove it in mah civic when i get it! if it really works

Dude if you're being serious, that'd be cool. Maybe you could make one of those DIY pages out of it. Hehe. No seriously tho, if you try it, definately report back here how it works.

lowtek said:
Question:
does anyone know if it will reduce horse power when it is off.
Because it is a large object sitting in your intake. it will let air in, but maybe not as much as without it.
will it actually be able to blow more air than what your car already sucks on itz own?

You know what? I was actually thinking about that too. It does just sit there, but maybe the natural air coming in would turn the fan blades on it's own. That might reduce some of the drag. But what do I know?

Thanks.

IronFist

 
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sounds good but what happens if the fan blade breaks, bye bye motor!

 
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Put a screen in front of it? I dunno.

IronFist

 
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my concer with that whole fan being off thing is.
and I'm speaking from computer fan experience (I was bored and trying to find a way to cool a pc)
I had one fan on the processor.... (it was reading at about 4300 rpm) I then put another han on top of it, and turned them both on, if one fan was direcly over the other one, the bottom fan would actually slow down to about 3500 rpm. and the top one would be at 4300.
if you have the top fan slightly of centered though, it would increase the bottom fan to about 4750 rpm and the top one would go to 4500. and the processor would actually get cooler too.
If I just turened the top one on, it would get hotter than with just the bottom one on (cuz the other fan would be in the way)
If I put one fan on the top blowing air in to the heat sink and the other on the side pulling air out.
the top one would increase to 5800 and the side one to 5500.

Sorry if I confused anyone.....

so my concern would be, even if the fan blades do spin, it could reduce your air flow... not stop it, just reduce it.
I think that when I get a little bit of money I'm gonna work on something like this. (maybe) if anyone does it and finds that it actually does work, let us know.

-Lowtek

 
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Would this "slowing down" thing you're talking about be also known as "vacuum" ?

The opposite efect of boost? DUH

Honestly, I think this thing is a good buy for its price. But nothing to go bragging about, as any REAL turbo will humiliate you. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]

 
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NO the "slowing down" thing would not be a vaccum!
more like air flow obstruction.
The "speeding up" thing would be a vaccum.
When the 2 fans were side by side one blowing on sucking that was a vaccum.

hey listen SpeedRicer,
I was just trying to explain where my question came from.
cool?

-Lowtek

 
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Definately worth testing . As far as the fan stop thing you could actually put a reostat hooked in with the linkage trottle linkage so when you start up it will all ready start running . The further you push the gas peddle the reostat would increase the electricity flow to the blower motor increasing the rpms . Seems simple enough and cheap enough to experiment with .....

 
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kool

 
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i'm more worried about water. if that thing were to get wet and start blowing into your engine, wouldn't that suck donkey ballz?
on the boating site they showed having a 3" and 4" regular or water resistant. i'd go with one of those if i were crazy enough to do this.
anyways, a real turbo would eat you up in a heart beat.

 
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"*" cough cough"*" its B*LL SH*T "*" cough cough "*"
so is the TORNADCRAP...

 
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Definately a scam.