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Old Aug 8, 2002
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A honest seller on ebay....

check this out for all those people considering to buy those cheap looking plastic "supercharger/turbochargers".
if you want to buy it, think again.....

A honest seller...
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sweet.
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thanks for the info ...!

but i would never buy anything like that though ..!
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thanks for the info... although i knew already that something so cheap like that wouldn't give 40-60 hp... its simply ridiculous
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Good link
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Thanks for the info....hopefully anyone considering wasting their money on that will think again.
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the funny thing was, i wanted to try this thing out.....no chance in h3LL now.
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[hr]The Engine Damage will be (and has been) caused with the in line models when your engine is running at high RPM's and these fans then spin (due to your engines intake) at over 2x their intended RPM's.[hr]
[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]........then the plastic pieces break and go down your intake .......
ouch.....that sucks......
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i would never buy a piece of crap like that......nice link tho.
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finally an honest person a ebay
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dang i was too late its gone AWWWWWW
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