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06-03-2007, 03:02 PM
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No longer mooching...
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Ride: e30 318i manual
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Mornington, VIC
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All BullS**t Right?
Hey,
Was bored today n decided to surf ebay abit...
It was amazing how much cheap n nasty "mods" there are out there claiming better fuel economy and power increases:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FORCE-FLOW-FU...QQcmdZViewItem
WTF is that?!? I don't understand how putting a free-spinning fan in the intake pipe that air going into the engine has to spin is gonna give u power n fuel economy! Its a restriction in the intake...
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Electric-Inta...QQcmdZViewItem
An electric supercharger???? Adding 2psi? And i recon there are people out there falling for it!
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/15BHP-Power-M...QQcmdZViewItem
Those are cute! a resistor maybe worth 2 bux from tandy put into a plastic casing an BOOM!! 15bhp!! HAHAHAHA, One of my mates got one of these... i laughed so so hard at him...
34bux wasted and decreased fuel economy.... NICE!
That place also sells a "diesel" version... 25bhp gained... lol
Anyone else seen other "cheap and nasty" powergain products??
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06-03-2007, 03:15 PM
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Ride: vs 5 litre statesman
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: adelaide
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feel free to call me a dumb ass!!
i actually fell for one of these "mods"
i got one of those force fans, from auto barn, cost me 65 bucks!!
needless to say it was the biggest waste of money ever! ended up giving it away.
and just for the record.....it made no difference, as i suspected. 
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06-03-2007, 03:18 PM
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Ride: VK 5litre, GSXR600
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: gladstone qld
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apparently those resistor things do work they do use more fuel though my mate did it to his vt SS and he reckons it worked
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06-03-2007, 04:01 PM
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On the bottle
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Ride: VY SS S2 11.340@127mph
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Dead Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by les82
apparently those resistor things do work they do use more fuel though my mate did it to his vt SS and he reckons it worked
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The ecm will eventually trim out any excess fuel & return the car back to normal. Those things arent worth a pinch of sh1t.
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06-03-2007, 04:23 PM
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No longer mooching...
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Ride: e30 318i manual
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Location: Mornington, VIC
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damn it! lol i was gonna say that...
Yeah, the engine will detect the engine is running too rich and eventually adjust it back to a normal ratio...
Then once u take the thing out after realising its a pos... ur engine is gonna be running lean instead until it readjusts again!
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06-03-2007, 06:59 PM
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yep.....
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Ride: VR EXEC
Join Date: Dec 2005
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there was one a while back, which I completely cut to pieces on here, basically it was complete BS. it was supposed to react with the fuel or something, but on the install diagram, it went on the aircon line..... it never actually mentioned how or why it worked, and it said in the ad something like "If you can't find the answer to your question, please don't message me"
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Originally Posted by joe_rolls_commo
If you have trouble, flood the c.n.u.t with degreaser, chuck some gravel in, put the cap back on and shake it like an english baby-sitter with an un-wanted red-headed love-child. Tally-Ho!
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06-03-2007, 07:15 PM
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Fear my Vee-Peeness
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Ride: SV6 VP
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: burwood, vic
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i saw one that the first one reminded me of, it was a fan shape that went into the intake pipe to create a vortex of swirling air that somehow gave your car super powers or the ability to drive sideways through time*
*i forget what it was supposed to do exactly.
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06-03-2007, 07:29 PM
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Ride: vp v6 commodore executive
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: south island newzealand
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheForgotten
there was one a while back, which I completely cut to pieces on here, basically it was complete BS. it was supposed to react with the fuel or something, but on the install diagram, it went on the aircon line..... it never actually mentioned how or why it worked, and it said in the ad something like "If you can't find the answer to your question, please don't message me"
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sounds like some sort of fuel cooler this one could actually work if the aircon was on and the aircon pipe got cold was it some sort of pipe that the fuel line went into and out of
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06-03-2007, 10:31 PM
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Ride: Toyota Starlet (Fridge white!)
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheForgotten
there was one a while back, which I completely cut to pieces on here, basically it was complete BS. it was supposed to react with the fuel or something, but on the install diagram, it went on the aircon line..... it never actually mentioned how or why it worked, and it said in the ad something like "If you can't find the answer to your question, please don't message me"
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Gee wouldn't be Brockie's polariser now would it? 
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07-03-2007, 05:01 PM
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yep.....
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Ride: VR EXEC
Join Date: Dec 2005
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wouldn't know the polarizer if ya threw it at me head.
nah not a cooler, it only had one inlet and one outlet, going on the aircon line
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Originally Posted by joe_rolls_commo
If you have trouble, flood the c.n.u.t with degreaser, chuck some gravel in, put the cap back on and shake it like an english baby-sitter with an un-wanted red-headed love-child. Tally-Ho!
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07-03-2007, 05:52 PM
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Ride: Toyota Starlet (Fridge white!)
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheForgotten
wouldn't know the polarizer if ya threw it at me head.
nah not a cooler, it only had one inlet and one outlet, going on the aircon line
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You don't know about the Polarizer?
Brock consulted ahealth practitioner in 1987. He gave up alcohol and cigarettes, and became a vegan. Brock began publicly supporting and, eventually, began to fit to all Holden Dealer Team specials a device called the Energy Polarizer containing crystals and magnets that, he said would do something to the molecular structure in the fuel for better performance.
The overwhelming majority of the Australian motoring community regarded the device as pseudoscience. Brock also recommended tyre pressures of 22psi (150kPa) for his polariser-equipped vehicles, a level which is regarded as very low!. Holden, fearing the consequences of being associated with the device and a resulting breakdown in communications over Brock's plans for new models, cut ties with Brock and set up an alternative racing/modification operation, Holden Special Vehicles.
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27-04-2007, 11:45 PM
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Calais Comforts...OH Yeah
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Ride: VN Calais
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Portarlington
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Wasnt really a power mod... But i bought on of those Turbo whistlers for the exhaust... HA HA HA
didnt make any noise at all. And then fell off while i was driving. Cost me 30 bucks to.
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28-04-2007, 12:16 AM
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Prepare for MV 09!
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Ride: TT Supra/HZ Ute.
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Originally Posted by 4eyedperson
didnt make any noise at all. And then fell off while i was driving.
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Hahahahahaha, thats the funniest thing i've ever heard.
Go the polariser though. Who could live without one?
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28-04-2007, 02:49 AM
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3Y3 K4N 5P33K 1337.
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Ride: Suspended till 11/9/08
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Location: Perth, Clarkson
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bravotwozero
yada yada yada
a device called the Energy Polarizer containing crystals and magnets that, he said would do something to the molecular structure in the fuel for better performance.
yada yada yada
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acctually i thought it was a ' aligned ' magnet thing in the wheels....
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