Stromberg High Frequency Converter

[S Pack]

Hey has anyone bought one of these or heard about them. I bought some and they gave me 0.25 sec better 0-100.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SAVE-PETROL-S...QQcmdZViewItem

car actually sounds smoother and drives better.

[mouce]

Sounds like another e-bay scam. Maybe there is something to it, but I really can't see that it would work on all cars. Kinda like the resistor to trick the engine into running rich.

If it worked for you, then that's a bonus, but I wouldn't touch them. Maybe I'm just too cynical for my own good, but...I'd rather put the money to something else.

[S Pack]

well i was getting new ignition leads soon anyway so i thought id give em a go. I dont see how it tricks anything as it creats a better spark. I cant find any detailed info on it like how it actually works. Maybe like a capacitor. I didnt expect much from it but im happy with it.

[1991_Vn2nV]

You can just buy spark plugs that give 4 sparks instead of one. I personally wouldnt waste $79.95 on it and it doesnt say how it exactly works and I cant figure it out so I wouldnt trust it. The spark plugs are what give the actual spark, so i dont see how it can cause the spark plugs that only give 1 spark to all of a sudden give 3 or whatever.

[Frd_thmsn]

That's one of the mods that I could actually believe works.
Similar things have been around for many years.I still have a couple of similar items from about 25 years ago.

I don't hold much faith in magnets or cut up tin cans in the air flow though.

I doubt the figures they quote , but a better spark output can't hurt.

Golden lodge and other multipoint plugs have helped in cars for years with better burning.So this one has some potential.

I would like to see a few more tests of them , for example 3 runs with them on and 3 without them to see if the results are consistent.

[1991_Vn2nV]

But the fact remains they give absolutely no scientific information or any information for that matter about how it actually causes 3 sparks. How can it cause 3 sparks from normal spark plugs? You answer me that and i'll consider that they are legit.

[pandaman]

hmm ebay seller making insane claims as to how much improvement their device will give, sounds very familiar. I'd be very interested to see the innards of one of those things. From what he's saying it sounds like it's supposed to break up the spark into a series of discharges, perhaps slightly increasing spark duration, not a bad idea maybe. But the bit I think is dodgy is that you have to cut your ignition leads to fit it, if you're using inductive core leads that will screw the pooch a bit. As someones already mentioned, spark plugs like bosch super 4's will seperate the spark into 4 seperate sparks without so much stuffing around. Probably work out to be cheaper as well. I wouldn't buy off this guy just because he's making such ludicrous performance claims, but hey, to each their own.

[pandaman]

But the fact remains they give absolutely no scientific information or any information for that matter about how it actually causes 3 sparks. How can it cause 3 sparks from normal spark plugs? You answer me that and i'll consider that they are legit.

Wouldn't be too hard to design a circuit to turn one pulse into three separate pulses to the spark plug, what that would do to the power of the spark I'm not too sure, too lazy to work it out as well.

[Frd_thmsn]

Wouldn't be too hard to design a circuit to turn one pulse into three separate pulses to the spark plug, what that would do to the power of the spark I'm not too sure, too lazy to work it out as well.

Yeah, If I had $80 to waste I'd buy one to cut it up and have a look inside. .

Sounds a bit more interesting and plausible than bipolar disorder magnets or whatever they are though.But I'm probably biased as my life is electronics and I have a lot of faith in electronic principles and theories.

Two things stand out to me as dodgy.

1: The company that makes them is in Sth Africa ( remember the Nigerian scams).
2: They are using the name Stromberg ( a well known carby ) to add credibility .

[pandaman]

Yeah, If I had $80 to waste I'd buy one to cut it up and have a look inside. .

Sounds a bit more interesting and plausible than bipolar disorder magnets or whatever they are though.But I'm probably biased as my life is electronics and I have a lot of faith in electronic principles and theories.

Two things stand out to me as dodgy.

1: The company that makes them is in Sth Africa ( remember the Nigerian scams).
2: They are using the name Stromberg ( a well known carby ) to add credibility .

Yeah, Stromberg caught my eye as well. Spose it might just be coincidence. (BWAHAHAHA 'sif) Lol, I thought y'all Holden types round here would be fully into the whole mystical black box horsepower gain thing though, how much does a brock energy polariser go for these days?

[1991_Vn2nV]

The ebay seller claims 3 sparks simultaneously which means at the same time. Also, thats what the diagrams show. That, is not possible with a standard plug. From my knowledge that is.

[pandaman]

The ebay seller claims 3 sparks simultaneously which means at the same time. Also, thats what the diagrams show. That, is not possible with a standard plug. From my knowledge that is.

I just took a closer look and heeeeey, You are correct sir! I think you're right, there's no way of making three separate sparks jump across the same gap at the same time. hmmm scamalicious.

[1991_Vn2nV]

I just took a closer look and heeeeey, You are correct sir! I think you're right, there's no way of making three separate sparks jump across the same gap at the same time. hmmm scamalicious.

[S Pack]

well maybe my little power gain was from disconnecting battery(resetting ecu) and cause i had to pull leads out to cut then put thingy on them a bit of jiggling the ignition lead back to the spark plug may have done. Ill let you know if i save any fuel from it though. For under $100 ill give most things a try.

Some guy tried to sell me a tazer a few weeks back it looked fake (like a garage remote) but when i got a zap F@#K it got me good. Maybe these things work a bit like how they bring the current up or something ...but yes i was skeptical about no proof of facts/diagrams/anything to help sell it. i looked them up on the net and they seem expensive compared to ebay.

[1991_Vn2nV]

Maybe your 0-100 improvement could have have been due to petrol, weight, or simply timing error compared to your other run. You're run of 8.5 seconds in the other thread definitely is too slow for your car, so perhaps your mate timed it wrong then or you had too much weight cause he was in the car...or you had different petrol, or more petrol. Or perhaps there was a slope in the ground..or take-off was different.

[Frd_thmsn]

Maybe your 0-100 improvement could have have been due to petrol, weight, or simply timing error compared to your other run. You're run of 8.5 seconds in the other thread definitely is too slow for your car, so perhaps your mate timed it wrong then or you had too much weight cause he was in the car...or you had different petrol, or more petrol. Or perhaps there was a slope in the ground..or take-off was different.

Spot on!.
Too many variables , the test has to be done under the same circumstances, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure etc etc to be close.

But you never know if anything works unless you try it , and S pack was willing to try it out for the dollars.
I've wasted more than $80 just in smokes for a week

[1991_Vn2nV]

Spot on!.
Too many variables , the test has to be done under the same circumstances, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure etc etc to be close.

But you never know if anything works unless you try it , and S pack was willing to try it out for the dollars.
I've wasted more than $80 just in smokes for a week

And i thought my rear tyres had a smoking problem...