supercharger

[102tivo]

hi guys just got a stock 04 corolla sportivo and just found this supercharger on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Toyota-Supercharger...%3A1|240%3A1318

has any1 fit one b4?

[xoom]

3 words & 1 vowel:

THATS NOT A SUPERCHARGER

here are a few different pics of superchargers ..... as u will c none of them look like $2 fan's u get from the local $2 store like that one from ebay ......

also read through this http://auto.howstuffworks.com/supercharger.htm ..... with that ebay product i simply cant c how its adding any power ..... in fact all i can see it doing is creating air restriction in your intake causing ur engine to choke .......

[JJCRU23R]

thats a bloody nice engine bay... which car is that???

[xoom]

thats a bloody nice engine bay... which car is that???

thats from kebab performance project car #5

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actually its out of a Scion ..... :P

[KevO]

thats a nice engine bay!

and lol at the supercharger thing.

[Madrox]

1. for an advertiser they can't spell

2. they call it a turbo spiral and a supercharger in the same ad.

dont trust it man. it is a waste of money.

i lolled at this

"Amazing item. My 3 litre car runs now like American 7 Litre V8"

Edited January 20, 2009 by Madrox

[KevO]

1. for an advertiser the can't spell

2. they call it a turbo spiral and a supercharger in the same ad.

dont trust it man. it is a waste of money.

i lolled at this

"Amazing item. My 3 litre car runs now like American 7 Litre V8"

double lol

[Madrox]

lol they say you get better fuel economy.

so a 7l v8 has better fuel economy than a 3L???????

hahahaha 5 to 10 kw gain lol.

a 7L has only 10kw more than a 3L hahaha.

what a joke!

[Modena]

Benefits of the Turbo Spiral are:

Increased Fuel Mileage

Increased Horsepower (Kilowatts)

Promotes a Cleaner Environment

Increased Torque

Extends Engine Life

Ok, I can see how idiots can swallow the first 4 "SCAMdvantages" but "extends Engine life"?? LOL

[One-pager]

In the Ebay Ad.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q. Is this an Electric Supercharger ?

A. No, this is not.

Q. How is the unit powered ?

A. The unit uses your vehicles intake system to power its blades to spin at up to 65,000 RPM. The patented angular blades create greater efficiency in your combustion process. These conditions create better performance at higher gears and increase fuel mileage at lower gears.

Q. Does this unit increase the pressure in the inlet manifold ?

A. This unit does not increase the pressure in your inlet manifold. It increases the efficiency of your airflow into your combustion chamber. This increased efficiency betters your performance and improves your mileage.

That's all you really need to look at to see that this thing is just a plastic circle with fan blades that sits in your intake pipe.

Their key bullsht word is "efficiency".

Edited January 21, 2009 by Saj

[chicaboo]

The displaced voume in your intake that thing occupies, would cause more restriction than benefit it could ever give you...

And because it's cheap junk, you can expect bits of it to go into your engine after 6 months hard boosting @ 65,000rpm... :P

Gav.

[spillige]

but hes got a dyno grath look!! :o

[chicaboo]

YAY, a 5hp gain on a 300hp car! That's like a 1.6% hp gain man! :D

They probably left the airbox off for the 2nd run...

Gav.

[AUR15]

Isnt that wat the Hiclone ad on tv is?

[Hiro]

Isnt that wat the Hiclone ad on tv is?

Kinda but not, the Hiclone uses fixed vanes.

[chicaboo]

After the whirly bird, the air has to pass through a small gap left by the butterfly in the throttle body and then get churned up inside the plenum and runners before it squeezes through the small ledge left by the valves before it gets into the combustion chamber and then further displaced. Maybe there is a small appreciable improvement at wide open throttle by speeding up the airflow to the throttle body, but I doubt daily benefits could be observed...

I think achieving helmholtz resonance would be much better.

Gav.

[DJKOR]

I can't believe people sell crap like this. What I don't believe more are the people that actually fall for it and buy it. I would imagine it charging your engine... with the pieces of badly assembled aluminium that break off when this thing has air rushing past it.

[Suprathai]

isn't the engine bay pictured above the 2.4L camry engine with a charger strapped to it???

[Lawz]

some dumbass brought one of these (so he called it "supercharger) into my mate's work to get fitted to his VN commodore LOL.

Apparently is was loud as hell. Haha I can imagine if the guy took it to a performance workshop and got it fitted... probably get ripped off huge LOL

[Evo7]

to me, it looks as if it will just push air into the engine, but why use one of these if you could use a leaf-blower

Evo

[chicaboo]

to me, it looks as if it will just push air into the engine, but why use one of these if you could use a leaf-blower

Evo

It won't push air Evan. It doesn't have a motor, it's just a whirly bird in a tube. All it does is make the air swirl that passes through it, from after the MAF (if you're smart) to before the throttle body. Which is a very short insignificant distance...

Gav.

[joefish1298]

lol they say you get better fuel economy.

so a 7l v8 has better fuel economy than a 3L???????

hahahaha 5 to 10 kw gain lol.

a 7L has only 10kw more than a 3L hahaha.

what a joke!

An American 7L does only have 10kW more than a good Jap 3L

Edited January 22, 2009 by joefish1298