"Should I Buy This?"/"What Do You Think About This" Thread??

[klungemonger]

Originally Posted by wolly6973

I was bored at work so I was looking around on ebay. I found this. Does anyone have any ideas if this works? It looks like it should. Looks like it would be a nice and easy setup. Just hook it up to the end of my intake, add a 12V source, and boom. What do you think?

Those things have been discussed thousands of times on many forums and are universally considered a complete joke. Most of the claims & even the supposed "science" behind the technology is either misleading and in some cases totally fabricated. When those are held up against actual laws of physics of airflow and combustion they are shown up as bunk.

[wolly6973]

Originally Posted by klungemonger

Those things have been discussed thousands of times on many forums and are universally considered a complete joke. Most of the claims & even the supposed "science" behind the technology is either misleading and in some cases totally fabricated. When those are held up against actual laws of physics of airflow and combustion they are shown up as bunk.

Thanks for saving me the money and trouble. It looks like a good idea, but I will trust the advice of the experts.

[klungemonger]

I don't claim to be an expert or anything, but I've read & talked alot with those who are. Although that particular auction is funny, they toss around a bunch of generic terms that say basically nothing and never even describe any characteristics of the product being sold. Just mumbo-jumbo designed to snare people who don't understand how boost works. Also some glaring misinformation right in the description, by stating that "superchargers increase decrease intake temperatures" which is the complete opposite of the truth. Compressing air raises the temps which is why intercoolers are used to try to bring temps back down. I bet that think might generate up to 2psi at idle, once you reved up it would just be an obstruction in your intake tract.

[BD]

Sometimes the dyno results are on an engine where the electrical 'compressor' is powered by an external power source....pure BS.

Soon as the alternator is supplying the power to the electric motor and taking into account driveline losses...you'd be lucky to net a half whp .

[eKaLLmOtOr97]

im gonna be getting some gsr swirlies rims and they are 15's..i cant think of wat size i should go..205/50/15 or 195/50/15..any suggestions?

[klungemonger]

Originally Posted by eKaLLmOtOr97

im gonna be getting some gsr swirlies rims and they are 15's..i cant think of wat size i should go..205/50/15 or 195/50/15..any suggestions?

Depends on what chassis you are putting them on. 195/50 is close to stock diameter for a 92-95 Civic, 205/50 is closer to stock for 96-00.

[eKaLLmOtOr97]

oh ok..my stock chassis? cuz thats what i have for now...i reallly wanna go wit the 205/50 cuz i had the 195/50 on my old fat fives but look 2 thin so i wanna go with 205/50. Should i go there wit my stock chassis?

[klungemonger]

Of course you have a stock chassis, we all do but that in itself is not important it's that the 96-up speedo is calibrated for larger tires than the 92-95. Your name indicates you have a 97 so you would want the 205's anyways, and even then you will be slightly smaller overall diameter than stock size.

[eKaLLmOtOr97]

oh ok thanks...im kinda new into hooking up cars and everybody is always swapping the stock stuff out...but i dont know if they can do that with the chassis or watever...

[klungemonger]

"Chassis" refers in general to the entire platform the car is built on, so that you can't change. It's the combined suspension system, unitized frame/underbody structure, etc.

[mosaleh]

hey guys im new to these forums but i would like to become an active member, seeing the fact that my first car was a civic and now that my 2nd car is probably going to be a civic

i wanna ask do you think its a good price for a

2000 civic EX 2dr 5 speed
CAI
exhaust
automatic starter
new timing belt at 65k miles

85K miles on it

for $6500 and i live in jersey i just wanna hear any feed back

also if anyone has any comment/complaints/or anything to say about this car just please tell me i would like to know

[mosaleh]

also to add to the car it has i think 18' wheels

sorry i couldnt edit im at work and i got blocked

[klungemonger]

That falls in line pretty close to Edmund's "True Market Value" for the year/model. But I'd still offer them $6000 even just to try for the best deal possible. Depends on body condition too.

[juice'sEk4]

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