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Supercherge kit i found.im not sure how great it is what do u guys think?

Under neath is the link.im wanting more power my trucks not fast enough.i was thinking of a chip or this or both.i dunno.right now trhe power is not the worst but i plan on lifting my truck so i need more.Tell me what ur guyses opinion is on this product.pls.will it mezs up my engine?will it work good?should i put any other parts on it to make it work?will it shorten my trucks life spand?thnk






http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-...QQcmdZViewItem
 
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an electric supercharger?


thats like sticking a hairdryer on your intake
 
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Do not buy this.
 
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Originally Posted by HarryTasker
Do not buy this.
True that boss man!

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only a noob would post this question!
 
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A total waste of time. You can't possible get a gain except a very low RPM's, and in all other cases it will HURT performance.

This scam comes up again and again. It simply won't work. I don't know if it was here or on the old GenEdge I calculated the power required to get a boost in pressure for a given rate of air flow and it was something like 300+ amps to drive the necessary electric motor. Take a good look at that motor, and I think you'll see it's not that big.
 
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thanks so what should i do to get more power out of my engine?
 
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The standard things: exhaust, headers, intake, rockers, cam, chip or programmer, in no particular order.
 
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rockers what are those ive never heard of that.
 
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the little beak shaped things that go over your rollers ( internals) if you don't know what it is I don't recommend fussing with them.
 
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Originally Posted by Vaterland
rockers what are those ive never heard of that.
If you don't have overhead cams, then your valves are actuated by pushrods that ride on your cam and come up through the head. They go up and down with the shape of the cam lobe they ride on.

The push on little "beak shaped things" (lol) as noted above, that are like "see-saws". They rock and turn upward motion of the pushrod into downward motion of the valve so your cylinders can breath in and out.

Rockers can be designed to change how far your valves open, allowing freer breathing -- within limits. For some engines, changing rockers can be a chore because there may not be any available that are a size match, or there may not be enough room beneath the valve cover for them.
 
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wow, what a joke! i cant believe that companies try to rip people off like that! its just a bad buisness practice
 
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Hey, we were all noobs once lol...
 
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ya haha i know im new but im learnin.thats why asked.thnks
 
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atlesat he asked man..hes new to this dont be an *** about it just tell him why it wont work griggs did an awsome job!
 
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I wonder if you could take the electric motor out, and some how attach a pully to it and run it off the engine using a seperate belt. I don't know if the internals of that thing is efficient enough to make enough boost to be worth anything though.
 
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I think not. I pointed out the power budget as an easy way to indicate why it won't work -- but I also believe a squirrel cage blower is NOT the answer, lol -- how many squirrel cage superchargers have you seen? Closest thing to that is an impeller type turbo.
 
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Originally Posted by n3elz
The standard things: exhaust, headers, intake, rockers, cam, chip or programmer, in no particular order.
It all works. That ebay thing wont. Ohh... and It's not a supercharger.
 
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Originally Posted by Cody_288
It all works. That ebay thing wont. Ohh... and It's not a supercharger.
+1 the biggest problem with it is that it's gonna be spinning at a constant rpm, it wont scale with the engine revs. It's sad that people will actually buy that.
 
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Jesse, one thing to look for when checking eBay is the seller's feedback. There you can find out a bit about how the seller does business, and also how good the product actually is. In this particular seller's feedback, you can see that quite a few people have been unhappy with the product, and some have even said that it does not work whatsoever as N3elz described.

http://feedback.ebay.com/ebaymotors/...&iid=-1&de=off

Watch yourself when shopping on eBay, and good luck with your mods.
 
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Jesse, one thing to look for when checking eBay is the seller's feedback. There you can find out a bit about how the seller does business, and also how good the product actually is. In this particular seller's feedback, you can see that quite a few people have been unhappy with the product, and some have even said that it does not work whatsoever as N3elz described.

http://feedback.ebay.com/ebaymotors/...&iid=-1&de=off

Watch yourself when shopping on eBay, and good luck with your mods.
I do that every single time I bid John! I dont like the idea of being ripped off more than anyone! I actually just bought a auto meter fuel press gauge for 100 less than the list price (e.g. summit, jegs) Sweet! The dude had 100% positive feed back too!
 
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Cool, it is a good thing you do, otherwise you could have bought yourself a really crappy part.
 
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Cool, it is a good thing you do, otherwise you could have bought yourself a really crappy part.
I wasnt even looking at buying it?
 
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