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Gotta take a look!

So there I was looking around ebay at the prices of this

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When I come across this! An ELECTRIC supercharger...WTF?!?!?!
Am I completely outta the loop or is this total BS...

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Please tell me this is a joke! Here is the url for it...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-...ayphotohosting
 
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It's a total BS.
 
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$40 for a supercharger??
That should have told you right there.
 
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I have one. I keep it in my house though. except i dont call it a supercharger, i call it a vacuum cleaner.
 
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I hear what you guys are saying....im just looking for the one guy out here in the vast seas of RF'ers that fell for this crap and see what he has to say....

There HAS to be at least one member thats tried it.....
 
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You know what if u buy one u actually lose 10 hp haha
 
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is it basically a vaccum cleaner? in theory shouldnt it put more air into the engine? i dont know much about all that, but it seems like it could do something...
 
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maybe at low rpms it would "work", but at higher rpms it might block airflow..
 
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