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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 05:43 PM
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Default An Electric Supercharger? E-Ram

http://www.electricsupercharger.com./

27 more horses for $600

What are your thoughts on this thing
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 05:48 PM
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Modified Mag (march 2005) has a great article about superchargers... They talk about electronic superchargers as well and say they have yet to find one that increased HP... in fact, they actually reduce it. It's a scam. Save your money, do your research, and buy quality parts.
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 05:52 PM
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I figured as much. Damn, this thing pulls 114 amps from your battery.
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 05:52 PM
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I'd be afraid of any place that gives install instructions like this.





Did the site owner's 5 year-old create this?

This is my favorite customer review on their site:

"I'm using 2 E-erams on my 1.6 vvti Corolla . Without tuning the power gains were almost non existent but after tuning with Greddy EMANAGE its like a mini turbo . Great Product."

-Shien
Gee, you think the gains might be from the eManage alone? Maybe.

Old Mar 7, 2005 | 05:59 PM
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Now that's funny. SCary, but funny
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 06:06 PM
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I can't believe that they actually sell these!!! The instructions are great too

114 Amps???!!!!!!! Hmmm so it is going to fry your alternator over time... and the amount of extra drag from that current draw is most likely going to offset the 1/100th of a horsepower you would gain

And I love that part about the eManage..... uhhhh ya think it may have been just do the adding that???

At least it is fun to laugh at
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 06:15 PM
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Caution, this is a daytime only mod...do not run it at night. Seems your headlights will dim to LED levels while running
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 06:28 PM
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EW, SICK! What the hell? It looks like a page out of Kama Sutra book or something...
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 06:39 PM
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Change a few words and you might have something there
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 06:49 PM
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moved...
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This was actually moved to Power Hungry.
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I heard of one from knight racing that worked like nos. I added one battery charger to the belt driven system and the blower ran off the system specific battery pack for fifteen second bursts.(read dragracing use only) never saw it personally I'll try to find the link for them.
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foundit!
http://www.boosthead.com/product.php
I hope that worked[/url]
Btw it was Thomas knight....
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jmiller20874
This was actually moved to Power Hungry.
dgHotLava should read what he moves...if he did he would put it back
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by ScionDad
Originally Posted by jmiller20874
This was actually moved to Power Hungry.
dgHotLava should read what he moves...if he did he would put it back
actually, i did read it....
it either belongs here or ICE...

and i would not cluter up ICE with this....
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What a riot....You guys are too funny
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 01:25 AM
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electric superchargers..c'mon don't be ___.
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 02:37 AM
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that cant be good for your engine. craming all the air in there. what if you are just sitting at a stop light and you turn it on...id say you would have some issues.
and why do i want the sound of a giant vaccum cleaner under my hood?!
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 08:40 PM
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I know a retard that bought one of these and it does absolutely nothing.
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