Hey everyone check this out. is this product for real or is it yet another ebay gimic. if it's not then hey that's cool, but i hardly beleive $20 for a performance module. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=42604

 

this has been covered before, but yup, its a gimmick, its a 50 cent resistor that you put into your MAS. simple as that.

 

man, different package, same great (overinfated priced) product

 

True - waste of money.

Anyone know what kind of resistor they use? I wanna buy a whole package of them and sell them on ebay as well. lol

 

they got as many resistors on e-bay as there are @$$ holes in the world

 

true that, and yet there are always going to be people who will buy one ... so might as well just sell them and make 20$ off an idiot like these people do.

 

dose this resitor do anything at all???

 

technically it does.. if you run a search i think Rhyzn or sdh did a study or something on it but you have to read it i think that they said it does work

 

heres the deal, if i remember right...

its a small resistor placed into ur air flow temperature sensor...if u place it on that line it lowers the reading...making the engine believe it has colder air....so it dumps more fuel.

it does work...but under certain circumstances i believe can have bad effects like if it lowers it to much...and you get worse gas mileage =) lol

 

^ right on

 

yea the only side effect would be lower fuel economy, after all your just screwing with injector time and pulse length, how ever i'd much rather get a piggy back sys. from rrm

 

One guy from the Mirage board installed one of these (btw you can get em at Radip Shack for about 99c) and essentially it fried his ECU.

 

could very well have wired it wrong too

 

But to answer the rest of the questions in the thread. Yes it can add some horsepower, probably 5 or so... Short version of the theory is that rich generates hp, 12.5 to be exact as far as rich. It's the peak output condition for a gasoline engine. So if the resistor gets you to that point then you make more hp... and the resistor CAN get you to that point by making the car thing it has cold enough/dense enough air to dump fuel to hit that mark.

Later.

Steve

 

ya - there realy kind of wierd on how your supposed to wire them, they guy i bought one from sent me a picture on how to install it and such ... but being the smart auto machanic i am i had no clue lol.

just be carefull if you are getting one, we dont want anything bad to happen to your car