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What do you guys make off this???

Post by Bazboy » 13 Apr 2008 12:05 am

Guys i was surfing the bay today and came across this item, it claims to improve the cars performance by 35 bhp and to improve economy by 33%. Now I am not sure whether this works so i figured you guys might, so what do you all think?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fuel-31-Gas-Saver ... dZViewItem

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Post by Fuse » 13 Apr 2008 12:24 am

Total BS. ;)
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Post by Bazboy » 13 Apr 2008 12:25 am

Thought as much. Cheers mate.

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Post by Fuse » 13 Apr 2008 12:26 am

Yeah, this is what the pic should include http://www.proturbo.fi/turbot/holset%20hx40.gif

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Post by Bazboy » 13 Apr 2008 12:27 am

lol wish i had one of those puppies straped to my car, dont think the prop would last long if i did tho. lol

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Post by Jason B » 13 Apr 2008 01:56 pm

hahahaha, its the evil twin brother of the power resistor of justice, lol
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Post by mac » 13 Apr 2008 04:41 pm

Afternoon all,

Remember one thing - all manufacturers are under extreme pressure to reduce fuel consumption and emissions and produce power without fossil fuel consumption. If this could be achieved by "bolting on" a so called "fuel saver" or "power booster" I rather think that every car would come with them as standard!

Been around longer than most (nearly 60 years) - seen it all before - several times.

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Post by Cloud » 15 Apr 2008 11:11 pm

SWEET MOTHER OF PEARL I WANT ONE! yeah, only joking....more power AND better feul consumtion...hold on, I was under the impression to gain more power...your have to burn MORE fuel....lol some people will try anything to rip people off.
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Post by Jason B » 16 Apr 2008 12:38 am

concerning all rubbish bolt on mods the above is true, if an engine has a particularly poor efficiency to begin with then it is possible to gain in both economy and power but not as straightforward as a simple stick on resistor, fan blade, magic potion or whatever rubbish they think of next! :lol:
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Post by hatch360 » 16 Apr 2008 06:55 am

But this one is 'Machined' and works like a 'supercharger' :lol: Pathetic

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Post by kaos » 16 Apr 2008 07:03 pm

heck you'd strugle to fit that to a 340 lol.

no where to put the heap of shite in a pan filter.
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