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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 10:30 PM
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Can I use this in a second gen?

And before telling me if I can, tell me what it is, cuz it just looks... nuts. Weird. Something. What does it do?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eb...766730&r=0&t=0
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 10:36 PM
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Its an electric fan....

Our engines rev too high to get much use out of it..

Rotaries prolly suck air faster in the high band than it can deliver.

Low end might work better, i dunno.
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 10:38 PM
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The guy mensiones an RX-7 in the add.

It looks like it's an electric supercharger.
You'll get perhaps 1PSI of boost which works out to around 5% more HP.
He says it will "intelligently manage your engine" or something
I don't see how.
You might get a bit of throttle response, but this unit doesn't look to be big enough to do much.


$250 for 7-10 HP is crazy ****.
Spend the money on an exhaust or intake, instead.

So, Yeah, it WILL work on your car (probably), but it won't do much.
and the 30% fuel econ increase and 85% emmissions decrease is bullshit.
what's the point of one of these operating at anything other than WOT?


the ones at www.electricsupercharger.com look to be better built.

I tried doing this to my first car (1989 Ford Escort) and I used a marine blower motor (15,000 CFM or something, about the same as this one) and I couldn't even notice the difference.
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 10:38 PM
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sounds too good to be true!

Proceed with caution.
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 10:45 PM
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Read and consider yourself warned:

The Zet

Guys who peddle this **** should be strung up by the *****...
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 10:56 PM
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Hehe. It looked pretty sleezey!
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 12:32 AM
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Yeah the ones in this thread:

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=62125

at least are only on at WOT even if they do draw 50 amps in the process
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