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Robin
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9th May 06 at 21:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
a lad i work with bought one last night, after i told him to

he also bought one for me

so finally, we will be able to see if they actually do anything. before and after runs at Jamsport please Mr Broster

if anyone would like to guess the outcome, you might win something
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9th May 06 at 21:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i guess -£2.50
Robin
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9th May 06 at 21:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


no power increase then dave? it was only 1.99 delivered btw
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nothing will happen, my dad bought one for his XR3i when he had it, if anything the car didnt start when he put it on
Robin
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9th May 06 at 21:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well, the 2 cars in question are a fiesta 1.25, and my 1.4 8v corsa

i predict that i will gain the most (if any)

i hope it breaks
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is this the 2 pence resistor thingy?
Robin
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yeah, but its version 2... its amazing

instead of soldering, it just plugs into the loom

they are marketing it as "piggyback performance mod"

i dont care if its shit, im not paying
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how you gonna measure the gain/loss in bhp? I predict a 0.7 bhp gain
Robin
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9th May 06 at 21:33   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
2 rolling road runs. before and after
Jake
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turn it all the way up to gas mark 10
mav
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i think it will.......blow up
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pmsl, group buy if it works. doubt it though

hmmm i can see it overfuelling and screwing up the engine
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9th May 06 at 21:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
probably will increase the power as its fooling the engine into thinking its cold and to serve up more fuel, so knacker your engine

[Edited on 09-05-2006 by Steve]
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9th May 06 at 21:57   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
96000 mile engine anyway. so not massively fussed

i have little to no faith in it giving me any power anyway
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
he also bought one for me




did he tweet you so bought one thinking its going to work
Ry_B
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quote:
Originally posted by jake
turn it all the way up to gas mark 10




mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
yeah, but its version 2...
Ry_B
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quote:
Originally posted by LiamD
if anything the car didnt start when he put it on


The car either did or didn't start...
corsaevu
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10th May 06 at 08:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
do you mean those power resistor bhp increase things on ebay??

As i bought 50 of them a few months ago and still have em. So would sell em for cheap if anyone wants some/one!!
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Yes they mean them, but why did you buy 50
corsaevu
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dunno, just bought a bulk lot of them and thought i cud sell em on and poss make a profit but never got round to sellin them!!!

Anyway need to get rid of them so if anyone wants to give me somethin for em then let me no!!! Or you could buy em all and sell em cheap at PVS and still make a profit!!
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Hopefully no one at PVS is retarded enough to buy one mate!
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hehe, they can stay in the cupboard then.

I cud link a whole load together on a knackered car over the summer and see if there is any difference!!!
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
probably will increase the power as its fooling the engine into thinking its cold and to serve up more fuel, so knacker your engine


Agreed.

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