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Old 10-15-10, 03:17 AM
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ive seen people seriously dyno using a leaf blower(same thing) and gain ~10whp
http://www.streetfire.net/video/leaf...-pull_7514.htm

not much but ive seen people spend more and gain less ..however i wouldn't do it and these results are what you can probably expect.

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Old 10-15-10, 10:46 AM
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That was a funny video lol. thanks. Who knows, if I get bored I'll probably do it. Saving up for a GTE swap is so annoying.

Edit: I wonder if the item I posted has more power though??
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Ashtray, i dont think it does, the mottor on the leaf blower seem to be a lot bigger.
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Originally Posted by LEX_MAN
Ashtray, i dont think it does, the mottor on the leaf blower seem to be a lot bigger.
That is true. I guess some research on that motors power output is to be done. 20,000rpms from that small device though seems like a lot. Also...on youtube, there are various tests of it blowing away fire logs and planks of wood, even hovering on its on.

Edit: I've got a feeling though, that with leaf blowers(I cant believe we're talking about this) the actual size doesnt really matter...What I mean is that they all generally blow the same amount...I mean they're just leaves lmfao! This is hilarious, sorry. I hope someone tries this before me.

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Old 10-15-10, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by ashtray

What do you guys think?!? lol
I think anyone considering this POS needs to watch closely at 3:18 or so into the video and notice all the debris (metal??) flying off the blades. (uhmmm, not in MY intake, thank you very much!)


Originally Posted by madmax98

I laughed my *** off every time he said "supercharger" lol why didn't he call it turbocharger??
Well, maybe it's because, technically speaking, it is a supercharger since there is NO exhaust gas pressure involved in the generation of the boost.
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Originally Posted by good2go
I think anyone considering this POS needs to watch closely at 3:18 or so into the video and notice all the debris (metal??) flying off the blades. (uhmmm, not in MY intake, thank you very much!)

Well, maybe it's because, technically speaking, it is a supercharger since there is NO exhaust gas pressure involved in the generation of the boost.

So those pieces of metal were flying OUT of the intake while falling off of a turbine that is SUCKING in? I think it just picked up debris off the car perhaps?
And if this product were such a POS(which I'm sure its liable to be), I'm sure that metal's melting point is EXTREMELY LOW so even if they were going into the combustion chamber...it is SO hot in there, they'll probably melt instantly and come out as exhaust gas..especially considering how thin those "debris" looked.
Yup.

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