Please tell me you all are smart enough not to fall for this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7929401244&category=33741


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Dave Shannon
Spring Valley, California
'88-240 190K+
'65 1800S ????K
'73 1800ES 117K
'92 745Ti 160K
Jeep Wrangler Sahara 19K
my pages

It looks like the blower motor that fits the heating system on a VW bus.

http://www.esuperchargers.com/

For $15, all you'd get are some downloadable instructions.

-- Kane
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Blossom II -'91 745Ti/M46 ... Bubbles -'74 144GL/BW35 ... Buttercup -'86 245GL/AW70
The Wayback Machine -'64 P220/M40 ... The ParaBox -'90 745GL/AW70

It seems that every time a manufacturer comes out with a new model of their bilge fans, a few hundred of these auctions pop up ...

There are some sellers who are trying to peddle computer blower fans to supercharge gas scooters too. Seriously overpriced, of course.

The $25+ "resistor trick" still take the cake for profitability percentages, however.

-- Kane
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Blossom II -'91 745Ti/M46 ... Bubbles -'74 144GL/BW35 ... Buttercup -'86 245GL/AW70
The Wayback Machine -'64 P220/M40 ... The ParaBox -'90 745GL/AW70

WOW i would be willing to trade the seller a bucket of steam and a old sky hook i have in the garage. maybe ill shoot him a email.

Heh, now that's funny. Every new guy we get at the plant, is promptly sent to visit our boiler operator for a bucket of steam!
The boiler operator willingly obliges...
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: '87 244DL/M47- 234K, '82 245T/M46-182K, '89 244DL/AW70- 212K Not too distant past: 86 244DL 215K, 87 244DL 239K, 88 744GLE 233K, 88 244GL 147K, 91 244 183K

Good One Dave!!!

I don't know who's more retarded... The seller or someone willing to pay 50 cents for that modified hair dryer...

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Happy Bricking!!! - Richard - '87 245 DL , '82 242 GLT - Half a million km between them!!!

Hi Richard,
The scary thing is he is running 22 auctions, 3 have bids on them from $49.95 to $51.00 I did a quick check of the "superchargers" section of ebay and there are several of these type things there running up to $150 starting bid. I wish I could find that link I saw on the 1800 list to the one that actually does produce enough boost to produce some HP. It cost a bunch and only ran for ~15 seconds per charge of the battery.
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Dave Shannon
Spring Valley, California
'88-240 190K+
'65 1800S ????K
'73 1800ES 117K
'92 745Ti 160K
Jeep Wrangler Sahara 19K
my pages

Looks like a pregnant blow dryer... I guess if it didn't work on your car you could always dry you hair with it.......Awesome Dude!

Danny Mac

60 HP for $50 what a deal!

The spelling is hysterical in the "ad". Spelling mistakes are charming on diner menus, but it is a great fool who ignores them on ebay; they indicate lack of expertise, care, and professionalism.

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__Stef -- 81 DL wagon B21A SU carb M46 314000km

Awhile back, the engineering side of my brain toyed with the idea of trying to develop some sort of variable speed electric supercharger that was RPM dependent and would receive signals from the TPS, Coolant Temp sensor, and a vacuum switch. Sort of a "poor mans supercharger." -but I've already got, too many ideas/brainstorms and not enough time and resources.

Needless to say, I was quite surprised to see the auction. I wonder if it's just a constant speed fan, or it actually has some intelligence to it. However, I probably won't be jumping to the bidding of this auction. I too was amused by the text, especially the part: "without the thousands of dollars and harm to your engine. -Yeah, right... To get the HP increases he's bragging about from a 4-cylinder engine, the compression in the cylinders is going to go up from the huge increase of air mass. -if the device is even capable of moving that kind of air.

Another idea I'd been bouncing around in the back of my mind is trunk mounting an engine system in the back of a 740 wagon from a Bell Jetranger. I wonder what kind of acceleration you'd get out of the twin turbines? -but alas, not enough time, and I'm minus the helicopter.

God bless,
Fitz Fitzgerald.
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'87 Blue 240 Wagon, 248k miles.

P.S. Maybe I should inquire of the US Coast Guard. I'm pretty sure that they stripped the original engines from the Dolphins before they retrofited them to become the HH-65. The Mil-Spec Lycoming LTS-101-750B-2 engines that they installed in them will take the 5-ton bird beyond 200 mph. Maybe I could have a pair of the old engines or a set of decomissioned Lycomings??? -I think this merits a visit to Dolphin crew that's stationed a few miles North of me.

Hi Fitz,
Someone has done it, sort of, a while back there was a link on the yahoo 1800 list to a company that had connected 3 starter motors to a gearbox which ran a supercharger. It required a seperate battery and was only good for ~15 seconds at a time, if I remember right the price was well over $1000 also. The power needed to run anything that will provide the constant level of boost that a turbocharger does fairly well precludes using the car's electrical system.

All things aside if someone sells it someone else will buy it. I think I'll put the seller in my favorites and see what happens ;-)
Cheers

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Dave Shannon
Spring Valley, California
'88-240 190K+
'65 1800S ????K
'73 1800ES 117K
'92 745Ti 160K
Jeep Wrangler Sahara 19K
my pages

Looks like the old 1940's window air conditioners they used to use and at only $ 3.80 shipping, I am sure it's a deal no one can afford to pass up.
Dennis

Yes, silly, but not the only product from Automotive Thermodynamic Dropouts. Foam air filters, ram air, and electric cooling fans. Well, what do I know, I'm busy with my hood flatening business.

I don't know Dave ... I mean look at the promo material (copied verbatim):

With this Electronic turbo you will force OVER HUNDREDS OF CUBIC FEET OF AIR IN YOR ENGINE!!!

[...]

Buy a product that works, buy a product that’s TRUE TO ITS NAME, and buy a product that WILL KILL THE COMPITITION!!!


Hard to pass up. I wonder where it bolts ... on the roof?
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Norm Cook Vancouver BC; 1989 745T 200,000KM

"I wonder where it bolts ... on the roof?"

Nah, bro. Goes on the end of the exhaust pipe. Its toughened plastic, y'know. Fully sick.

How can you argue with this sort of proof?


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'80 DL 2 dr

Lol!
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Norm Cook Vancouver BC; 1989 745T 200,000KM

wonder what else went into the 'stage 2' car...let me see...ah yes methanol!

and best of all is the low current draw claim....pissed myself on that one...

I think they mean "no current draw"!
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Simon 80 240 300k 17 years. 'White Lightning'

But with the likes of someone identified as "Poop1732" telling us it works, how could it not? I think it would be cheaper to just rig your blow dryer onto your breather box.

i'm glad it won't void the warrantee on my 15 year old 240.
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philvo '90 240 204k and a couple parts cars