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Posted by: undasighted Mar 28, 2007 - 1:48 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Supercharger-Turbo-TOYOTA-Corolla-Echo-Celica-Tercel_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33741QQitemZ110106386989QQrdZ1


Anybody familiar with it? And are they worth buying or absolute garbage?

Posted by: Valo666 Mar 28, 2007 - 1:54 PM

my friend tryed one out..it was garbage...he actually lost power. I think myth busters did an episode with one too and they lost like 6 or 7 HP on a 5sfe on a camry.

Posted by: x_itchy_b_x Mar 28, 2007 - 2:08 PM

dont buy that it will do nothing but decrease the money in your wallet, power and potentially break and ruin you motor.

Posted by: undasighted Mar 28, 2007 - 2:20 PM

yeah, I read a decent amount of his comments and it seemed that anybody that knew anything about cars noticed a loss in power.


Plus, everytime he got called on selling garbage, even if the person was polite about it he tried to make them look like morons.

I mean for god's sake, he said simply adding a k&n filter would add 15hp :lol:

Posted by: alltracman78 Mar 28, 2007 - 3:34 PM

It all depends on the electric motor and compressor.
If it can feed enough air to the engine, it will make some power. At least in some parts of the RPM range.
If it can't feed enough, it won't.

There was a dyno up a while back with some Honda [RSX?] that they stuck a leaf blower to the intake, and it was a slight boost in power.

With that said, I wouldn't buy it.
Not really worth it. Especially for $200....

Posted by: toyotacrazy Mar 28, 2007 - 9:02 PM

Waste of money. Buy something to make your car sound or look better. You'll be happier with the finished product that way.

Posted by: undasighted Mar 29, 2007 - 7:56 AM

I think I'm gonna stick with working on the interior while I wait for the swap. Exterior's getting painted after the swap so there's really nothing left besides rims on that tip.

Thanks for the info though guys. It kinda seemed like it may have been bullsh*t.

If it really costs 200 dollars to put a supercharger in your car, then why the hell have people been spending thousands for so long? lol. - 2 gold stars for me even considering it.

Posted by: 95CelicaST Mar 29, 2007 - 2:44 PM

this reminds me of this guy I went to high school with. One day I was at the store and I saw him in the parking lot with his hood up. So I walk over and say "hey, everything alright?" and when I came around to the engine bay he had stuck a leaf blower down in the bumper and routed it up to his intake (this is on a late 80's early 90's 4cyl mustang auto) and zip-tied the throttle down at full. It was very fun to watch... until a few weeks later he blew the engine.. oh well..

Posted by: laff09 Mar 30, 2007 - 9:02 AM

If I had a 4 cyl mustang, I'd blow it up too.

Posted by: spolski07 Mar 30, 2007 - 9:26 AM

lmao
that made my day

Posted by: I3arruka Mar 31, 2007 - 10:21 AM

LMAO...nice start to my day, golden

Posted by: G30 Feb 13, 2016 - 5:10 AM

http://toyotacelicamodifications.com/super_charger.htm

Anyone seen this??

Posted by: njccmd2002 Mar 5, 2016 - 8:25 AM

lol. thw wheels on the bus go round and round.... round and round....

Posted by: Bitter Mar 5, 2016 - 9:49 AM

It works, we're all over 9,000.

Posted by: trdproven Mar 6, 2016 - 7:19 AM

It was tested better using dual ryobi blowers, kinda dumb but yea