anyone seen this?

is it just me or does this just seem like a POS rip off,..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2445849713&category=33742


kinda reminds me of the "blow dryer turbo"
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Hendrik

1988 200SX SE - VG30E
1988 200SX XE - CA20E

lol, thats such garbage. also i love how "Now for an additional $5 get your TorqueWind turbo in ANY COLOR" is a big part of the selling features. if it worked well, color wouldnt matter.
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Geoff Golda
1986 200sx Notchback, CA20E

yeah the 'torque wind' is much brighter and less blurry.
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Geoff Golda
1986 200sx Notchback, CA20E

Hey its a good deal

For the seller. Buy a 12V duct fan at oem prices for $15-$20 add a little bit of wiring and a switch then sell it for $120. Its interesting to note that there is no mention of the static pressures. I would expect that on some vehicles that the engine air will rotate the fan and the install will actually function as a restriction in air flow.

In all fairness, they might have done some testing on some vehicles and noted an improvement, however the writing is done in such a manner to almost indicate that the performance improvements are not necessarily from their unit. Note that the test data states electric air, not their products name. A marketing 101 mistake or worse....

One other possibility is that they are trying to see the interest level, and really don't plan on selling the unit as described. Eg use ebay for purposes of market research without a product. If it looks promising, then spend some time on engineering and come out with a real tested and verified product down the road.

I've done that in the past, I just make sure the prices are far enough out of line so that if someone bids, I can engineer whatever it was quickly in order to ship it out. If the hit counters go up really high, its then worth spending some time on. If however the hit counters stay low, the project is killed. No matter what, ebay makes money, and I would make a lot of money if I actually sold the gizmo.

Now when we go and check it out and make comments here, the counters go up, and their market research may prove faulty.

Ron
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1973 Saab Sonett V4
1984 & 1986 200SX
1985 & 1986 300ZX

Oh man.... lol... these stupid Spam auctions get worse and worse every time.
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Dan Aho - Club-S12 Admin
1987 Nissan 200SX CA18ET

i'd like to try that on my mini bike's 5hp briggs and stratton! lol maybe it'll flow enough to give it 1 psi of boost!
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CA18ET with K&N Filter and JoeP MBC set at 8lbs...the rest is all STOCK 2thumbs.gif

Japanese + Turbo + Rear-wheel drive = Mucho sexy sexy! <- Pichulon's Law 2003 "Big Book of New Yet Old Hotness"

http://www.xxpichulonxxlair.5u.com

a mini bike would be about the only thing it could possibly work on..........
maybe.
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If it's not a Nissan it's not worth driving!!
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sad thing is that some ricer will buy it
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bart
'86 INTERCOOLED Turbo
1/4 mile: 14.964 @93.02mph
CEO of:
"Barts Parts Incorporated"
http://geocities.com/bartc_j
http://members.cardomain.com/bartc_2

Dohhh...I already bought three... icon_redface.gif

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Mimmph'$$'

1986 200sx, Hatch, 5spd, CA20E w/mods
- http://www.cardomain.com/id/mimmphss

sounds fair bart, I'll leave the keys on the drivers seat icon_lol.gif
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Mimmph'$$'

1986 200sx, Hatch, 5spd, CA20E w/mods
- http://www.cardomain.com/id/mimmphss

Good luck bart, I heard mimms wanted some real power so he installed two of those torquewinds on his car, but he installed one of them backwards and they're so powerful they cancel each other out and the car won't run at all, right Mimms? icon_lol.gif
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well if you want the whole story, I bought three, I had a brilliant idea to build a Triple-Sequential-TorqueWind setup, well long story short, I started the car and it exploded... My thoughts are to much boost, still want the car bart? icon_lol.gif

My next plan is a Leaf Blower-Blower, i picked one up at the CT madness sale, blows at 276km/h, how much boost is that? ahaha
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Mimmph'$$'

1986 200sx, Hatch, 5spd, CA20E w/mods
- http://www.cardomain.com/id/mimmphss

Triple torquewinds? Wow that would be so much boost I think you may have just discovered how to travel faster than the speed of light!
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1.21 GIGAWATTS!
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Jeff Hester
1986 200sx 2.0L
1967 El Camino 402ci

psh you can only get that much power from a bolt of lightning. everyone knows that. icon_razz.gif
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~J "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy!"
84 CA20E Notch rockon.gif

hail.gifwww.littlefoxdesign.com/200sxlinks

i've been thinking over the idea of a lighning rod strapped to the car for a while now. Sure she only travels in short fast bursts, but the money i'll save on gas!
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Geoff Golda
1986 200sx Notchback, CA20E

I rememeber coming across this when I was tweaking my BMWs.
http://www.bimmers.com/m3/hoax/index.html
It's a good, entertaining read.

Brian
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87 Nissan 200SX http://www.club-s12.org/main/XOOPS/html/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=399&full=1, 1973 Pinto 2.3 turbo, 83 Subaru SW,
65 Chevy P/U 283/B/W T-5 WC 5-speed, 2004 Shovelhead http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/458395/4

OHH 2thumbs.gif My god what a great idea he came up with, I have a leaf blower in my back shed icon_twisted.gif hahahah Peace
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