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20% increase in BHP...with a resistor?????
There are people on ebay selling a 'mod' to increase the power of any
car.....seems this is just a resistor added to one of the sensors connected to the ECU. Has anyone with an alfa TS engine actually tried this (and willing to admit it!!)....is it total ******** as I suspect, or does it really work? Is it adjusting the timing or fuel/air mixture? What's the long term effect....running lean/rich....failed MOT emmisions....knackered catalytic converter....??? |
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156 SP3 wrote:
> There are people on ebay selling a 'mod' to increase the power of any > car.....seems this is just a resistor added to one of the sensors > connected to the ECU. Correct > Has anyone with an alfa TS engine actually tried this (and willing to > admit it!!)....is it total ******** as I suspect, or does it really work? > Is it adjusting the timing or fuel/air mixture? Exactly that. It probably will increase power over a specific range of throttle opening, exterior air density and so on. OTOH it will very nearly certainly decrease the overall drivability of the engine. > What's the long term > effect....running lean/rich....failed MOT emmisions....knackered catalytic > converter....??? Quite possibly. Look at it this way: If it was really as simple as putting a resistor in to change the air meter readings, why didn't Alfa do it? There are good answers to that question, which may have no bearing on *your* specific circumstances, but I certainly wouldn't risk it. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 2.0 TS Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk |
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"156 SP3" > schreef in bericht ... > Has anyone with an alfa TS engine actually tried this (and willing to > admit > it!!)....is it total ******** as I suspect, or does it really work? Did not try it, but believe me it's TOTAL ********! -- Ciao from Holland AlfistaGJ (Gert-Jan) Rosso Radicofani GT 2.0JTS Golden Montreal 1428700 (1973/4) |
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Looking at the feedback for the ebay sellers, they are all selling a few of
these resistors (fixed or variable resistors) every day for an amazing profit......what an excellent scam - I wish I'd thought of it!!! "156 SP3" > wrote in message ... > There are people on ebay selling a 'mod' to increase the power of any > car.....seems this is just a resistor added to one of the sensors connected > to the ECU. > Has anyone with an alfa TS engine actually tried this (and willing to admit > it!!)....is it total ******** as I suspect, or does it really work? > Is it adjusting the timing or fuel/air mixture? What's the long term > effect....running lean/rich....failed MOT emmisions....knackered catalytic > converter....??? > > |
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156 SP3 wrote:
> Looking at the feedback for the ebay sellers, they are all selling a few > of these resistors (fixed or variable resistors) every day for an amazing > profit......what an excellent scam - I wish I'd thought of it!!! > I think Mr P.T. Barnum had something to say on this. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 2.0 TS Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk |
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Take an arbitrary figure of 100BHP.
20% of that is 20BHP. Now ask yourself...do you really believe that alfa would not have 'liberated' the extra 20 BHP that these gizmos claim they can provide. Even the claim itself is unbelieveable. A claim of 2% would be more realistic (if the system worked - and I have absolutely no doubt that it won't) You just do not get 20% increases in power without significant engineering... |
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"156 SP3" > wrote in message ... > There are people on ebay selling a 'mod' to increase the power of any > car.....seems this is just a resistor added to one of the sensors > connected > to the ECU. Do they give you a free 20% upgrade for your brakes as well? |
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156 SP3 wibbled in this way:
> There are people on ebay selling a 'mod' to increase the power of any > car.....seems this is just a resistor added to one of the sensors > connected to the ECU. > Has anyone with an alfa TS engine actually tried this (and willing to > admit it!!)....is it total ******** as I suspect, or does it really > work? Is it adjusting the timing or fuel/air mixture? What's the long > term effect....running lean/rich....failed MOT emmisions....knackered > catalytic converter....??? > > only buy one if the dial goes up to 11. Ones that go up to 10 are not as powerful!!! -- David Nobody writes them like they used to so it might as well be me |
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