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Thread: +20HP for $5.95 - Is it a snake oil?

  1. 05-05-2005, 11:44 PM #1
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    Default +20HP for $5.95 - Is it a snake oil?

    Found this one on fleabay.
    Any comment??? (Yeah, I'd like to give it a try on my Yugo...Hehehehe. )

    +20HP for $5.95
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    Do a search on it
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    I want the flip trunk...

    crack rocks would sell on Ebay if it was legal

    you really have a Yugo??? DUDE! your my Idol, you HAVE to post some pictures I can scam OK?
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    Default How about this F1-Yugo

    Here you go...F1-Yugo.
    Stole it from somewhere on the Net...



    Noooope, my wife would burn it...
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    The amazing thing is they probably actually sell some of these things.

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    Actually, it's supposed to help smooth out the idle on M30's, and BMW made a kit w/ a P/N for it in the 80's. 20hp? I dunno about that. But if it's what I'm thinking it is (aka - a big ass resistor), then it's been discussed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lowell
    Actually, it's supposed to help smooth out the idle on M30's, and BMW made a kit w/ a P/N for it in the 80's. 20hp? I dunno about that. But if it's what I'm thinking it is (aka - a big ass resistor), then it's been discussed.

    best, whit
    Take a close look at what's stuck in the end of the plug.
    Yep, it's a resistor!



    I work for an electronics manufacturer. We buy about a dozen for one cent.

    This just changes the resistance value the ECU sees and as a result tricks the ECU into supplying more fuel by the look of it.
    Did they claim an improvement in gas mileage too.... didn't think so!

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    Quote Originally Posted by lowell
    Actually, it's supposed to help smooth out the idle on M30's, and BMW made a kit w/ a P/N for it in the 80's...

    best, whit
    I'm assuming one of the reasons M30's idle a little rough once warmed up is due to a lean idle mixture. Can anyone confirm this?
    Mine runs smooth until it warms up and then develops a slight 'fluff' similar to tight valve clearances or even a burnt valve.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 632 Regal
    I want the flip trunk...

    crack rocks would sell on Ebay if it was legal

    you really have a Yugo??? DUDE! your my Idol, you HAVE to post some pictures I can scam OK?
    You want pictures of Yugos? I can take thousands of them! When my country was part of Yugoslavia (until the war in 1990.), Yugo was the national car.
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    Supposedly as an emissions control method. I have to say that it works pretty well -- my 15+ year old car still has them fooled over at the local Ohio EPA...sucker turns numbers that are better than much newer cars.
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