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

[CheapCheap1]

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

+20HP for $5.95 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7972353915&category=33597)

[Kalevera]

Do a search on it :)

[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?

[CheapCheap1]

Here you go...F1-Yugo.
Stole it from somewhere on the Net...
http://www.ak-miramare.hr/baca/vslike/zanim/f1yugo.jpg


Noooope, my wife would burn it... :D

[uscharalph]

The amazing thing is they probably actually sell some of these things.

[Kalevera]

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

[pundit]

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!

http://i18.ebayimg.com/02/i/03/fe/76/96_1_b.JPG

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! ;)

[pundit]

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.

[Interceptor]

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. :)

[Kalevera]

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.