voon

Looks like a huge pile of bull. At best, it does nothing, at worst it damages your car. Oh, and:
RX-8's from '88, eh? I'd throw it in the bin if I was given it free. Don't buy a 25'000 $ car and then skimp on powerups, if you're really in the market for them.

Jeff_pap31s

This subject has already had a thread. It is useless! Why do I know this? Before I knew anything, I bought a similar one for my RX7 and all I got was a resistor! It did NOTHING!!! Do not buy it. If it really did that then the price would be much higher and it would get much praise from here!

monte

Hmm. Ok well heres my deal:
Off the line is utter ****. I have an auto and i'm loving every moment of driving my brillant black baby.

However i need more power!

Please suggest something that you would recommend.

Price range: 0-2g most likely.

THanks!

zoom44

trade it in on the hi power 6mt. cheapest way to add 30hp.

monte

What would be the trade in value?

no way would be able to do a straight trade eh?

pls give some more info

amartin

Its a resistor that you use to pull down on the Mass Airflow Sensor to 'trick' the ECU that its receiving colder air than it really is.

If you want to try this yourself, goto Radio Shack and buy a $.10 resistor and do it yourself for next to free.

Gord96BRG

Yup, that's all it does. Please note, though - everyone complains that the RX-8 runs too rich already, right? Canzoomer's mod makes 20 hp by leaning the mixture at high rpm. This resistor trick is supposed to fool the ECU into adding more fuel, making the engine run richer. Oh good, just what an RX-8 needs - an even richer too rich mixture! All it would do is lose more hp, guaranteed.

Regards,
Gordon

zoom44

so couldn't we just put the resistor in backwards, so it would lean it out?

JimW

Not again! It is bogus! I e-mailed the guy and informed him about the discrepancy concerning the dyno sheet and the RX8. Needless to say he never wrote back. He just posted more garbage in defense of his product due to everyone catching on to his scam. By the way I heard he has a lot of different things for sale on e-bay that was claimed to be JUNK!do youself a service, stay away!

XeRo

I haven't done this yet...but if it's the same guy i think it is...check his feedback..there are sooo many pi$$ed off reponses regarding the load of BS this is...if it was this simple, don't you think everyone here would have one?

Landon_Starr

Hats off to the moderator who put this all together. Hopefully we'll quell some of the multiple questions/threads associated with these types of products.

--Landon

amartin

Resistors work either directions..your thinking cap's or diodes... putting a resists in 'backwards' would do nothing.

-- Aaron
p.s. Its curious.. to wonder what if the map sensor thought it was REALLY hot out... hmm..now you've got me wondering

zerobanger

why is this a sticky? LOL

Elara

y'know, I have no idea. Omicron?

Omicron

Because every time I unsticky it, we get a half dozen posts asking if the "HP Booster kit on eBay" is any good. Sticking this seems to help to alleviate that somewhat.

Landon_Starr

Did you happen to see how many people are asking about it, Zero? I think this sticky is rather appropriate....

--Landon

cosmos

Have anyboby some info or experience to share about this module ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2463285444

winter

Look at the dyno, specifically where you think 5252rpm would be. Who can tell me what's wrong with this picture?

rabinabo

Look at the picture of the building near the bottom. It looks like the "Intimidator II Productions Inc." was photoshopped onto some random picture. This is probably some guy that works out his basement with a few resistors and a solder gun.

rotarygod

The dyno chart does not show both horsepower and torque. It only shows one and judging by the way it is shaped I'll assume torque. It also shows air fuel ratio.

It's a scam anyway you look at it though.

winter

Ah, you're right, I misread it. I also concur that it's a scam.

Tony Orlando

LOL! That's awesome!! Intimadator? Methinks that someone needs to spell check their scams before bothering to photoshop a company name onto an office building.

Bad photoshop, bad scam. But one of the funnier in recent memory. Intimadator....... :p

93rdcurrent

Also note that on the map it shows the powerband giving out at 6200 rpms??? WTF! for those of us with a M/T we are just about to get the aux ports opened up. The extra hp would be increased there. But I guess anyone can do a dyno run and rev it like my grandma. Sorry Grandma but you are no Mario Andretti :p .

morflo50@aol.co

To begin with...I use to have a 1992 mustang with every mod
imaginable (including a supercharger)and my gas mileage was
like that of the Rx8. I began looking at ways to improve it,and found several items that really worked including the magnetic fuel saver. Now you may think that all gadgets don't work as claimed
and you would be right.But there are a few that do.This does work. It's based on the principle of magnetism, and if any of you
out there have ever had an MRI (magnetic resounance imaging)
scan the principle is the same.The human body is made up of
hydrogen proton atoms(water molecules) that have a positive
and negative charge(north&south poles). When the body is placed in a mri scanner,these water molecules will line up positive or negative with the magnetic field. Adding a radio frequency pulse to certain tissue will give you an image of the body.
Cool Huh ? Well gasoline has similar magnetic properties and with all the different grades of gas out there...quality varies.
The magnetic fuel saver breaks up the clumps of hydrocarbons that bond together in your fuel tank over time,and provides a better fuel burn. If you ever notice when you visit you emission
center for testing.co2,hydocarbons,and nox are the byproducts. I
have tried this device and found it to be credible along with a number of other devices that I have tested.I'm looking at the Rx8 for my new car and found that by readig the website for your
concerns,I could get a feel for the problems you're having with this car.i also have a few answers to some of the problems that
are inherent in this automobile...but I'll keep this to myself for now.If you have'nt already guessed. I'm an MRI technologist and
my knowledge with this technology comes in handy sometime.
I hope to be talking to you guys and gals in the future when I
get my new Rx8...talk to ya later.

Genom

http://www.fut.es/~sje/mag_fuel.htm is one place to start without wasting money. I have some rare earth magnets laying around that are about 1T each so it would easy to strap them on adn see.