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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 01:33 PM
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Turbinator???????

I saw this turbonator in a caranddriver magazine, i was woundering if any of you guys had one, or know anything about it. It sounds to good to be true. This is the pic of it, in a PTcruiser.
The site is turbonator.com
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 02:01 PM
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Re: Turbinator???????

Originally posted by hockeyplyr70
I saw this turbonator in a caranddriver magazine, i was woundering if any of you guys had one, or know anything about it. It sounds to good to be true. This is the pic of it, in a PTcruiser.
The site is turbonator.com
JUNK
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 02:16 PM
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Re: Turbinator???????

Originally posted by hockeyplyr70
It sounds to good to be true.
You know what they say.....
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 04:25 PM
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it rates right up there with the electric blower motor turbo's...
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 05:11 PM
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Actually I got a noticable (barely) gain out of a crap elecric fan wanna-be forced induction unit, so I wouldn't even rate it that high
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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Don't waste your coin, there are better things you can spend it on.

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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 09:59 PM
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It cost me $20 more dollars then thier selling that for to put twin turbos on my truck. Of course the turbos were free but still.

Hey Doward get a move on it!
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 10:56 PM
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that thing sounds like the person that was talking about using a leaf blower for the same purpose...LOL....
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 11:27 PM
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the almighty decker-charger.....2 psi at idle, negative 20 psi above 2k.

think this one is an improved model...sacrificed 1 psi, yet gives you only a draw back of 15 above idle......
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