Power wire
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Power wire
Has anyone ever tried one of this so called "power wires" from AIRRAM.com?
Where exactly do they plug into in the engine compartment? For people that have bought and used/use one, whats your opinion on it? Also would I need the 12 inch or the 24 inch wire?
They claim about a 1mpg increase and a 8-10whp increase, i belive the mpg increase would be possible, but 10whp increase? I dont belive it, maybe a few additonal pony's but wouldnt 10whp be equivalent to 20hp?
Opinions?
thanks.
sorry, forgot the link http://airram.com/product.php?catego...6&productid=21 thats the 12 inch, here is the 24inch wire, http://airram.com/product.php?catego...productid=1501
Where exactly do they plug into in the engine compartment? For people that have bought and used/use one, whats your opinion on it? Also would I need the 12 inch or the 24 inch wire?
They claim about a 1mpg increase and a 8-10whp increase, i belive the mpg increase would be possible, but 10whp increase? I dont belive it, maybe a few additonal pony's but wouldnt 10whp be equivalent to 20hp?
Opinions?
thanks.
sorry, forgot the link http://airram.com/product.php?catego...6&productid=21 thats the 12 inch, here is the 24inch wire, http://airram.com/product.php?catego...productid=1501
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Gimmick. Enriching the fuel mixture does not necessarily equate to more power, and certainly not better fuel economy.
Besides, think about it: Does your truck run any better in December than July? That's more than a 20* drop in air temp.
Besides, think about it: Does your truck run any better in December than July? That's more than a 20* drop in air temp.
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if you seriously think this will help please, by all means waste your money, but keep in mind a couple of things
1) if it seems too good to be true, IT IS!!!!!!!!!
2) that is probably just a resistor that you put inline to change the reading of a sensor, you could probably buy that sensor for $.20 at radioshack
3) if you could gain significant gas mileage improvement in these tanks w/ that kind of change dont you think the factory would have done it already????
4) i really dont know, but have you posted up about a couple of these BS 'quick power' or 'quick mpg' mods??? (might have been someone else, im not 100% with it right now) and i know we have given you the same answer for all of them, if its cheap and claims unbelievable gains then its lying
im really NOT trying to be a dick with this post, but we have seen alot of posts about similarly stupid/useless products like this all made by someone who knows how to play the idiots in the general public in order to make themselves a quick buck.
1) if it seems too good to be true, IT IS!!!!!!!!!
2) that is probably just a resistor that you put inline to change the reading of a sensor, you could probably buy that sensor for $.20 at radioshack
3) if you could gain significant gas mileage improvement in these tanks w/ that kind of change dont you think the factory would have done it already????
4) i really dont know, but have you posted up about a couple of these BS 'quick power' or 'quick mpg' mods??? (might have been someone else, im not 100% with it right now) and i know we have given you the same answer for all of them, if its cheap and claims unbelievable gains then its lying
im really NOT trying to be a dick with this post, but we have seen alot of posts about similarly stupid/useless products like this all made by someone who knows how to play the idiots in the general public in order to make themselves a quick buck.
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Talk about BS!
The stoichiometric mixture for gasoline fuel, the stoichiometric air/fuel mixture is approximately 14.7; i.e. the approximate mass of air is 14.7 mass of fuel. Any mixture less than 14.7 to 1 is considered to be a rich mixture, any more than 14.7 to 1 is a lean mixture - given perfect (ideal) "test".
Now if you use this product it only is a resistor that tells the engine that the temperature is colder then it actually is this slightly advancing the timing and include a slightly richer fuel only until the engine is more warmed. Problem with this is the 02 sensors warm up and tell the PCM that the engine is up to temperature cutting the advance and rich stoichiometric mixture.
What this product does is change only the incoming air temperature, but fails to do anything about the 02 sensors. They will just correct the mixture and phase the incoming signal into a changed electrical signal (meaning it will see the new signal as just a small fluctuation like a new sensor). All sensors are a little different and the computer is a smart thing as it just advaces it's self around the so called changed electrical signal.
Do your self a favor, invest in a Super Chips of Hypertech programer and change the PCM it's self. This will give you what your looking for and the PCM can't do anything about it.
The stoichiometric mixture for gasoline fuel, the stoichiometric air/fuel mixture is approximately 14.7; i.e. the approximate mass of air is 14.7 mass of fuel. Any mixture less than 14.7 to 1 is considered to be a rich mixture, any more than 14.7 to 1 is a lean mixture - given perfect (ideal) "test".
Now if you use this product it only is a resistor that tells the engine that the temperature is colder then it actually is this slightly advancing the timing and include a slightly richer fuel only until the engine is more warmed. Problem with this is the 02 sensors warm up and tell the PCM that the engine is up to temperature cutting the advance and rich stoichiometric mixture.
What this product does is change only the incoming air temperature, but fails to do anything about the 02 sensors. They will just correct the mixture and phase the incoming signal into a changed electrical signal (meaning it will see the new signal as just a small fluctuation like a new sensor). All sensors are a little different and the computer is a smart thing as it just advaces it's self around the so called changed electrical signal.
Do your self a favor, invest in a Super Chips of Hypertech programer and change the PCM it's self. This will give you what your looking for and the PCM can't do anything about it.