Oh... My... God!!!

[Guest Chris Rodriguez]

Yes I would be your first customer. I can afford the car I just can't afford making it legal ($25 grand I heard... also can't wait 6 months).

[Airzone]

What possibly needs to be done to make it legal that would cost that much?

[PranK]

Airzone - ummm... they sit on the left hand side in the US... no skylines ever came equipped with left hand controls = expensive!

Tosh - sorry. so cold!

[Guest Chris Rodriguez]

I don't think you have to convert it to LHD. Let me see what all the legalization includes.

[Airzone]

Yeah. That import site says they don't do RHD -> LHD conversions... You need to go to another place for that.

What does an aussie compliance include?

- Child restraints

- New filters / fluids

- New tyres

- Brake pad check and replace if necessary

- New Seatbelts

- The compliance plate

Anything else?

Given that tyres aren't included in the cost, I can't see why this costs so much. I imagine it would be fairly similar in the US, with maybe a MPH speedo conversion (even though my first car here had a MPH readout instead of KPH).

[Guest Chris Rodriguez]

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/...15&pagenumber=2

They argue it out here. Heard there are a lot of bumper safety requirements plus the emissions test. Supposedly it's one of the only vehicles you don't have to convert to RHD. It would be weird shifting with my left hand, but oh I'm sure I could handle it.

[funkymonkey]

getting back on topic... I'm sorry to offend you Chris, but that product is just as good as the cyclonic fan that you chuck in your CAI pipe. lol its more of a hinderance than a benefit.

The dyno graphs you've got show a 3kw increase across the board. I know you guys don't claim any power increase, but theoretically speaking a responsiveness increase means a linear variation in the torque AND/OR the power curves. On your dyno chart both curves are exactly the same, one is simply higher than the other by a constant value... This means that your product hasn't increased responsiveness, its simply added 3 kw of power across the board, and likewise for torque.

Changing your oil regularly can do this. Why would any sane person want to spend US$300 (that's AU$600 lol I can turbo my car for that with a cheap ceramic turbo and a secondhand manifold and get maybe 10-20kw on an exponential rate) on the product when you can get a fuel regulator for much less which does a much better job of the same thing.

[Guest Chris Rodriguez]

A lot of cars would have to have custom manfolds made for their car. This is just not an option for everyone. I don't know when the new dyno graphs will come in. There have been a lot of different problems in different areas. One test that we just did is an airflow graph. Check that out...

[red900ss]

Originally posted by SW20-GT

No offence Christian but I really can't see you in an Impala....... just doesn't work.... hahaha

One word Tosh...Headroom :uh-huh: oh wait two words...Legroom too!

[red900ss]

funkymonkey, don't forget that US$300 to them is like AU$300 to us. So if you want a bit of extra performance it not that much.

[funkymonkey]

an HKS cold air kit (larger diameter steel mandrel bent piping, clamps and filters) for a typical car is US$170. The increase in airflow one of these would offer i reckon would be higher. Also just out of curiosity, why does it cost US$300 when the manufacturer sells em for US$139

[Guest Chris Rodriguez]

"why does it cost US$300 when the manufacturer sells em for US$139" The manufacturer is Lee Walker. He sells them for $350. I don't know where $300 came up. Anyways the flow of this is upwards of 800 CFM. The chart is on the website now. It compares the flow at certain voltages. To find out how much a car requires use this formula as stated earlier (RPMs x engine displacement in cu. in)/3456. For reference at 6500 RPMs a 4.6 L motor requires about 522 CFM.

[funkymonkey]

I assumed the manufacturer was the korean company that is linked to on the website asking $139 for the base model of the Turbo Zet

[funkymonkey]

oh sorry thought you represented the turbo zet... my apologies...

[Guest Chris Rodriguez]

Apologies accepted :-).

[dan_the_man]

We're all friends here....

[rb25]

I'm going to remove the motor from my scooter and put honda V-twin off our whacker-packer on in. Then swing one of these bad babies off each side and screw boost up to 2psi with a powerfc with boost controller. Might have to mod the exhaust and re-jet teh carby tho' Should be fully sic bro!!

I'm just bullshittin ya's!

[s15silvia]

I want some for my lawnmower

[Nismodified]

any benefit in using one of these fans and directing the airflow at say an oil cooler, even a small stock intercooler?

[Bigvis.]

i put a Peter Brock Polarizor into my car the other day...no noticable power increase.