Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:57:56 -0700
Reply-To: Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: This is BS, right?
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Looks like the blower fans that were installed in my parents house
back in the early 50s (forced hot air), before Dad re-plumbed the
place for baseboard water heat (It figures, he was the son of a steam
fitter).
Those things sat around the basement for years. Hurts like hell when
you plug one in and get your fingers a bit too close.
tim in san jose
On 9/16/07, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Currently moving around the place looking for the lost
> "Run Your Car on Water" advertisement...
> ah yes there it is ...
> hmm 12 cents for plans seems a little cheap
> i think i will up that to 10 dollars Canadian Currency only
> now how does this eBay thingy work ...
> ah yes i see...
> "Note to self use someone else's email addy to divert negative feed back..."
> ok ... click send ...
>
> On 9/16/07, Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, it is too good to be true. It is NOT a centrifugal supercharger,
> > but
> > it IS a 'squirrel cage' blower fan.
> > A centrifugal supercharger is a positive displacement (compressor) air
> > pump, while a blower fan is a not.
> > If you block or restrict the blower's exhaust side, the fan can't
> > overcome
> > the blockage and force air in, but the positive displacement supercharger
> > compresses the air, no matter what the restriction is.
> > BIG difference there..............
> >
> > Mike B.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Geza Polony" <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:38 PM
> > Subject: This is BS, right?
> >
> >
> > > Too good to be true: superchargers for the Vanagon, at a buy-it-now, low
> > > low
> > > price? Increased horsepower? Increased torque?
> > >
> > >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Volkswagen-Supercharger-Turbo-Vanagon-Touareg-Bug_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33741QQihZ014QQitemZ330166018100QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
> > >
> > > Anybody ever try one of these? They look like they're made from
> > overstock
> > > hair dryers with a piece of hose and a fake K&N filter attached, but who
> > > knows? Do they work?
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
> There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
> Picking up garbage and telling people things.
> Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
> -----------------------------------------------------------
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>
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