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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 10:45 AM
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Why Does This Scare Me?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FUEL-...QQcmdZViewItem
Have a look at that, I don't know if I would want to put something like that on my mom's minivan.
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 11:00 AM
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Bizzare??? back in '99 the founder was looking for a chip for his 2001 explorer????

Sound weird to anyone else?
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 11:10 AM
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Sounds weird to me also. I've seen some of these things before, most are nothing more than a resistor. Dont know what this is though, prob the same kind of deal.

5-10mpg extra, yeah right
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 01:13 PM
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I think he mighta forgotten to put the % after 5-10. Or maybe not?
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 01:14 PM
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Yeah, check his feedback. Many people said it was just a resistor. Some people will fall for anything.

Britt

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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 02:06 PM
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27 negatives in the past month, I'd be all over that

almost feel bad for people stupid enough to buy it... almost.
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 03:08 PM
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Its scary that ppl say it actually works. Maybe they havent ever pushed their acclerator down?
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 03:26 PM
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ooohhh, 10ft lbs more torque!!! I'm getting one!!! What a maroon
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 03:52 PM
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quote from the link:
Back in 1999 the founder of our company was about to purchase a performance chip for his 2001 Ford Expedition. This particular performance chip costs over $500. He purchased the performance chip and was satisfied with the results. However, as the founder of the company being the electrical engineer that he was, he wondered, how does that performance chip actually work? So for 2 years we had a team of researchers and scientists develop a performance module for a fraction of the cost!
So this genius announces on the internet that he basically "Reverse-Engineered" someone else's product and now has his "Clone" for sale........

Whatta moron.....
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Greenhornet1986
Sounds weird to me also. I've seen some of these things before, most are nothing more than a resistor. Dont know what this is though, prob the same kind of deal.

5-10mpg extra, yeah right
HAHA, that would be about 33mpg's for some
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 04:16 PM
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I can't wait to see what the diesel versions will do.
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 04:45 PM
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looks like he's a feedback bully as well. If you left him positive, you got positive, if you left neutral, you got nothing and if you left a neg he left you a neg too, purely in retaliation. I have done a lot of business on ebay and I HATE feedback bullies and blackmailers.

What a scum and yet people still line up to buy his fake product, and are even willing to pay him $7.00 for his stamp and envelope.
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Shovelhead
So this genius announces on the internet that he basically "Reverse-Engineered" someone else's product and now has his "Clone" for sale........

Whatta moron.....
AND it took him 2 years to reverse engineer a resistor Quite the engineer.
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Old Apr 10, 2007 | 12:24 AM
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Aren't all these the same?

- Faster 0-60 MPH Times

- Reach Higher speeds quicker

- Greater Acceleration
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