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Originally Posted by claymore
It's been done. This long post is from OZHonda.com. The member tested before and after and things were NO BETTER with one. It's a long read but worth reading if you are thinking about getting one. Ozhonda
And that's a GOOD FIND by Misha great article by independent testers, and again NO Benefit. |
I haven't read the OzHonda post b/c they want me to register using my ISP email, which I won't do, but I'd be careful about saying that the TPR article shows no benefits, because it doesn't -- it doesn't say one way or another actually. And if you look at the dyno charts, the ones for the Del Sol show consistent gains from all the products tested on it(although the Miata's seem to show no change or some losses, so I think it really depends on your car as to whether there's a benefit or not). From the charts it seems that the voltage stabilizers show the most noticeable change, whereas the ground wires are less so, and more in the low-mid range when they do have a gain. How accurate their results are is anyone's guess as they don't say if the cars are modded, stock, or what.
For my part, I do think there are some benefits received by using a stabilizer, though I think they are subtle and not really noticed by the majority of people. As mentioned earlier, that's probably why car companies don't seem to bother to put something like this on their cars usually -- why bother with the expense if your average punter doesn't care?
In my case, I just put a T1R Ignition Booster on my ride a few days ago and initially I didn't really notice much of anything, so I figured maybe it's a bust mod-wise. But then I noticed yesterday that my engine was idling a whole lot smoother than it did prior to having the booster -- originally it was rougher after putting my muffler on a while back, but now it's rock-solid. There also seems to be more snap to the engine around 3500-4000 rpm and above, and it doesn't seem quite so boggy on hills, but I haven't decided yet if that's a real gain or maybe just in my head, I'll have to drive it more. No idea on the mileage yet as still on the first tank that it was installed on. Overall I'd say I'm still up in the air about it as a mod, but the idling claims do seem to hold true in my case at least I feel.