Originally Posted by Mr Meaty

Do you think that works? And do you think either the Turbonator or the MaxPower could be harmfull?

Originally Posted by KingLou

As someone who experimented with an identical product years ago........I can say this: I did feel a difference after install. At high speed, when the air was really moving into the engine, I felt a more consistent and stronger acceleration.

Was it worth it? No!

Why? Aside from the fact that it was not a hugely noticeable difference........IT ALMOST F*CKING KILLED ME.

These things are snipped and bent into shape out of flimsy metal.

I was driving down the road one day when my car started to accelerate out of control as if I had the gas pedal floored. It would continue doing this even with my foot completely off the gas pedal.....NOT GOOD. It decided to do this as I was approaching a part of the road that curves nearly 90 degrees........EVEN WORSE. As I was approaching this turn..........my car was approaching 90 miles per hour. This car was a 1987 240 Volvo. Not a high performance handling machine.........though if I did crash, at least I was riding in a tank. To decrease my speed in order to take the turn I had to shift into neutral......allowing my engine to rev out of control and probably close to destruction. I was able to slow down and take the turn. However, this street not only curved, it was also uphill. So, once around the turn, I had to shift back into drive to get up the hill to a safe stopping point. I threw it back into drive, which sounded really bad on the tranny and probably was. Again, the car was accelerating out of my control.......so once I got far enough up the hill to a point where I could pull into a parking lot of some sort, I turned the car off.......and coasted into a parking lot with my power steering and brakes disabled now cause my car was turned off.

Now safely stopped in the parking lot, I took a few moments to make sure I was actually still alive and then thank God and my lucky stars for that fact. Then it was time to figure out what the hell just happened. So, I got out of the car, popped the hood, looked around, and started scratching my head. I spent a few minutes head scratching, and feeling completely stumped, when all of a sudden a light went on in my head. I thought to myself "Oh geeze.........you gotta be sh*tting me." I pulled a screw driver out of my car, and disconnected my intake tube from my throttle body. I reached my fingers into the throttle body, and sure enough the throttle plate was wedged open (hence the out of control acceleration). Wedging it open was a piece of metal. I pulled the piece of metal out, and it was one of the blades of this POS wannabe power increasing modification.

THAT DAMN THING FELL APART INSIDE MY ENGINE.......AND COULD HAVE KILLED ME AND OTHERS IN THE PROCESS. The slight power increase that I thought I felt was NOT WORTH the risk that it created.

DON'T BUY THIS PRODUCT. REAL power increases are gonna cost you money........just get used to it. If you want any significant power increase, the least expensive option will be a well designed and installed nitrous set up.

KiL