Les1971 Neutral Newbie February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 I have came across this Surbo Turbo...just wondering if you folk can give me any advise on this product. web link : http://www.surbo.net/ ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunray Neutral Newbie February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 Heard it's good for old cars without ECU. It works well with MT based on hear say. What's your ride? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1971 Neutral Newbie February 18, 2006 Author Share February 18, 2006 have not fix it yet....need advise from other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrliew Neutral Newbie February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 Do a search in this forum, there is quite a lot of discussion on this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mits_jc 5th Gear February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 surebo.. sure boh?????? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King 1st Gear February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 soud beri snakely.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yc86 Clutched February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 (edited) edit: the surbo is not a powered thing right? it's like a one way fan that spins as the suction draws the air in.. when the throttle is suddenly let go, the fan is stil spinning and thus continues to 'compress' the air inside. then u open full throttle to 'activate' it, and this surge of air goes into the intake directly, giving a temporary 'boost' in power but i'd say it won't work... how much air can a fan, driven by inertia compress? either it is very heavy and has lots of momentum to compress more air, but this restricts the air flowing in the first place... or it is too light, even more useless what boost gauge installed... that 'boost' gauge is not even reading positive pressure in the diagram use vacuum gauge enough already lah Edited February 18, 2006 by Yc86 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spade Neutral Newbie February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 (edited) surbo is not a fan, I've seen it before just before thinking about buying and it looks very much like the piece of metal cyclone... I seriously dunno how a piece of metal that impedes even more air into the intake can help. I was rejected as a customer because I had upgraded my rims... Edited February 18, 2006 by Spade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yc86 Clutched February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 yah, it has a moving fan inside the cyclone shaped thingy right? if its just a cyclone with fixed vanes inside, even more what spin the air nonsense.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hattee Neutral Newbie February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 Perhaps there are several ways of explaining cyclone and surbo effect. If I still remembered what taught in school, air pressure falls as air velocity increases. Seems to me the swirling extended the distance to be travelled by air. For the same induction flow rate (travelling time), air velocity will have to rise inside the duct. Results is effective fall in pressure which can be translated as better suction that supposedly draws in more air. It probably benefits most during cruise having slightly more air drawn, hence improving FC. But downside is the transcient for the swirling to build up. Previous style of throttling will feel lost in pickup. Most people will have to throttle alittle harder. City driving often suffers and FC might actually worsen. The self-induced vacuum by sudden disruption of swirling might able to momentary produce sudden accceleration in certain cars. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vblaster_w211 2nd Gear February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 Let's just say it's likely to be so mild in effect, it's not likely to be shown on a dyno. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hattee Neutral Newbie February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 That depends. I have seen a Surbo-powered Proton humbled a Civic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vblaster_w211 2nd Gear February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 Normal 1.6L SOHC Civic? Or some other config? No big deal unless more details are shown, including other enhancements and drivers even. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hattee Neutral Newbie February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 In M'sia, it's once a popular gadgets protons go for to bit some Jap cars. Maybe you are right, they also have undisclosed recipe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vblaster_w211 2nd Gear February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 Yeah, could be. Oh well, that's why I trust only one thing for any performance enhancement product: full fact sheet with dyno chart. You'll be surprised how reluctant many of such product makers are to provide something as simple as that. That's why reputed tuners, especially those for Conti's, would not hesitate to publish their dyno tunes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbonetics 2nd Gear February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 I have came across this Surbo Turbo...just wondering if you folk can give me any advise on this product. web link : http://www.surbo.net/ surbo is surbo... turbo is turbo... surbo is not turbo... turbo is not surbo.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbonetics 2nd Gear February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 edit:the surbo is not a powered thing right? it's like a one way fan that spins as the suction draws the air in.. when the throttle is suddenly let go, the fan is stil spinning and thus continues to 'compress' the air inside. then u open full throttle to 'activate' it, and this surge of air goes into the intake directly, giving a temporary 'boost' in power but i'd say it won't work... how much air can a fan, driven by inertia compress? either it is very heavy and has lots of momentum to compress more air, but this restricts the air flowing in the first place... or it is too light, even more useless what boost gauge installed... that 'boost' gauge is not even reading positive pressure in the diagram use vacuum gauge enough already lah turbo is snail... surbo is fan... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbonetics 2nd Gear February 18, 2006 Share February 18, 2006 yah, it has a moving fan inside the cyclone shaped thingy right?if its just a cyclone with fixed vanes inside, even more what spin the air nonsense.. it got those fins that looks like a fan... but i think it wun turn one.... the shape to to make the air that goes in "turn"... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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