Blackstone Nanoball

[Beregond]

any guy try blackstone nanoball before??

 

can give some feedback on its performance?? i read their report seem impressive, but the price is wow .

 

400 sgd needed for my car.

[Karebu]

If it's too good to be true, there's something wrong. don't be taken in by snake oil products.

 

tons of discussion on this kind of things before - fuel saving blah blah..

 

Typically such discussions come to the conclusions that:

 

1) if it works, they will sell it to big companies like toyota bmw etc etc.

 

2) 400 is alot. how much can you save? let me give you 1/4 more mileage can? how much is your petrol cost per month? 200? say you save 50 each month then. You would need EIGHT months to break even. You sure it will work for EIGHT months and more to come? a boost in 25% mileage is impossible. you should giggle if you can get 2km more per litre.

[Osiris]

Bro,

 

Look at the claims. It's all talk no supporting document/test.

 

It refer to Japanese Newspaper report. But no reference to the actual article.

It claimed to be patented but never cite patent no. so u can't verify if it's really patented.

 

It refer to 2 cars test. SX4 and Getz. I cite their e.g. 400km b4, 440km 1 week after.

I give you my real life example. 605km b4, 770km after. 27% improvement. Same route

 

What am I using? nothing, that's the school holiday effect.

Or if I choose to travel during non peak hours.

 

http://www.s-nanoball.com/images/Nanoball/...20Write-upB.pdf

 

It claims so many things. But no single independent test from reliable labs.

That's snake oil

[Kb27]

They just need to hit on a few people willing to part with $400.

That's good money.

 

You can't prove or disprove, it works or doesn't work.

 

"Nano" is the buzzword these days. Just get some stones and call them nanoballs, nanostones, whatever.

 

Package it nicely, get some "endorsements" or "testimonies" and people will buy.

 

In short, that's snake oil.

 

 

[Beregond]

after i change my rim to 18' my fc really suck, now looking at anything that can help lol ,

 

desprate man go for desprate measure =.= lol . thanks for the feedback, think i do more rescreach b4 i decided on any thing .

[Kb27]

Recently, I remove someones broquet with his permission of coz.

It was filled with petrol.

 

The reason is that broquet has a lot of fuel restriction due to its construction.

 

So it appears to the buyer that he's "saving" fuel.

 

You could have paid a 50 cent thimble to save water (by restricting flow) instead of $500 for a nice package and experience placebo effect.

http://www.pub.gov.sg/conserve/home/pages/...mesprogram.aspx

 

If you want to save on petrol, there's nothing better than your right foot and it's totally free.

[Yuan]

any guy try blackstone nanoball before??

 

can give some feedback on its performance?? i read their report seem impressive, but the price is wow .

 

400 sgd needed for my car.

 

You may have spotted some of these stuff in magazines, websites or forums. Many of them are part of some marketing gimmicks. Take it with a pinch of salt.

[Curtis]

I drive Toyota Estima, the Alternator was v.noisy, so I send to workshop for checking,

I was told that it had to replace a new one, that it'll cost me $1040.00 beside I could not bring back the old one as it have to have proper disposal, is the charge is expensive?

[Newcar]

I drive Toyota Estima, the Alternator was v.noisy, so I send to workshop for checking,

I was told that it had to replace a new one, that it'll cost me $1040.00 beside I could not bring back the old one as it have to have proper disposal, is the charge is expensive?

 

 

just sharing an alternative with you...though it seems that u post ur questin in wrong thread.

 

 

Do drop by something like De Sheng along Geylang road for repair advise...!

Probably, they will take your damaged alternater for recon and sell to next fellow if replacement is required.

 

Me got my starter motor service there ..

 

Starter_ws.doc

[Smhomie]

It depends. If you say your alternator is noisy, it could be just the bearings that need replacement. That being the case, they are trying to take the easy way out by asking you to replace the whole unit.

 

If you do have a charging problem, maybe the i/c regulator is faulty already. In this case, you will have to change the whole alternator. Reason being the i/c regulator is integrated into the alternator itself for Denso design.

 

This will be the case if your Estima is post 2004 model.

 

I had my family's camry alternator changed in KL last year and it cost approx $920 for brand new original unit.