£5 power booster - must be rubbish!

[N&L]

Has anyone ever heard of this:

http://www.speedydelivery.co.uk/car-tuning-power/tvr-griffith.shtml

It has all the makings of a con, but at £5 its tempting (of course, that's the beauty of a con). Note that the website, which seems to specialise in liquidated stock, has a similar page for just about every car ever made - its not just aimed at the Griffith.

[seasider]

I want the adjustable one...

[N&L]

Yes - the adjustable one looks a winner. Perhaps they do a special version that goes up to number 11 ! (For Spinal Tap fans).

[Podie]

Yes, and how we laughed...

[gingerprince]

I was going to get NOS for my Griff but opted for this instead. Best move I ever made in my opinion. Shaved 2 (yes TWO) seconds off my 1/4 mile at Santa Pod last time!!!!

[GreenV8S]

Yes, they're excellent. Huge power increase, double your economy and your engine will never need servicing again. Makes you wonder why the manufacturers don't fit them as standard?

[N&L]

Just as I thought! For something so revolutionary it makes you wonder why the company that made them went into liquidation in the first place.

[griffter]

"Our Power Mod fools your cars computer into thinking that your carss engine is sucking in air at a lower temperature, hence the timing is advanced."

Mighty clever on a car with mechanical ignition timing - independent of the ecu. And my Griff doesn't have a carss engine, it's got a V8.

[gingerprince]

griffter said:

And my Griff doesn't have a carss engine, it's got a V8.

Well to be fair, if it had a "Carrs"...

http://huddersfieldtown.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=910&stid=8314265&p=2

...it'd be dead slow anyway

[shadowninja]

Be interesting to run it past trading standards and let them do an investigation. There was some other company claiming similar things and got slaughtered by their local trading standards.

[shadowfax]

£29.95 for a copy of a Fender Strat volume control? I I couldn't be carssd