Thanks goes out to Sr20kidD for this post of the DYI ground cable job.
"you guys can make them yourself...it will work the same.."
http://www.sr20deforum.com/showthre...&threadid=36381
I have a 30 minute drive to work at a university. At the end of the drive the radio gets filled with static, which would go away after stopping the engine. So I figured I had a good reason to try this out. I was highly skeptical (as it is my job to be a skeptic.) I just completed the last step (read the instructions, hehe) and, WOW, what a difference!
I used ordinary 3 strand household wire that was laying around the house. Just say no to overly expensive audio cables! The only question I have about the wire I used is longevity. But it was so easy that I can just replace them in two years if they corrode. I did clean with a wire brush all contacts the wire made. (And any old grounding cables that come with the car.)
I'm thinking this should be a different thread, but I do have a question for the technical/experienced folks out there.
First, yes, I've searched, and read all relevant threads. The idea of an electronic supercharger seems like a reasonably good idea. There was this "turbo zet" thing that was completely ridiculous. It amounted to a couple of computer fans--something that could never provide enough cfm and psi to even substantiate the restriction it causes. But the e-ram has a real motor in it, that draws real current. Here's the link.
http://www.electricsupercharger.com/
Yes, the website is pretty MTV. No, I don't really believe that it would provide as much as .5 psi boost above regular air pressure. But it might remove the vacuum that the engine works to provide. In one fell swoop MikeK dismissed all of these as snake oil. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this particular item.
There was a company out there providing really-truly centrifugal superchargers to auto manufacturers for testing perposes. I never heard much more than specs. And that was about 3 years ago.
Oh, yeah. Thanks to all those on sentra net for providing seemingly endless information for this lurker, 4 years running. (I know what the engine guide looked like before its last update.)