This must be the worst piece of automotive tat I have ever come across!!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DUMP-VALVE-SIMULA ... dZViewItem
How to waste £149.99
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- uhn113x
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drpau wrote:Sad chavs' only need apply for that one.
WHat a total waste of dosh! [/code]
- What is 'turbo sound?
- What the hell is it?
- Dump it, while the seller is attached to it
- Does his town not warrant a capital letter?
- Why and how does he want to 'miff his neighbours'? ASBO still running?
Mike in West Yorks
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"turbo sound" is the idiot noise that some turbocharged petrol engines make when their pressure dump valve opens. There seems to be competition between these fools as to how loud they can make the whoosh noise.
This, however, is a speaker, connected to a £0.04 box of electronics, and a switch on the throttle linkage. It makes the same noise as a dump valve, and is utterly pointless.
Personally, I think it's a brilliant idea. Not because it's a good product, quite the opposite. It's brilliant because it makes money out of fools. Anyone who would waste £150 on £2 worth of electronics absolutely has to be exploited!
This, however, is a speaker, connected to a £0.04 box of electronics, and a switch on the throttle linkage. It makes the same noise as a dump valve, and is utterly pointless.
Personally, I think it's a brilliant idea. Not because it's a good product, quite the opposite. It's brilliant because it makes money out of fools. Anyone who would waste £150 on £2 worth of electronics absolutely has to be exploited!
This is not a signature.
I am the real trog.fastandfurryous wrote:"turbo sound" is the idiot noise that some turbocharged petrol engines make when their pressure dump valve opens.
I thought that noise came from a steam-operated clutch.
Not when he's in it.uhn113x wrote:Does his town not warrant a capital letter?
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- uhn113x
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I see. IMHO, revving up the engine on a 2CV with a trafficlutch and switching the ignition makes a much better noise, as does the banshee hum of a Wilson preselector gearbox idling in neutral (cf Daimler, Riley, Lanchester, BSA).fastandfurryous wrote:"turbo sound" is the idiot noise that some turbocharged petrol engines make when their pressure dump valve opens. There seems to be competition between these fools as to how loud they can make the whoosh noise.
Wonder if I could sell CDs or tapes of an RB211 spooling up for takeoff?This, however, is a speaker, connected to a £0.04 box of electronics, and a switch on the throttle linkage. It makes the same noise as a dump valve, and is utterly pointless.
I've got to agree with you on that!Personally, I think it's a brilliant idea. Not because it's a good product, quite the opposite. It's brilliant because it makes money out of fools. Anyone who would waste £150 on £2 worth of electronics absolutely has to be exploited!
Mike in West Yorks
1982 GSA Pallas
1982 Dyane
1997 ZX Dimension
1982 GSA Pallas
1982 Dyane
1997 ZX Dimension