We Installed a Wish.com Supercharger on Our Car
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You asked for it. The $192 supercharger we got from wish.com is officially going on our thirsty VW, Leonardo the Cabrio. With the help of Ethan and Edwin from Grind Hard Plumbing Co, will our little 2.0L euro beater become a high whining dodge demon clone? Or will it become just another car sitting in our parking lot that doesnt run? See if our Volkswagen makes more horsepower than stock, or less, or none at all.
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Best car youtuber colab since MCM met up with Roadkill! This was so fun, thank you both!
@@veto8792 I think Ted Nugent would side on James constitutional right to free speech- maybe even applaud him for it. Being a Nugent fan one would think you’d also applaud James’ exercise of his rights.
Plus he’s not wrong, could’ve said much worse and still not be wrong lol.
@@veto8792 do you think he should have talked about how he's a pedophile or a chicken hawk draft dodger instead?
We need a giggle counter for james
So is it scam or jam James?
Rolling out on the street at 10MPH sounding like and F1 car going 160MPH was the funniest thing I've seen in a while haha.
These collabs are freackin amazing they need to do more because we like it and we need more of this stupidity..
There are plenty to good youtobers choose from : Rich-rebuilds, Samcrac, Tavarish, etc..
Ikr it was so ridicolous lol
THEY SEE ME ROLLIN, THEY HATIN
i was waiting for it to blow lmao
*an
Had so much fun building this with you guys! What should we do together next?
Go-Karts!
so cool seeing you featured! been following your fun barbie builds since 2018
I think a nitrous pit-bike build off would be hilarious!
Solve world hunger!
no?
Alright build something or whatever
i would love to see a yamaha waverunner 4cyl in a miata sized car
The equivalent of putting a Soda can wedged into your bike tire at 10 years old
Clac clac clac clac clac
i know this is random but i once tried that with a flip flop in my front tire, it braked instantly and i pivoted over that damn wheel
@@chucksneed1264 we call that Taco Tuesday ?
@@mikeandema6925 yall eat tacos and faceplant off your bike every week on Tuesday?
soda can? you do that with a playing card
5:10 Give the editor a raise for matching the recorded sound with the background sound. Love that shit
Totally didn't notice that the first time through. Good ear!
Can't belive this small charger almost doubles your power(after being removed)
Lmfao
thanks for that disclaimer...lol
Uhh? they are shipped without oil !!! Was that gear whine I was hearing??Fun vid!
@@charlesfriend9557 yeah sounds like they installed it backwards too, would like to see if the job was just ruined by incompetence 🤣🤣🤣🤣😉👌 no harm in admitting y’all messed up guys gotta lose the pride 🤣👏
😂😂👀
I love how Nolan's sarcastic guess was surprisingly accurate lol
I thought he meant it would add 50hp.
Pretty sure he knew it was hamstringed and the guess was legit.
I don’t think he was being sarcastic hahahha
That was deadass the best part, like bro was actually right 😭
@@sienile When someone said it just briefly made 1Psi of boost, guessing they had maybe a digital guage from an ECU or something... if it's not running pressure, it's probably restricting the intake like hell.
I think being sat in that car, you would feel how bad it was pulling away no matter what the sound was like lol.
Reminds me of those whistle exhausts that were a thing for some reason lol
"Its amazing how quieter it got"
Thats what we call self clearancing boys. Design tolerance by feel.
Ethan when he saw that it made 46hp laughed but then went to thinking mode wondering why it didn't work. I'm sure he could figure it out with more time. Hell he hit 15psi on his barbie jeep with it. That dude could seriously make a potato into a super charger he's a wizard.
At first I thought, wow, that's actually surprisingly great, for a supercharger from Wish, +46 horsepower. Then realised that was the total... So funny
I only got it after reading your comment.
Bro same 😂
Supercharger*
@@redfishbluefish67 I forgot to read, I could have sworn from memory it was a turbocharger that they bought from Wish. Must be a false memory, cheers.
Lol -46hp
It's impressive how that supercharger manages to halve the power of the car and reduce efficiency simultaneously
The F1 sound though 🤣
Sounded like a F1 V10 engine tho
Haha yeah you guys are right, probably worth it just to terrify the neighbors with that epic supercharger sound 🤣
Are you guys pinheads? It sounds like a bootle stuck on your bike tires.... Surely slower sounds better lol
Sounds like my v13 porch truck
I'd like to see how this supercharger works on a 3-cylinder, 1L Geo Metro engine.
You really want that supercharger I’ve seen you twice
What a legend
A slightly modified geo metro
@@obeseperson it would be really cool to see🤣
Might actually do somthing
Okay this guys love it. He's so passionate about this and you don't see it everyday. Can we get a bump on this we I need to see this done asap
Boosted boys did that and it’s still on CZcams! The three cylinder carbureted geo. But I think it was stock ecu and stuff. They tried to do it absolutely dirt cheap
The amr500 was originally designed for a British car like a mini or something like that. However, it's currently usually used on old-school air-cooled VW bugs and buses with alot of success.
FINALLY!!! I am surprised it managed to kill that much power 😂😂
Lmao no spoilers but I totally didn’t think about it just being friction
A youtuber "JoniK" actually has had this supercharger (or something similar. It was "Aisin AMR500" too so i think it's pretty much the same) in his fiat punto. It worked pretty well to be honest.
If you dont add fuel to the right amount in a tune then computer could run too lean or too rich both could hurt motor and hp
wasn't tuned at all for positive pressure. Probably had all sorts of vacuum and boost leaks. Clearly wasn't oiled properly at all... not to mention this style of blower is used for moving large volumes of air to cool down industrial equipment. They are supposed to be driven by a large electric motor.
@@Darctan1 Aisin is genuine Toyota parts, so that's a lot better stuff
Part of me wants it to be on backwards so when turned round it does actually make some power! Why not (even if it's not right) turn it around & see how it goes?😁👍🏻
I agree with this
That's what I was thinking. The fact it was barely producing boost makes me wonder
Yeah, flip it around and I bet it will work.
As loud as that is, it has gotta be on backwards somehow. Maybe, flip the engine 180 degrees? :D
that what I think
If it was backwards, it would literally be sucking air out of the engine, and it wouldn't run.
I owned a 96 Cabrio back in the early 00's ,loved that little thing . My friends called it the roller skate ,it made tons of road trips on pennies in gas . It was many things , but fast was not one
Did the same thing with my mk3 Golf. Started with a genuine AMR500, but it actually restricts flow and lost power. It will not flow enough to feed the 2lt motor.
Went with the SC14 and it made a hell of a lot of difference. Boost came on strong. Fitted a switch to the throttle body so the SC was off during idle.
I don’t think I’ve ever clicked on a video so fast- I’ve been HYPED for this vid ever since we saw the supercharger
Same here bro lmao
Same lmao
Same here - I’ve been waiting and it feels like its been forever!
Same
Can't believe they actually did it, but so glad they did! 😂
Man it sounds like that supercharger has an incredible amount of friction, the impellers are going to weld themselves together.
same thing i was thinking
I'm just imagining a bunch of metal dust blowing into that poor engine
Yeah, I there is something not right. Either hey have it going the wrong direction or it need oil put in it. They cant ship any engines from China with oil in them, so probably the same for this. It's not a complicated device and for any engine factory to produce, and there a hell of a lot of engine manufacturing in China. I have seen issues with their stuff for using crap materials as well.
@@markusgarvey Chinesium the weakest metal known to man
Lol, as soon as it started I thought to myself "that is the sound of pure pot metal on pot metal friction". Between the noise, the way it would die when you clutch in, and the fact it robbed about half of the power...but, I'd like to think that the boys checked before hand
I already knew it will take down HP, cus after installation, your Golf started to smoke badly, means not enough air in fire chamber, and probably those "grinding wheels/gears'' took some power too. That charger could work, but for some miniature engine like 0.8L, 1.0L not bigger
exactly, when they were driving i saw some blue smoke...
Guys. Honestly. I found this video today, whilst in work and cried with laughter!!
We love your dry humour here in England - keep it up!!
“I don’t think we’ve ever built a car that’s run optimally” 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
That should be the book title 🤣
Man, that supercharger sounded like it needed some oil or something. Would explain it getting quieter over time, as the insides started to grind down. Would also explain the loss of hp as the engine is working to grind that metal down. Would like to see the insides of it!
Exactly!!! my first thought that they haven't oiled it!
Well, the guys installing it were called “Grind hard” what’s you expect? 🤣
You can see Ethan oil it in grind hards video!
I'm pretty sure there are sparks coming out of the exhaust at around 9:08 from the metal grinding down in it LOL
@@DoubleSmackJacksSmackAttack it's always done that.
It was at @8:26 I realized my phone had two speakers and I couldn’t cover them both properly.
like other comments have said, they didn't take a lot of things into consideration, this needs another go around. it killing half your stock hp should be a sign they fucked up.
The amr500 super charger is what is used in classic beetles. Apart from questionable quality this should be useable for that.
they are designed for a 900cc motor not a 2L
@@desertsasquatchxploration1568 they didnt give it a tune so its just working harder to compress more air (both in the supercharger and the compression stroke) with no more fuel - hence much less power.
There is something wrong with the installation, that's why it didn't work, you are right we also tested it on an aircooled vw and it worked well
@@mycosys explain how changing fueling and ignition is going to over come a lack of air flow coming out of that charger.
@@bowez9 it's not a lack of airflow, its excessive airflow for the a/f ratio
The supercharger needs a smaller pulley to keep up with the airflow a 2l engine needs. It didn’t build any boost because the engine was using more than the supercharger produced
It's meshing... Not boosting
I don't even think it could make boost. Totally defective.
@@renzokata it makes no boost... All that noise you hear is meshing.. this creates HUGE friction.. with friction you lose power.. that's why it kept shutting off... Don't consider this.. you giving your money away
@@tommiraeko8541So you need a pulley from Vortech for the China-made supercharger to work
tbh i think if you put a smaller pulley on it to make it spin faster it would most likely fly apart the moment it goes up to speed
How can you not laugh when he pulls the curtain off the whiteboard 🤣
OMG I WATCH GRIND HARD PLUMBING CO ALL THE TIME AND I LOVE THEIR CHANNEL!!
When your blower obstructs airflow..lol
Would love to see a scope/attempted tune, if it's even possible.
First reply to a verified person lmao also xavier?!?!?!?!?!
nice pfp
It's possible to get this AMR500 going pretty well actually. I run the same on my MK5 Jetta, built it just for fun but it actually holds up great. Started with 100HP and after I installed it took me to 160HP. I got it with oil though, this whining isn't how mine sounds.
It would have to have the computer reprogrammed. More air also means more fuel.
but who asked
7:26 love how happy you are during this crossover
This is the hardest I’ve ever laughed while taking a sh**
Bro im on the crapper rn and man this comment hit
Squad
I have a true amr500 on my vw bug and it added about 30hp to the stock 60hp. The wish ones are knockoffs and the lobes delaminate. They are internally oiled and usually shipped empty. Also on a fuel injected car, you need a bypass valve between the supercharger and throttle body.
Explains the horrific noise it made
I feel like these guys would add supercharger oil and not install it empty but never know
@@tjcochran4641 no way they put oil on it. That sounded exactly like a drill press drilling through a block of aluminum with no lubrication. They probably lost all that power because the internals of the supercharger were shredded and blocked the airflow. We'll never know for sure though I guess.
@@engineerisengihere44 sounds like we need a round 2 with a new amr500
@@engineerisengihere44 that would make sense on why it “got so much quieter”
Haha love this! So i’m going to share the secrets of the amr500. You must run a recirculate valve before TB for this to work. Right now amr500 is controlling 100% of measured air flow at idle. vacuum will hold it open at idle and allow pressure to relieve, once you leave vacuum it will close and allow boost. They can’t/won’t work otherwise unless you mount the TB before the amr500 👊
I also didn't see them put oil in, I'm sure it came dry. Sounded like it was so loud because it didn't have any oil. I could also be 100% wrong lol
@@xVern They put gear oil in it in the GHPC video.
@@xVern Mine had oil and it was just as loud. It was near deafening which is why I had to switch over to turbskis instead
@@DirtGearTv did you make a video on it if so link the video
@@Cherokee93 Ya, i’m a motorsports channel. I don’t want to be that guy who posts a link in comments but ran an amr500 in summer of 20’ if you want to check my library
thanks for this group up, because i very much like their videos ^^
Whoever dose there animations needs a award I swear it makes the videos 10x better
From fine-crafted German engineering to a Stihl Chainsaw. Awesome.
They need to supercharge a chainsaw with it.
@@turrboenvy4612 these video ideas are like a deep rabbit hole and i respect and commend Donut for Making videos purely in response to us.
Here's this comment exactly #3. Bots woke up early today
Fine crafted?
To be fair a Stihl chainsaw is also fine German engineering
It's not the supercharger's fault, you were spinning it too slow. Amr500 makes 500cc of air every revolution but the 2.0 engine takes 1000cc of air every revolution so to even keep up, the supercharger needs to spin twice as much as the engine. To make some boost it has to spin even faster. Try smaller pulley
have you seen the pulley they put on? they took it off a generator. off the top of my head i'd estimate the crank pulley to be easily 2,5* the size. of course you're not wrong, i just think the problem is the stock fuel delivery system and the completely nonexistent optimization that's to blame here
Did you sell them the supercharger, Jan?
It will fk up the bearings and melt them through the housing 😅
@@Mike-ry4ti probably 😂😂 this supercharger is basically too small for 2.0
all im hearing is they need one supercharger per cylinder
7:52 "I love this car. Its my favourite car in the place"
*looks back at the 350z 🤣
i'm not surprised it took such a huge hit. the amount of power required to turn that dang tiny super was probably insane. i know people who have installed "proper" sized universal super kits, and lost 5 to 10 hp even with 5 pounds of boost or more. its a balance of shaft diameters and friction!
I want to see a follow up video with a scientific breakdown why the supercharger sucked half the life out of the cars power.
Might not have had the right pulley ratio, and also sounded like it was not lubricated whatsoever
because it's junk
tldr it fucked up the air fuel ratio.
Simple, it wasnt spinning fast enough, need a different sized pulley so it’s spinning atleast double the speed it already was, also it was cheap shit😂
It's designed for a tiny gokart engine with like 0.6L of airflow. It couldn't supply enough air to the engine and was actually restricting airflow rather than forcing induction.
OMG I LAUGHED SO HARD when you guys brought it on the road. Donut really listens to the comments, LEGEND!
Ahhh my two favorite channels have come together I'm from Idaho I live fairly close to where grind hard is and love their content as well and donut medias
Donut media is one of the few channels I'll actually watch the videos till the video stops...and I'm glad I do
@8:32 The faces say it all, no one was enjoying that sound lmao in any capacity at all lmao
Seeing that white Cabrio makes me miss my black mk3.5 Cabrio I had. Was bone stock but I had a blast in that lil 5speed convertible.
In a grand Prix GTP now with the m90 supercharger, love it
Btw, I've been subscribed to grind hards channel for a while now too lol love their builds!
Can’t believe I’m just now seeing this collab! So rad to see Donut and Grind Hard making content together!
Oh no baby. 💀💀💀 I was hoping to see an increase! Was still not disappointed. -Edgar
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This one will. But, it's in a Malay because they put it in a national car.
11:48 the disappointment on his face😂 he put so much effort into it.
Thanks guys that was a great vid, please make more
There are TWO versions of this supercharger. The original Aisin AMR-500’s work very well and operate with almost no friction.
This is the Chinese copy, I’ve had several seize after only minutes of use. The belts also slip like crazy on the Chinese copy costing boost.
8:53 Ethan: "Wow, all that to hear this?"
I have a 1994 geo Tracker and this exact supercharger seems to be relatively popular within the community with people wanting to make 100 hp+
That sounds sick, I've got a '93 and there's definitely room in that engine bay for one of those. Did you remove the AC to fit it?
@@DoubleSmackJacksSmackAttack I’ve seen other people do that but I plan to install it where the charcoal canister sits so I could run a intercooler through a hood scoop
Noted.
That VW sounds like a V8 F1 car 🤣
The funny thing is a simple water to air intercooler and this would actually make power. I'll bet the intake Temps were high 280s. Overdriven superchargers need more cooling... and a bypass valve so they don't see vacuum from the engine. That's a good way to lubricate your top end with supercharger oil because the seals are designed to deal with boost not vacuum. That will help with the funky burning smell.
You guys have gotta have them back to install a bypass valve and get it tuned right! As it is that supercharger is generating tons of heat and drag on the engine because it's trying to pump the volume behind the throttle plate up to pressure! A bypass valve will allow the supercharger to free wheel when off the throttle. Replicate how centrifugal supercharger installs work.
A bypass valve allowing the supercharger to free wheel when the throttle is off... even though it never makes any significant amount of boost, and then when the throttle is on... that valve will still be flowing backwards because it pumps less air than the motor sucks at W.O.T.
Hahahaha. What the hell is a bypass valve going to help with?
@@Hezath Haha true. With the right pulley it might make some boost down low. I hear the VWs have some success with em, those motors don't breathe amazing. But yeah I'm on the same page. The same money/effort spent on a junkyard 3800 supercharger would make it an absolute tire fryer.
Well now it's obvious you have to try two superchargers and see if that makes power
Lol might bring it back up to the starting HP and be TWICE as loud!
@@battleaxe4784 win win
@@battleaxe4784 Its hard to know what effect this really had without a tune, a supercharger always robs power - you add it back with fuel allowed by the extra air. 40HP isnt really a lot of parasitic loss for a supercharger.
Can you put multiple superchargers in line on the same intake?
@@riskvlogs4795 yes
i'm not sure if it would work the same as two turbo's basically one turbo is the nose
(getting all the air in and filtering it) and the other is the mouth (which spits out all the waste bad air) idk i'm not a pro so I wouldn't know
The collab we didnt want but what we needed
I really think James could be a comic if he isn’t already. dude is just naturally funny af and I could see him putting together some good bits on stage for sure. Love the channel btw.. I hope to be a car expert some day and this channel is part of the reason why as well as my natural love for cars but my ADD self has never been able to retain much info…
Fantastic collaboration, couldn't have picked a better crew to hook this up, can you guys please get Da Caprio a real baby supercharger now though? We need to see what that is like, for science. 😂
Need one from a 3800 gen 2, and fly ghpc back out to hook it up. This Supercharger was for half the displacement, what about one for double?
@@Obsidian319 up the l67 3800 Buick from the holden commodores
@@Obsidian319 those barbie boys had no clue what they doing. wrong ratio on pulleys to start with.. if something makes a sound like that,you take it off and look inside to see whats wrong. even apple and NASA cant make every bolt perfect so how could some chinese sweatshop? that sound could have even come from the belt grinding on something or just a loose bolt in the blower lol
Cabrio. It's a play on words.
Been waiting for this. People have fitted these on Hondas but its usually fitted on classic bugs
I put an Amr 500 on a 1600cc bug and it was probably making near 60hp, a nice increase from the stock 30hp
Now how hard would it be to plumb to a Goldwing Gl1200. Stock hp is about 90.
@@craigwiess1656 you need some way of connecting it to your accessory drive, do the math for drive speed, draw carburetor through works but they don’t they don’t live long blow through is an option to but might need a intercooler the like to get hot, efi works too. I would look for a company that sells ones made for bugs because the machine them and run seals that live with blow through, honestly I would go with a cooper S supercharger they will support 200+ hp
@@turkeyboyjh1 years ago there was a supercharger kit for the 4cyl Wings. Magnuson, I think was the brand. After I get a newer Wing may play with the 1200.
You bought a noise maker. When I was a kid we clothes pinned baseball cards on the front and rear forks of our bicycles. The slapping/flapping sound against the wheel spokes was cool. It only added drag and noise....but it sound cool. You have a modern day noise maker.
When they find out it wasn't lubricated from the factory.....
Just wanted to say that James is looking really healthy and slim in this video. I'm glad you improved your life and living healthier since your medical emergency ✌&❤ James
What medical emergency
@@jgedutis heart problem
@@jgedutis he almost died from a cardiac arrest
Yeah, heart attacks seem to be good wake up calls. Glad he's doing better now
That honestly sounded like a motorcycle engine, like an early 90's motogp...doesn't sound bad, if only it actually works.
2 stroke engines.
This was so cool! I felt like that crap wasn't gonna add any HorsePower, but it was fun watching you guys install it! Great job!
Wow how i miss this collaboration 😢
@9:07 it definitely looks like sparks come out the back.
I love watching what grind hard, they have so many in the store for everyone
yes
Anyone have an English translation?
Love to see the colab with GHP . They a already legends in their own right
A Driving vacuum cleaner.
The audio to hammer tap sync at 5:11 was juicy. Sometimes its the little things. Props to whoever noticed and threw that part in.
Now I can rest in peace. Thank you!
@@nate4222 no, thank you!
Nolan: “Watch it be like 50HP, haha”
Leonardo DeCabrio: *Hold my Intake*
My buddy had a VR-6 Corrado with an 18 lbs boost charger on it. That thing was really fast. We raced one of those high end Corvettes once and smoked the guy. I was in passenger seat wearing a 5 point harness. Pretty crazy . Car pushed your face back when you really got moving.
To meet you guys and check out shop is literally only reason I would ever go to LA. Congrats your officially a tourist attraction 😆🤣
9:39 300zx on the street
11:36 it added 46.36 Horsepower Nice
i love the horsepower reveal at the end, that was the best part next to the noise!
My first car was a 2001 VW Cabrio. Red, top was in perfect condition. Went up and down great. Was $500.
It didn't shift past 2nd gear for a few weeks, until I just gunned it one day and it magically remembered it had more than 2 gears, and it worked great after that.
Struts were bad, so it started to shake at 35 mph, at 45 it would even back out. Highway speeds were too scary so I didnt drive them LOL
Got me to school and back
Got $350 back for it. Almost wish I didn't sell it.
Been waiting so long and hoping you would put the supercharger in. I love to see people making fun stuff out of underpowered things.
12:18 "They're gone James"
😂😂😂😂
It's intake and outlet ports are backwards , belt rotations correct I'm pretty sure. The amr 500 outlet usually has a dish, or notch on the outlet port. So what you got is a suckered charger lol😅
You guys do such a great job with the ads that I don't have to skip them; it's part of content.
There was ads?
I’ve never been this hyped for a donut vid for a while. Within the first 5 seconds, I saw the biggest mash up of CZcamsrs ever, and a supercharger! Heck yeah!
Have used one of these ebay/wish things, you might have it facing the wrong way. It will make around 10-12psi just fine, make sure it's oiled, have heard a lot of these come dry. You should see 30-40hp gain.
too late now buddy.
yeah it sounds kinda dry if it's sounding like a motorbike
So, I have seen some guys make power off of these. I've seen these on alot of aircooled vw stuff, and usually they're not a blow through setup, but rather a draw through setup. This essentially puts the throttle body/ carburetor before the blower. General rule of thumb, any type of roots style blower likes to be draw through, it's just a lot easier to control the idle and you don't get that crazy dying out thing that you kept experiencing. Also, that noise you're hearing, sounds like either the coating that's supposed to be on the rotors failed or they never clearanced the rotors properly. I would be kind of interested to see if set up properly what kind of power this thing would make.
I have a supercharger like that on a 592cc vintage bike. And thats about the engine size they are good for :) came in some kei cars also.
thats funny, i bought one of these AMR superchargers to put in my Starion, i got a 300 and a 500 to see what would happen. lol
FYI, you might need to add oil in the unit. just a heads up. mine came dry
if you replace the engine with a harbor freight unit it can make more power baby (than without).
No oil would explain the noise and the self clearancing effect.
You ever put it in the Starion? What year model car do you have?
@@mycosys if you watched grindhards vid the put oil in it
Curious to know if the internal screws might have been pushing air instead of pulling due to the orientation of the belt ( CW vs CCW).
Came here to say this, I thought maybe it could be spinning the wrong way.
The guy who put it together already knew which direction it was supposed to spin and oriented it in that fashion
its not directional
@@eriksimca9409 how can a blower be non-directional?
@@FZERO20 no he assumed the direction. This makes sense, the strange sound, the halving of power. It could be blowing against the engine.
I love the look of everyone's faces when the car first starts up LOL
Were going to need a part 2 where you check the direction of rotation is correct on the SC, that it has proper gear oil filled in it, the MAF is properly rerouted to the intake side of the SC, and the new ECU that didnt come in time is properly installed and everything gets tuned as well as possible.
It really and truly sounded like you hooked it up backwards. And according to your results, I would have to agree with that assessment.
Agreed, the diagram they showed was also backwards
Its not unusual for a supercharger to take 40HP to run in compression and mechanical losses. Normally you add a heap of fuel to make up for the loss so its hard to know what effect this actually had
The fact it was making literally no boost was a giveaway too. Also the fact that it died if you didn't keep the throttle open, it was causing vacuum pull on the throttle body. That's also a tiny ass supercharger, I could see maybe a 20hp drain from it but 40?. Nah. It also was smoking pretty heavy, although it kinda looked blue (which would be oil) it could have been running super rich trying to compensate for the lack of air.
It didn't had oil
@@JefeInquisidorGOW it did watch grind hards vid
The grind hard collab was an unexpected but none the less appreciated surprise
Love both channels
Needs a proper twin screw turbocharger that mounts on top of the engine to a carburetor & intercooler.. I think a 4cyl supercharged would put out great power, especially with a stick shift or cvt
One of the best videos yet!
Funny. I only found this channel a week ago so I haven't had to wait for this nearly as long as other!
Now you need to get a legit supercharger and see the real power of Decabrio
The look of concerned horror anticipation at 8:58. Poor guy worked so hard lmao
The grind hard guys are the absolute best.
By far the best video you guys have made to date. I don’t think I’ve laughed as hard as I did to any of your other videos before. Thanks! Can’t wait to see what’s next for Leo DaCabrio