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This is kind of OT but its not for me. Its for my brothers CL and I figured you guys would know best. It s called a Hyper Voltage System. I dont know if its bull***** or not but heres the link. You think it would work and if it does would it even be worth it?
http://www.autocarparts.com/part/1182/2/
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http://www.autocarparts.com/part/1182/2/
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All vehicles have a voltage regulator which regulates the voltage from the alternator because you could have spikes and/or unstable voltage if there was no regulator. However to the best of my knowledge there is no voltage regulator (aka – stabilizer as mentioned on that site) for the battery.
The battery does not put out voltage it puts out amps and is basically only for starting the vehicle with very high amps so no need to regulate that and even if you did it would NOT increase horsepower, except maybe a bit to the starter motor but what good is that?
The only other use for the battery is to maintain some voltage to the computer when the vehicle is not running for memory like radio settings etc. The only other time the battery comes into play is if you overload your alternator, like big stereo systems, high powered spot lights etc. Usually you know when you overload your alternator because after a bit of time your driving lights will begin to dim as your battery starts to drain.
The only place I could see room for improvement for some type of quick acting regulator is after the alternator for the coil packs. The alternator supplies voltage to the coil packs to charge them and then they discharge when firing the plugs. If for some reason you had very weak voltage or a wide varying voltage supply to the coil packs you might not get enough voltage to fire the plugs as efficient and thus you would lose some horsepower.
However, coil packs are designed to produce much more voltage then needed for creating an arc on the plug gap. Don’t quote me because it has been a long time but for example a coil pack may produce somewhere in the neighborhood of 15,000 volts and it only takes around 6 – 8,000 volts to produce an arc on the plug (good clean not fouled plug). As you can see there is plenty left over and the reason for that is so you would have enough to fire a fouled plug, at least to a point.
In my opinion this looks like something marketed to the ricer crowd. I mean them people will buy wings thinking it gives them increased horsepower…
The battery does not put out voltage it puts out amps and is basically only for starting the vehicle with very high amps so no need to regulate that and even if you did it would NOT increase horsepower, except maybe a bit to the starter motor but what good is that?
The only other use for the battery is to maintain some voltage to the computer when the vehicle is not running for memory like radio settings etc. The only other time the battery comes into play is if you overload your alternator, like big stereo systems, high powered spot lights etc. Usually you know when you overload your alternator because after a bit of time your driving lights will begin to dim as your battery starts to drain.
The only place I could see room for improvement for some type of quick acting regulator is after the alternator for the coil packs. The alternator supplies voltage to the coil packs to charge them and then they discharge when firing the plugs. If for some reason you had very weak voltage or a wide varying voltage supply to the coil packs you might not get enough voltage to fire the plugs as efficient and thus you would lose some horsepower.
However, coil packs are designed to produce much more voltage then needed for creating an arc on the plug gap. Don’t quote me because it has been a long time but for example a coil pack may produce somewhere in the neighborhood of 15,000 volts and it only takes around 6 – 8,000 volts to produce an arc on the plug (good clean not fouled plug). As you can see there is plenty left over and the reason for that is so you would have enough to fire a fouled plug, at least to a point.
In my opinion this looks like something marketed to the ricer crowd. I mean them people will buy wings thinking it gives them increased horsepower…