Engine Voltage Stabilizer??

Voltage Stabilizer??

Has anyone ever heard of this? And does it work??
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...7943206275&rd=1
Does it work like a capacitor on a high-powered sound system and basically maintain the voltage??

your car comes with a voltage regulator built in.

it's a gimmick

whats the smell. i recogonize that from somewhere....maybe BULLSHIT. that thing wont do anything. first of all just take a look at that GRAND installation in the picture. it sits on top of something! haha. also look @ the copyright logo in the big picture of it...it says k2 motor copyright @ 2003...it uses @ instead of the circled c. it wont increase fuel economy. it wont increase torque...."THIS VOLTAGE STABILIZER WITH ITS CIRCUIT CAN ASSURE FULL RANGE RPM TORQUE" can you please be any more vague?! dont waste ur money.

Looks like a EMI/RFI Noise Filter. Not sure, since there are no specs for the device. For all we can tell - could just be an empty box. Could give you cleaner power - but that won't work out to any additional power. CivicEater is right - the OEM voltage regulator is all you need.

that won't work. you're best bet would be those hyperground systems that run about 100 bucks

I saw people posting somewhere about voltage stabilizers and were dyno-proven and that they gained 3 whp. I'll try to find a link to that.

hm... it seems like whenever someone sells something on ebay and in the description there is a list of beneficial effects, it's b/s.
Like if you don't know anything about the product, you shouldn't be buying it anyway. This is why instead of a description they give you an education.

Wasn't someone trying to do a group buy on something similar?
AEM something...

um, or $20 of 4 gauge wire and some connectors.....

http://vvti.net/forums/showthread.p...76&page=1&pp=25
http://www.sunautomobile.com/pro_hypervoltage.htm

yeah Sun, not AEM.

Doesn't look like the 10 people in the group buy had any problems spending $100+ on this.

Hm... I don't know much about it.
Are the claims made on the website B.S. then?

Yeah. I've noticed my lights dim a bit when idling, sometimes when shifting gears, bass hits. Is there any way to correct that?

yeah, a capacitor and an extra battery in the trunk, and a larger higher output alternator.

Todays vehicles come from some of the best Triode voltage regulators you can buy, and they're not cheap either. Just take a volt meter and see how much the voltage drops under load. My guess is it won't fluctuate any more than .2 volts, which won't affect anything in a bad way. With today's cars having such complex computer control which relies on clean and steady voltage and the measurement of voltages of various components, it is highly unlikely that any aftermarket product will be of any value.

I can understand the benefit of a capacitor for car audio, but that's a whole other beast all together.

actually most electronics have a maximum and a minimum allowance of voltage..... which usually has a decent range..... so, say, your alternator starts to die, you won't actually kill your other electronics

the voltage regulators in newer cars are pretty much all built into the alternators, and depends on the company of quality of parts in them...... when a car is idling, it can easily lose .2 volts in the system from just the headlights turning on (including new cars).... i test them all the time

in my ae92 when i had a large stereo, getting a deep cycle battery (i have an optima redtop) that has a higher capacity can help to an extent

Hm... sounds like the first thing I would do.
I would rather start out there and see how it is...