Electric superchargers, do they work?

[merc-blue]

G'day guys
recently i have noticed more and more eletric superchargers comming on the market
such as these http://www.force-flow.com/
they recon a 4-8% power increase
do people actually recon these work/are worth the money or are they are gimick?

personaly i recon there well overpriced for the power they gain

[kingmick]

not worth the money!

[whatthe?]

Search and the truth shall set you free! This has been covered here over and over again.

And no, they dont work. You'd be lucky to get a 1% gain IF it didnt actually lose you power by causing a restriction

[merc-blue]

ok so its not just me thinking there crap, its sad to see what the "fast and furious generation" has done to the image of car enthusist.

heres a quote from a website on one guys experiences
Review:

Just want to say a big thank you to XXXX (not gonna put the brand names up as purchased the Generation 2 supercharger a few weeks ago and works like a charm could not believe the performance gain on my Honda civic 1.4i 16v (00) as if u own one u know its pretty laggy at the bottom end, but with this little puppy installed the pick up is superiorly increased… As in the cold I loose all front traction when I put my foot to the floor ( installed via a nos activation switch which activates at full throttle ).

I was very amazed at the knowledge and understanding these guys have as they’ve tinkered and tried everything imaginable and could answer anything u throw at them. All I will say as if u want a huge gain for little money then purchase one of these.
Kind Regards

Lee,

that in its own has destroyed what little reputation eletric superchargers had in my mind

[Bahnugget]

nah.. not just you... its right up there with people thinking that a cannon, pod filter and a cold air pipe will double the power of their 1.4L V-TEC yo civics...

its not happening.

[thechuckster]

i'm building a bridge between tasmania and victoria - if you drive on it, you car will magically gain 42Kw....