Re: Anybody used one of these..............

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:23:21 +1300, SNOman wrote:

> Or know of anyone who has. Just interested to know if it's as good as
> transworld makes out.
> 
> http://www.transworldmotocross.com/mx/product_reviews/article/0,13190,536735,00.html

Based on the way the iCAT site is worded I think its snake oil. I heard
the lisp of a forked tongue.

The chart claiming a longer pulse of "energy" (units not specified,
bogosity needle climbing) is a bit of a laugh. Compare the red area to the
green area. Somehow they *made* energy from red for green in their device.
Any real world device attempting to transform or shape energy will loose
some in the process. Their charts seem to show pulses after the initial
spark on a stock system and claim they are wasted.
http://www.icatusa.com/tech.htm 

Conventional wisdom on shaping a spark for igniting the mixture in an
internal combustion engine (or a welder) says a high voltage is needed to
create the arc, then current and a lesser voltage is required to maintain
it.

Mention was made of a patent but no patent number is mentioned. The text
of the patent could go a long way toward convincing me the product was not
a gimmick.

A similar classic JC Whitney snake oil gimmick was nothing but an air gap.
And yes, it improved things in some situations. But electronic ignitions
these days are delicate enough to have problems with the difference
between a resistor plug and non-resistor plug. So I'd be leery of doing
anything to alter the load impedance.

We all know how simply changing the exhaust note can fool a large number
of "professional" motor journalists into believing more HP was made.

$200? I'd be much more willing to pay that amount for a high capacity
ignition coil.