Herrod Voltage Booster

[XtRmn8]

Looking forward to your feedback old_mate. I am most interested in the SparkMax results.

[discostig]

For those too lazy to click through, here's some key posts by Herrod. I'm keen to get a ride in a car with an engine spark unit to feel this vast improvement he mentions!

All turbo cars that are tuned suffer from this problem , every turbo car that gets tuned up until now needs to lower the spark plug gap . By fitting our voltage booster std plug gaps can be used .
The difference in the way the engines runs with our booster needs to seen to be believed as the difference is very notable with smoother stronger power .
The easy way we have engineered this product with no nonsense easy fitment with absolutely no wiring to be cut and no drilling . A mounting bracket that mounts on oe studs makes it even better . The unit can be removed and put back to std in around 20 minutes .
We will have kits available to suit all models from BA onwards
We believe that this will be a must fit item to every tuned turbo and supercharged vehicle for the guys who really want there vehicle to performer properly
The guys who are using them out in the field are blown away with this product
One of the tuners tells me it is the most exiting product he has used in the last ten years .

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Originally Posted by jimt3te50

You can get them mate (products under $500) they're generic and they don't do much, that's all I'm saying...

The booster we use is made specifically for our ignition system , we use a different base voltage compared to USA vehicles ,

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Originally Posted by jimmyxr6t04

Would you expect a power increase for a standard untuned car? For example, if it pulled 330rwkw stock, could you expect a few kw increase? Or does the factory ecu pull it back and maintain standard power, just making it a smoother drive with better fuel economy?

On normal tune or a street tune you will not see any real gains on the Dyno , but yes power delivery is much smoother and you should see better fuel economy .

Thank you for your kind words
With testing that we have done I would advise fitting both units .
My guys are working hard in the background keeping up with orders for a product we have not really released .
Once fitted to your vehicle you will understand the difference in the way the engine runs . To describe it is near impossible .
We fitted a fuel max to a GS FPV 5.0 , with the great equipment we have on our mainline Dyno we can graph fuel in and fuel out pressure and fuel temp . This allows us to give state of the art reports that are fact.
One thing that we found that is being overlooked is the amount of fuel that is being returned to the tank

On a 12.4 second Dyno pull the amount of fuel that was being returned to the tank was 0 at the 6 second mark . Fuel delivery was still fine and holding pressure but dropping
We fitted the fuel max and increased fuel delivery by around 2 litres per minute and increased pressure but the most important thing was we still had close to 2 litres per minute being returned to the tank and filling the swirl pot .
The power never changed on the Dyno but on the road was a different car .
Again you had to drive it to believe the difference in the way the power felt on the road .
I must say that the fuel max will work perfectly with a std pump or our own pump that we supply . We have not set them up for external pumps
If surge tanks and different pumps are used the wiring that we supply to plug into the factory harness needs to be changed to handle the different pumps
We made the fuel max to run the intank pump and that's all
My own turbo 6 runs a spark max and fuel max .
If you have a vehicle with a std pump or upgraded intank pump the fuel max will supply all the fuel you need to make around 500 plus rear wheel killerwatts

Edited 04/12/13 05:48 PM by -SteveR-

[naldz006]

So has anyone actually used one of these whether it be herrod or KB for the spark? If so what did they find?

[FiftyOne]

Still waiting to hear a member from here say anything about it. The main thread was on another site, might be more there

[Benny]

I've fitted both the fuel and spark booster units to my car. There's not alot that can be said about the fuel unit as it simply boosts the volts to the pump when the car hits 5psi. I haven't had the chance to measure the additional fuel return to the tank but it's definately driving the pump harder. The voltage increase is able to be ramped in at different rates by adjusting the dip switches on the end of the unit. You're also able to adjust the volts via a knob which attaches to the unit via a harness. It's certainly an alternative to installing a surge tank setup.

As for the spark unit it's difficult to explain the difference. Don't think this unit is going to blow you away with new unlocked HP but the car certainly sounds different when it's working. Not easy to put it into words, almost sounds like an electric motor winding up. Personally I believe if you're having issues with spark blowout or want to run a bigger plug gap then this unit is a good thing. Having more spark in my eyes should be benefitial in preventing missfire. How reliable this unit and the ingition system is going to be down the track I can only wait and see.

Benny.

[FiftyOne]

How reliable this unit and the ingition system is going to be down the track I can only wait and see.

Benny.

This. And I'm happy to say these are a good thing, only after I see a few in the field not roasting pumps & coils

[knoles]

Sooooooo can I fit a spark booster and std gap plugs to my car without a retune?

[old_mate]

yep

I would double check AFR's on the rolling road but the general consensus is she'll be right

I would (and will) tickle the tune to suit however

[XRSEXT]

I think I might need one of these things, as when im driving it with my stereo on really loud (have full comp stereo setup) it feels like the car will surges with the bass lines, less juice to injectors etc??.. will this voltage booster help??

[naldz006]

haha. sounds hectic. I'm no auto elec but I wouldn't think that voltage booster will stop the 'surging', would be more of a bandaid solution if anything at all. sounds like you need a better battery or a second one to run your sound system if it's that extreme.