We Installed a Wish.com Supercharger on Our Car

- Looking at it, I think we have gained 15 horsepower. - I think it should work fine. We also blew up our engine. Our engine exploded, our engine exploded. - Very good, everyone ready? (engine start) - We bought the cheapest

supercharger

available on Wish.com and today we are installing it at our beloved auto shop, Leonardo Decabrio. (bubbles bursting) - Will this ridiculous product give our lovely Cabrio more power? Or will it just blow it up? - Today we will find out with a little help from our friends. (playful music) (shoes squeaking) I'm James, this is Justin. These guys are Grind Hard Plumbing Co.

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supercharger

as a joke and it is definitely not for this car. In fact, we don't even think it's intended for a car. Universal AMR500 turbocharger suitable for AMR500 mini supercharger from 0.8 to 2.0 liters. - Turbocharger? - It's a bit sus.

If you didn't see the previous video where we bought this, you should watch it. I'll put the link in the description. It costs $192. - Which, in supercharger terms, is incredibly cheap. That doesn't make any sense. But they usually come with a lot of extra stuff. - Like, hardware and plumbing. And ours included literally nothing except a supposed 10 to 30 percent increase in engine power. For $192? That's a bargain. So we don't know if it is a supercharger. So to be safe, we brought in the supercharger experts, Grind Hard Plumbing Co, aka our new best friends. Ethan and Edwin.

If you don't watch these guys' channel yet, you probably should. In fact, you probably recognize many of their projects. They are known for building incredibly fast Barbie jeeps, among other things. You are some of the only ones I know who have experience with this exact supercharger. (blinging) (laughs) - The one we used, we increased it by 15 psi. We also blew up our engine, so there are no guarantees on that. -Honestly, if it makes more power, we'll consider it a win and I set the baseline when he took Leonardo to the dyno. What do you think he did? - 84 horsepower. - 80. - My estimate was also 80. - And mine was 89.

Our little Cabrio that could generate a whopping 81 horsepower. So for this to be successful, we need to generate at least 82. (dinging) (laughs) - Gaining just one horsepower should be pretty easy. -To add a little drama, we only have four days until your Idaho visas expire. So we better get to work. (jazz music) - Oh, there's so much space! I could sleep in there with this thing. Look at all that space too. Of course, that can disappear. - You don't want that, do you? How much lack of structure are they depressed? - Worst case scenario, we'll put it here and make it a long shaft.

In every way, it turns in the wrong direction. That doesn't even make sense. I have yet to figure out how to make it work in the right direction. That would be the correct way. Great, perfect. So that means it can be mounted where the airbox goes. The physical aspect, you know, the assembly and so on, will be super simple. Alright, we more or less have a plan. It's time to start removing parts and erasing them. We meet on the other side of the store. (laughs) (upbeat music) - A roof-style supercharger like this gives the engine more air by using the pulley to spin a set of rotors inside it to blow air into the intake manifold.

If you want a deeper look at what Ethan is doing, check out the link in the description. (upbeat music) So yeah, where are you with this yet? Aren't you done yet? (laughing) - No, I'm not done yet. That goes there. By the way, the engine mount is split in half. - I heard we need new engine mounts. - This side moves, but I went looking in the trash and found this alternator on one of your other cars. I stole the pulley and it turns out it has exactly the same shaft diameter. Win, win. - Convenient! (upbeat music) (tools whirring) - This will fit surprisingly well there. (hood clicks) - It's the beginning of the second day.

I haven't seen the car in over 24 hours. I miss him so much. How are you? - Eh, pretty good. I built the first and strongest support. - That is tremendously resistant. - Yes. You only need one nut. - Uh-huh, yes. - Know? - It's half past three on Tuesday. How do you feel about time? - You should be able to mount and connect it. I heard the ECU won't be here until we leave. - Actually? - Anyway. So we can hook this whole thing up completely and then boot it up even without the other ECU because it's like it still works.

It will not work optimally. - I don't think we've ever built a car that works optimally. (laughs) - It's quite difficult for YouTube to build cars that actually work well. - It's nice to talk to someone who understands my pain. - Yeah. (calm music) - What's up, man? - Oh, you know, just mounting a supercharger. - What do you expect to happen here? Let's do a little more? - I think so. I think it's good, yes. I think we should generate more power. - It will be fun either way. I'm excited to see it. This is great, but I actually have bad news for you.

I need this elevator. I'm also in the middle of a big project. - Of course. - Someone was playing with the supercharger and found the gasket there. It's like a random piece of packaging, I don't know, for something they cut into a joint. - Out of here. - It's just a piece of paper. - No way! - Like a piece of used paper. (laughs) - My God, it has symbols. - Cigarette, harmful, healthy. (laughs) - Some guy in the shop is like putting together this supercharger and he needs a gasket, he just took a piece of this thing. - Do you cut the box? - Do not smoke. (laughs) - Was that advice for the car? - (laughs) Yes, please don't smoke. (laughing) Don't smoke.

Dude, this is so much fun. - Do you see the air filter there? - It's like... - Yeah, that's where it's going. - Friend, that means we can vent and it will make sense. Dude. I like this car more than my Gulf. This is so fun and cool. You guys are fun and cool. (laughs) Do you recognize any of these similar couplers there? - Yes. (laughs) - How did you align the belt? Just eyeball? - Yes. - Or put on a belt? - Yeah. Dude, three-digit baby. I'm calling him. It's like the biggest waste of time on a test bench.

We have done it twice. (laughing) Look at this thing. We have to shave the bay. (laughs) I love this car. This is my favorite car in the fleet. - Well, I hope I don't kill him. (upbeat hip hop music) - I'm told the guys at Grind Hart have the supercharger complete and on the car. I definitely haven't heard it, but apparently it's up and running, and I'm super excited! You can see it well. The moment we were all waiting for. Let's see how it sounds. So how to drive. - Very good, everyone ready? - Looking at it, I think we have gained 15 horsepower. (car engine hum) I don't like it! - Ahh, that sounds so cool! (laughs) (engine humming loudly) Dude, this is cool.

This is so sick. It is improving. Honestly, this is great. - You want this to continue working. (laughs) (engine whirring) Oh, that doesn't sound very good. (engine whirring) - Grab the beans! Hey! - Well, he sounded pretty good until he died. Oh, we were kinda done. I think we had a psi spike for a second. - I can't take my foot off the accelerator. - No. - Recreate real world situations. Our test track has stop signs. (laughs) - That actually sounded pretty good. - Sounds great. - He's calmed down a lot. - Dude, we passed a rough F1 car. (engine whirring) - Something just exploded.

No, the belt is still there. The trunk blew up. - The coupler. - Yes. - We lost a coupler. - So good. I can't wait for this to tune in. - Do you think it sounds good? It feels even better. (laughs) - It's surprising how quiet it became. (metal crunches) (laughs) Not that part! - I would say it was a success. - Dude, 100 percent successful. - That was amazing. - Nice! - Dude, good job, brother. - Thank you! - Good job guys. This thing is a certified ripper! - Look at it making like 50 horsepower. - In case you don't know, Inglewood Propulsion Laboratory is what we call our store here in Inglewood.

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Come on, Max! - Number one, three digits baby. - Look at it making like 50 horsepower. - Three digits, honey. (laughing) - What! Oh Lord! Cut it in half. - That's terrible. - That's great. - Okay, lesson learned here. Technically it worked, but I wouldn't buy it or put it in your car. Shout out to Grind Hard Plumbing Co. Check out their YouTube channel. We'll put a link in the description below. Here is his video on how to put the supercharger on Leonardo Decabrio. Thank you very much for watching this video. Everything else at Donut. Hit the subscribe button so you don't miss anything.

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