JEGS air foil $69.95???????????????

[nelson84]

How does JEGS stay in business? $69.95 for an air foil????? Doesn't anybody look on ebay??? Why are their prices so high?

Air foil














otfl

 

[Hib Halverson]

The question is not "How does JEG's say in business" it's why are people so foolish to 1) buy an "air foil" in the first pace and 2) pay 70 bucks when they do?

JEGs is only sucessful in selling them at 69.95 because a lot of Corvette, Camaro and Firebird people are stupid enough to buy them at that price.

 

[johnm]

How does JEGS stay in business? $69.95 for an air foil????? Doesn't anybody look on ebay??? Why are their prices so high?

Air foil
What is an airfoil anyway?












otfl

What is an air foil anyway?

 

[warren s]

I remember getting one of those for free in the box when I bought a K&N air filter a few years ago for my 95.

 

[Ugolino]

After you've been around corvettes and corvette people for awhile, you start to see trends come and go. Not that long ago, everyone and his brother was crowing about how much the air foil improved their car's performance, that it ran better, idled better, had more horsepower, etc. I just sat here reading that stuff and shaking my head. And woe to the few people who questioned its effectiveness, they were shouted down by the majority who believed in it and offered plenty of anecdotal evidence about how great it worked.

Now here were are in 2008 and the useless piece of metal has been largely discredited. I suppose there are still a few foolish people who would shell out seventy dollars for a feel-good upgrade, based on their sparklingly upbeat wording:

"Many hours of flow-bench and dyno testing followed up with comprehensive road tests proves this air foil will give you better throttle response, an 11.8 horsepower increase and 36 more CFM."

I mean really, they should turn this into a movie, because it's one of the funniest things I've ever read.

 

[nickyg]

Well if anyone wants to buy any of these myths, you can go to the following links to flush away your money at a discount from Jegs;
http://www.mamotorworks.com/corvette?frame=3.457

http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb...~S2B20V0M8A68192218132a~Z5Z5Z5~Z5Z5Z50000050F

breath-rite strips would work just as well.otfl

 

[KANE]

I'd use one if it was given to me for free.

I don't think it creates the tire shredding power it is advertised to make... but when matched to a properly ported plenum, runners, and intake matched to vehicle... I think the "improvements" are far more cosmetic for the foil. I think the Holley TBs already have a similar structure cast into them.

Maybe this is too technical, but don't the blades create some turbulence and disturbance in the air flow? Would the effect of the blades on the air not reduce the effectiveness of straightening the air at the point of the blades? Removing the casting issues in the plenum, matching the runners to the plenum, and Siamese-ing the runners seems more effective as it works with the air on the other side of the blades.