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Again...

Posted by Lee S on November 4, 2001 at 09:27:55

In Reply to: Response to the Shakti thread below posted by drclark on November 3, 2001 at 11:35:23:

Good audio tweak or no, using equivocal results of a dynamometer and then trying to claim that these results were significant is not "good science". It's not "good advertising". As stated in the original thead, HP changes in the amount stated, 2-3 hp, can simply occur by way of ambient temperature, engine temperature, relative humidity, and barometric pressure.

Even IF the HP gain was a result of the placement of the Shakti Stones, would not ferrite collars placed at the same points have effected the same change at a much lower cost? Sorry, but this was not a scientific approach or even a statistically valid approach to the problem.

And again, I state what I stated before; the manufacturer may have just pulled this simply as a "stunt", a promotional gimmick, or perhaps as an attempt to validate the effect of his product. Either way, as an end-user and potential customer, I find the whole thing a poor joke that reflects upon those in charge of marketing.

Impress me with the sound, not with what Anthony Cordesman once described as "bullshit physics".

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