Bob's Booster On Demand (BOD)

[yikes]

I have found that working on a test cell is fun, but I also wanted to see some practical results.  So I built this booster to put in a car so that I could quickly make modifications to it and try it out.  The good part is that is works, it is easily taken apart, changed in whatever way and put back in.  The other part is that it is cheaply made and won't last long, but since it is made just for testing that is not really a bad thing.
The basic idea came from Smack's booster and then modified.  The container comes from K-Mart and is called a "lock n lock", it has a rubber gasket in the lid and has 4 latching flaps to securely hold the lid on.  The lid has (2)   1/4" holes for bolts for electric connections and then a hole for the gas connections.  The container is 11" tall.  I hold it in the car with zip ties, which makes it easy to take out.  K-mart has other sizes that I use for Meyer's tube type cells and IH type series cells.
Any stainless plates will work, but I'm using the ss blanking plate for electrical work boxes from Lowes or Home Depot ($1.63 each)  just because it's convenient.  The 1/4" plastic rod, I get from Grainger's $1.22 for 2 foot.  The straps are from Lowes and are a ss BBQ grill tong $3.00.  You need to drill holes for the connections so a good drill bit is necessary and is more fun than trying to drill with the cheap bits.  The plates are spaced with a nylon washer.
The configuration in the pictures is two gangs of plates one on top of the other with edges touching.  The whole thing is then coated with "window weld" (NAPA $15.00).

The idea of this booster is that if I get an idea, I can quickly slap it together and try it out.  My car gets 27mpg, with this I got 36mpg, one of my units got 41.  I'm trying for 50.  We will see.  If you have any ideas for me to try, post it; I will try it out and report back.  Or make your own and post your results.  Hopefully this thread can be a place where we can all share our dumb mistakes and our elegant successes.

Here are some pics:

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x171/mryikes/2007_0728bobbod0003.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x171/mryikes/2007_0728bobbod0002.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x171/mryikes/2007_0728bobbod0001.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x171/mryikes/2007_0715sparkplug0003.jpg

[ResinRat2]

Hi Yikes,

Nice!!! You are a regular "Thomas Edison"! I like it.

Cheap, disposable, easy to alter. How is the seal? Are there any leaks around the lid?

[keithturtle]

KOOL, man!   Glad that thar urethane is holding up!

Good luck with the performance enhancement.

Turtle

[IronHead]

Sweet Cell !  "yikes

[hanker886]

Hey did you change timing at all? from 28 to 41mpg is really impressive.