Tornado fuel saver
07-17-2002, 07:24 PM
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Ok I was watchin tv the other day and I saw this commercial about this tornado fuel saver thing that you add to your intake and it should increase hp and save fuel but I dont know about it Im not plannin on getting it just want you people to take a look at it and tell me what you think of it seems like it should work but I dont know. Tornadofuelsaver.com 
07-17-2002, 07:29 PM
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Seen it. I bought a similar product for my S-10 from a different manufacturer. Now I have the same fuel mileage, and the same HP, only now my engine whistles when I step on the pedal. ****** fabulous investment. NOT.
07-17-2002, 07:30 PM
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I'd like to see DYNO Tests... which nobody seems to want to do.
The same can be said for the ELECTRIC TURBO's people are selling on E-BAY. (A fan that you put in your intake duct), I personally see these restricting airflow, not helping it, blowing air into your motor isn't going to help gain HP, Air under pressure will.
I've seen RAM AIR tests that gave 1% increase at some rediculous speed of 100 MPH+. Now cold air in a different story... and proven. Cold Air provides a more dense mixture which results in more HP.
The same can be said for the ELECTRIC TURBO's people are selling on E-BAY. (A fan that you put in your intake duct), I personally see these restricting airflow, not helping it, blowing air into your motor isn't going to help gain HP, Air under pressure will.
I've seen RAM AIR tests that gave 1% increase at some rediculous speed of 100 MPH+. Now cold air in a different story... and proven. Cold Air provides a more dense mixture which results in more HP.
07-17-2002, 07:45 PM
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I guess they might work if that was the only thing you were adding to a stock car.....but still I dont go for **** like that. If you check out the tornado site they have charts on supposely hp and mileage they got on cars they tested with.
07-17-2002, 07:51 PM
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Save fuel and increase horsepower.... when it says that I usually call bullshit. Even K&N claims that, after having added them to several bikes and dynoing them afterwards I can say the very rarely raise HP at all and I have never seen gas milage increase. That said I still run them because I like not having to buy a new filter every 3,000 miles.
07-22-2002, 12:12 PM
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i think i saw this on hi-hev turners last night. but they didnt say much about it. on that show they dont talk about much, they just say "ohhhh it has rims and turbo" and do even say what kind ofturbo, bodykit, etc. IDIOTS
07-22-2002, 12:24 PM
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Think about how that works, and you'll realize it wouldn't help out. First you have that POS blocking some air flow, so that is prob. # 1. Second, the intake air has to spin the "turbine" in there, slowing down the air flow (like a turbo car vs. a NA car, the turbo has WAY more back pressure because it has to spin the turbine wheel in the turbo).
