Anybody tried a tornado or similar product?

[Tommyboy]

One of those devices that fit in your air intake to make a cyclone effect w/ the incoming air? Supposed to make an incredible (and unbeleivable) increase in mpg and hp. I think Consumer reports stated no difference noted. Just curious of personal experiences...

 

[Sid]

It's crap. Pure and Simple. When watching that informercial, look CLOSELY at the engine bay of the Chevy Impala that they are testing on the dyno. In the first dyno it has the regular OEM intake on. On the next dyno they have a K&N Cold Air Intake.

No wonder that LT1 engine picks up a good amount of horsepower.

 

[AndyH]

Pure "snake-oil"...don't waste your money.

 

[dwendt44]

Think about it; Tornado causes air to 'spin', then it hits the throttle plate and can't spin any more.
There are suckers born every minute.
Remember Split Fire spark plugs.

 

[obbop]

Maybe you need to put those magnets on the fuel line so the gas molecules are straighted when they meet the spinning oxygen molecules.

 

[Sid]

Dude if anything that big hunk of crap is an air restriction in my book.

 

[a2ssei]

Check out the following article from Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars_trucks/1802932.html

These devices do not work...

 

[jmacmaster]

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Originally posted by Sid:
Dude if anything that big hunk of crap is an air restriction in my book.

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It is definitely an air restriction. In addition, its a cheaply made, thin metal, piece of junk. If it starts to come apart think about what will happen when the pieces enter the throttle body opening.

 

[Shaman]

A W-Body tunerdid a dyno test with one and lost 5 hp.

 

[edwardh1]

the fuel line magnets were proven to work in a British study, but only the metric magnets caused any measurable fuel economy gains.

 

[Gary Allan]

It was their realtionship to GMT that afforded them the gains. Positive results were also achieve in the Bermuda Triangle due to the chaotic flux capacitance of the region. Ion straightening was most effective closer to the fuel rail. Strightening right off the in tank fuel pump, although still somewhat effective, produced reduced gains.

 

[mcrn]

if it worked, some cars would have something similar from the factory.

 

[UncleS2]

Stuff like this has been around for a long time. I remember something similar in the J. C. Whitney catalogs in the late 1960's, when carburetors ruled. The line-drawing pictures showed what looked like a carburetor baseplate gasket or spacer, with a pair of "crosshair" wires suspending a tiny propeller in the round openings under the carburetor throat(s).

I never saw one of them in person. Just lucky, I guess.

 

[jsharp]

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Originally posted by edwardh1:
the fuel line magnets were proven to work in a British study, but only the metric magnets caused any measurable fuel economy gains.

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That's only if you buy fuel in liters...

 

[obbop]

However, even with metric magnets used within the Bermuda Triangle and purchasing petrol in liter quantities the recent sunspot activity has increased the flux paramters of the Earth's magnetic field rendering the obvious advantages of said magnets null.

Null, I say, null.

Null null null

 

[obbop]

and void

 

[moribundman]

Wearing a propellor hat will be just as effective.

 

[jayno20]

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Originally posted by moribundman:
Wearing a propellor hat will be just as effective.

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and just as stupid

 

[Kestas]

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Originally posted by jsharp:

quote:

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Originally posted by edwardh1:
the fuel line magnets were proven to work in a British study, but only the metric magnets caused any measurable fuel economy gains.

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That's only if you buy fuel in liters...

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That's also because British carburators are made of aluminium, ours are made of aluminum.

 

[porcupine73]

I haven't tried it, but I highly doubt it has any worthwhile difference. It reminds me of this 'electric turbo' I saw on eBay. It was this little 12V squirrel cage blower you were supposed to attach to the intake. Yah, forget about the power required to compress air to 14psia at say 200CFM.