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![]() Enthusiast ![]() Joined Apr 19, '05 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
if any of you have noticed, one of the ads at the top of the 6gc homepage is for the turbonator. Their website says it is some kind of non-moving vortex generator that increases gas mileage and hp. Do any of you have any experience with this? Is it a scam, does it work or is it a waste of money? Do any members have it installed?
the web site: http://www.turbonator.com/ Thanks. |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Aug 20, '03 From Annapolis, Md Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) ![]() |
You said it, SCAM/Waste of money.. dont even think about it
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Jan 28, '05 From Redondo Beach, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 86 (100%) ![]() |
wuhukf has a tornado and says it helps a little.
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Dec 26, '02 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) ![]() |
I watched a dyno run on 'two guys garage' and it did make fair power considering... Made more than the groundwires everybody talks about.
![]() I hear it does increase gas mileage though. I am not saying the thing works... sounds like a scam, and you know that little piece of metal didn't cost them $80.... If they were $20 or so... I'd pick one up to try. As it is... My money is better wasted elsewhere. |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Aug 31, '02 From Philadelphia, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) ![]() |
"The Turbonator is much less expensive and more efficient than any turbocharger, supercharger, blower, or intercooler. "
damnit, i wish i knew about this before i spent all that money on my swap! -------------------- 15PSI - 30MPG - Megasquirt Tuned
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Jul 19, '04 From Los Angeles, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) ![]() |
Same as "tornado fuel saver" on tv. they claim hp gains, but I'd like to hear from someone who has tried it.
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Mar 8, '04 From Newport, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 63 (99%) ![]() |
repost
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...7&hl=turbonator http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...1&hl=turbonator http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...1&st=&p=entry ![]() -------------------- |
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Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined May 6, '04 From antioch CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
I have one I did not notice a difference I just assum its doing something. It actually doesnt move or anything. It just vents that make the air spin around in your intake. Its supposed to get more air in your cylinders.
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Aug 21, '04 From New York City Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
i intended to try it when i had my ST. but heard too many negative comments bout it like it's a POS.... so nvr got it...
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Jun 1, '03 From WV Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) ![]() |
This thing just get posted every now an then, doens't it? Oh well. I never mind the reposts like other people do. I knew a guy who had one of these, and he thought it was awsome. He said he got a lot of gain from it. Then again, he was kind of a ricer. I raced him with my almost stock GT, and beat him pretty good. Oh, he was driving an older "94" I think, Escort GT. If the thing did much, I think he should have beat me.
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Mar 9, '05 From Charlotte Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
It's a cheap knock-off of the Vortec head design, except you will not get the gains of the Vortec and the Vortec is a GM only product sometimes called E-Tec or Ecotec based on the vehicle it's in.
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Sep 28, '03 From Bloomington, IN Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
More power is made my more air n fuel. So if you're moving more air, you should be getting more fuel and more power. So that means gas mileage would go down.
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Mar 9, '05 From Charlotte Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
All it does is cause the air to swirl making a tornado type effect, problem is by the time the air reaches the chamber the speed of the air has slowed and the valve closing causes it to stop swirling, it's supposed to cause better atomization, the Vortec design has the swirl in the intake port prior to entering the valve so that when the valve opens it causes the tornado effect. These things don't build pressure and are very ineffective at maintaining high atomization, good for the flea market but they don't do anything but make the air twist a little.
This post has been edited by darksecret: May 4, 2005 - 4:16 PM |
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