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post Jan 18, 2004 - 12:52 PM
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"Tornado Air System" (As Seen on TV)? It's "designed to enhance fuel economy and increase power. Increases gas mileage up to 24%." I just saw it in a Pep Boys ad and was wondering if it does what it says. Does anyone have it or knows of it?

Yeah, I noticed some people already spoke of this a while ago but does anyone have any new insight? Thanks.
 
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post Jan 27, 2004 - 2:06 PM
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You can have something like this machined that will work alot better.. basically get a throttle body gasket from a local autoparts store for the motor type you have and take that gasket to a machine shop and have them make a spaceer to go between your throttle body and your intake manifold that is between 1.5-2 inches and have them swirl the inside of it. this will give the airflow a sprial to it right before the runners in the intake manifold and will not impeed airflow - this is a trick done on alot of cars and is pretty inexpensive to do with fairly good gains 5-7HP.. places like summit and other part places sell premades of these for alot of cars


Sorry to be a bltch, but as someone that spends at least one day a month at the dyno for something....there is no way. 5-7hp? No way. You're missing the entire point of a plenum....it negates any flow characteristics caused upstream of it. You MAY see some kind of gain by having a 'swirl' pattern machined into the surfaces of the intake runners, but anything before that will not make any difference.

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- 97celicaca   tornado air system   Jan 18, 2004 - 12:52 PM
- - FallenHero   I think if it only cost about 15-20 dollers, it wo...   Jan 18, 2004 - 1:52 PM
- - OOBE   It yields gains but are very minimal. Gas economy ...   Jan 23, 2004 - 6:40 PM
- - toyotaspeed_90   laws of physics say that air will travel the direc...   Jan 23, 2004 - 7:02 PM
- - SpedToe169   Sorry guys, but I have to raise the bull**** flag ...   Jan 23, 2004 - 7:03 PM
- - jayi12-15psi   I second that, I don't know if those are actua...   Jan 23, 2004 - 9:13 PM
- - OOBE   QUOTE (SpedToe169 @ Jan 23, 2004 - 5:03 PM) Sorry ...   Jan 24, 2004 - 4:00 PM
- - subsolo_21   This sounds almost like those fake turbo kits that...   Jan 24, 2004 - 7:40 PM
- - celicarocker   i have one and it works GREAT!!! I us...   Jan 25, 2004 - 10:55 AM
- - 96stcoupe   I've heard stories about those things coming a...   Jan 25, 2004 - 2:30 PM
- - OOBE   They are very flimsy and thin. Really really, it l...   Jan 25, 2004 - 8:20 PM
- - SpedToe169   QUOTE I second that, I don't know if those are...   Jan 25, 2004 - 9:53 PM
- - 97GTinKC   "Sorry to rant, but this is one of the all ti...   Jan 27, 2004 - 12:39 PM
- - NEVERSTOP   QUOTE Ranks right up there with the Hyperground wi...   Jan 27, 2004 - 12:59 PM
- - SpedToe169   QUOTE You can have something like this machined th...   Jan 27, 2004 - 2:06 PM

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