Tornado Fuel Saver
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Tornado Fuel Saver
Woke up at 4am today after getting indigestion, turned on the TV and saw this http://www.tornadofuelsaver.com
they said was that it saved fuel and added 5-10 HP. It looks like a mini supercharger that is intake air driven.
[Modified by garagedweller2, 8:00 PM 1/20/2002] :rolleyes:
[Modified by garagedweller2, 2:35 AM 1/21/2002]
they said was that it saved fuel and added 5-10 HP. It looks like a mini supercharger that is intake air driven.
[Modified by garagedweller2, 8:00 PM 1/20/2002] :rolleyes:
[Modified by garagedweller2, 2:35 AM 1/21/2002]
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Re: Tornado Fuel Saver (jvm)
Yeah, put a couple of stickers on your car and it will really go faster. 2 Nitto stickers are worth 40hp easy! :)
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Re: Tornado Fuel Saver (garagedweller2)
o.k. now that we've all determined it's snake oil, anyone figured out why? i have a theory and keep in mind it's just that-a theory. although the idea sounds good i can't believe that it would work because if you imagine that you were a little tiny droplet of gasoline going through a "wet" manifold system the last thing in the world you would want would be anything like a swirl prior to entering the valve pocket. you couldn't anyway because of all the twists and turns of the (production style) manifold not to mention that at no given point prior to just before the valve bowl would the runner be round. ever stir a fluid in a rectangular vessel? well, air doesn't flow that much differently. so let's pretend that we could spin this incoming air/fuel charge prior to entering our combustion chamber. anybody know how "they" get plasma from blood? they spin it in a centrifuge, the heavier atoms spin to the outside. hmmm... sounds to me like a good way to condense a bunch of your fuel vapor into big drops along the manifold runners and intake ports. that's my theory, any others?
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Re: Tornado Fuel Saver (garagedweller2)
Unless you do a before and after dyno test, any claims of horsepower increase from Ricers or Vetters is bogus. My son makes claims about improvements in handling on his Honda with new brakes, tires, and rotors. Of course he has no data to back it up but "it sure feels tighter".
If this were a true gadget that worked, why don't we see it on some of the 12 mpg SUV's and trucks? Because it is Snake Oil.
Gary
If this were a true gadget that worked, why don't we see it on some of the 12 mpg SUV's and trucks? Because it is Snake Oil.
Gary
