Tornado air management system
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Tornado air management system
Has anyone tried the Tornado air management system? Corvette Central sells them and I saw an infomercial on TV with a corvette owner saying that it worked for him.
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From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
Re: Tornado air management system (split-end)
Let me be the first to say:
ssssssssSSSSSssssssnake oil! :yesnod:
I could see how it'd possibly benefit a carbed vette some infinitesimal amount, due to better atomization, but come on... tumbling the air like that on its way into the plenum is just ludicrous.
The plenum is effectively a 'bucket' and the runners are the sucking off of it. Completely different strategy than a carbed system. To apply it the same way, it'd have to spin the air at each individual runner. Any product that claims to work like that on both a dry EFI plenum and a carb obviously has no engineering basis.
[Modified by CentralCoaster, 2:10 AM 5/31/2003]
ssssssssSSSSSssssssnake oil! :yesnod:
I could see how it'd possibly benefit a carbed vette some infinitesimal amount, due to better atomization, but come on... tumbling the air like that on its way into the plenum is just ludicrous.
The plenum is effectively a 'bucket' and the runners are the sucking off of it. Completely different strategy than a carbed system. To apply it the same way, it'd have to spin the air at each individual runner. Any product that claims to work like that on both a dry EFI plenum and a carb obviously has no engineering basis.
[Modified by CentralCoaster, 2:10 AM 5/31/2003]
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From: Norman OK
Re: Tornado air management system (split-end)
Wife bought one of those..I've tried it on both EFI and Carb systems.. I didn't notice any appreicable change.. good or bad.. checked mileage on both cars over a 250 mile run at highway speeds, with cruise control, no additional MPG.. Never did get my money back on that thing.
I do NOT recomment it., Want better gas mileage?..add Helium to right shoe.
I do NOT recomment it., Want better gas mileage?..add Helium to right shoe.
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From: loxahatchee fla
Re: Tornado air management system (SeanSullivan)
ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION
"if 99% of all the mods that increase hp in an engine increase the engines ability to efficiently injest air faster and burn a greater amount of fuel/air mix in the cylinders, and almost all of those mods involve making the ports,runners,valves,larger or cam timing,longer,ETC. or throttle body larger for the express object of smoothing and lowering restance of the airflow into the engine or allowing the engine to breath at higher rpm, what possiable benefit could there be to installing a restriction in the intake airflow that causes turbulance and disrupts the smooth flow of air into the engine
the guys are correct, its a total rip off!
[Modified by grumpyvette, 1:04 PM 5/31/2003]
"if 99% of all the mods that increase hp in an engine increase the engines ability to efficiently injest air faster and burn a greater amount of fuel/air mix in the cylinders, and almost all of those mods involve making the ports,runners,valves,larger or cam timing,longer,ETC. or throttle body larger for the express object of smoothing and lowering restance of the airflow into the engine or allowing the engine to breath at higher rpm, what possiable benefit could there be to installing a restriction in the intake airflow that causes turbulance and disrupts the smooth flow of air into the engine
the guys are correct, its a total rip off!
[Modified by grumpyvette, 1:04 PM 5/31/2003]
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From: Everyday you must choose between the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Fredericktown, OH
Re: Tornado air management system (H P Bushrod)
:bs :bs :bs :bs :bs :bs :bs :bs :bs :bs :bs :bs :bs
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Re: Tornado air management system (split-end)
Has anyone tried the Tornado air management system? Corvette Central sells them and I saw an infomercial on TV with a corvette owner saying that it worked for him.
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From: Phila., PA burbs
Re: Tornado air management system (black bart)
You will get the same benefit from this thing as you would get from a device to make your muffler belt stop slipping.
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From: Jupiter Florida
Re: Tornado air management system (split-end)
There is a version of this gismo that will result in an increase in performance, but it's belt-driven:
http://www.procharger.com/
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Re: Tornado air management system (split-end)
I remember the informercial well.
It made all us Corvette owners look like idiots when they showed some old guy in a hawaiian shirt in a white C4 with some gorgeous model blonde girl.
He went on to say that, 'he didnt know a lot about cars, but he sure knew a lot about girls', and that ever since adding the tornado his car feels like it has a lot more 'juice'. He then went on to say how hard it is to work on the car (he said you have to take it to a dealer to change the spark plugs), and yet how easy the tornado is to install.
I also remember them showing a dyno test with the weirdest dyno ive ever seen. I think it was fake.
:bs
It made all us Corvette owners look like idiots when they showed some old guy in a hawaiian shirt in a white C4 with some gorgeous model blonde girl.
He went on to say that, 'he didnt know a lot about cars, but he sure knew a lot about girls', and that ever since adding the tornado his car feels like it has a lot more 'juice'. He then went on to say how hard it is to work on the car (he said you have to take it to a dealer to change the spark plugs), and yet how easy the tornado is to install.
I also remember them showing a dyno test with the weirdest dyno ive ever seen. I think it was fake.
:bs
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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member..Great Bend KS
Re: Tornado air management system (split-end)
Look at it this way;
90% of the bolt-on crap that is advertised claims to add power and reduce fuel consumption by 'smoothing out and speeding up airflow'. Now, this thing claims to add power and reduce fuel consumption by making the airflow turbulent.
They'll say anything to take your money. That goes for the old guy in the commercial as well; he was paid to say what he said.
Remember this; chances are, the less it costs and the easier it is to install, the less benefit it really is.
Larry
code5coupe
:seeya
90% of the bolt-on crap that is advertised claims to add power and reduce fuel consumption by 'smoothing out and speeding up airflow'. Now, this thing claims to add power and reduce fuel consumption by making the airflow turbulent.
They'll say anything to take your money. That goes for the old guy in the commercial as well; he was paid to say what he said.
Remember this; chances are, the less it costs and the easier it is to install, the less benefit it really is.
Larry
code5coupe
:seeya
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From: La Fontaine Indiana
Re: Tornado air management system (TA)
You will get the same benefit from this thing as you would get from a device to make your muffler belt stop slipping.
Mine has bee slipping lately..........what can I do to fix it :jester
Mine has bee slipping lately..........what can I do to fix it :jester
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Re: Tornado air management system (split-end)
Has anyone tried the Tornado air management system?
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From: Rehoboth MA
Re: Tornado air management system (H P Bushrod)
If you plan on wasting $35 on that piece of tin-foil IMO, that $35 would be better off in your pocket.
Tornado air management, more power, better mileage my azz.
Tornado air management, more power, better mileage my azz.
