Tornado Fuel Saver
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 3,012
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From: Jensen Beach FL
Originally Posted by boomer 33
I have watched the "Two Guys Garage" TV show some over the years. I about puked last week when "SAM", who always seemed to be a straight shooter, does a commercial about this friggin Tornado, what a hump. Stands there with swirliing water in a glass enclosure. I'll never watch it again.
You know the guy knows it is crap, and there he is hawking voodoo. What a friggin hump. I will not watch it anymore, once you start pumping crap like the Tornado you have no boundaries. I hope Tornado paid him BIG money for his integrity.
You know the guy knows it is crap, and there he is hawking voodoo. What a friggin hump. I will not watch it anymore, once you start pumping crap like the Tornado you have no boundaries. I hope Tornado paid him BIG money for his integrity.
I thought the same thing when I watched it.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Dallas Texas
St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'09-'10
Originally Posted by azmusclecar
Was it: Hurry hurry hurry ...come see Stella the snake dancer. She wiggles, she walks, she shakes like a Model T on a frosty morning. All for the price of a dime, one tenth of a dollar that's right step right up.............show starts in 5 minutes.
Was that it?
Was that it?
I think it's she walks, she talks, she crawls on her belly like a reptile.
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 24,652
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From: NJ
St. Jude Donor '05-'08
Originally Posted by sxe60
Yeah, but they gain 20HP when used along with Hood Seal and the TB Bypass Mods. 
Actually the Hood Seal in this case lessens the HP because less air gets in. Now cut the holes at the right angle in the fog lamp shrouds and you got some serious HP....
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 24,652
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From: NJ
St. Jude Donor '05-'08
Originally Posted by 6spLs1
The guys on Horsepower TV tested the "twister" while on the dyno and showed that it provided no added horsepower.
I tested the "TEAT" Twister on a lady friend and she gave me a backhand that had a ton of power......
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Safety Car
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From: St Marys GA
Originally Posted by boomer 33
I have watched the "Two Guys Garage" TV show some over the years. I about puked last week when "SAM", who always seemed to be a straight shooter, does a commercial about this friggin Tornado, what a hump. Stands there with swirliing water in a glass enclosure. I'll never watch it again.
You know the guy knows it is crap, and there he is hawking voodoo. What a friggin hump. I will not watch it anymore, once you start pumping crap like the Tornado you have no boundaries. I hope Tornado paid him BIG money for his integrity.
You know the guy knows it is crap, and there he is hawking voodoo. What a friggin hump. I will not watch it anymore, once you start pumping crap like the Tornado you have no boundaries. I hope Tornado paid him BIG money for his integrity.
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: San Antonio TX
in addition I would be worried about one comming apart and a cylinder saying yummie thanks for the candy, uhhhhhh I feel sick 
not only would I not part with $70 for one, but if you come within 100 feet of my intake with one of those, you may not be leaving.
More Than Zero
not only would I not part with $70 for one, but if you come within 100 feet of my intake with one of those, you may not be leaving.
More Than Zero
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 1999
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From: Colorado Springs, Colo., USA
Originally Posted by VetteDrmr
While I agree with what everyone has said, I'll also try to tell you why.
Devices like the "tornado" have been around since the 70s. Even back then they made little difference with the carbureted engines, but at least there was some technical rationale behind it (swirling the fuel/air mixture to get as much fuel droplets as possible to vaporize before entering the combustion chamber).
BUT, since 1985 all Vettes have been port fuel injected (a.k.a. a dry injection system). The throttle body and intake manifold of these systems has no fuel mixture at all, just air. The fuel is injected into the airstream immediately before getting to the intake valve.
Therefore, anything that modifies the air at the throttle body (like the Tornado) is just moving air around, and providing a restriction in the process. It can't improve anything in this kind of system, unless there's some more esoteric physics that I don't know of.
HTH, and have a good one,
Mike
Devices like the "tornado" have been around since the 70s. Even back then they made little difference with the carbureted engines, but at least there was some technical rationale behind it (swirling the fuel/air mixture to get as much fuel droplets as possible to vaporize before entering the combustion chamber).
BUT, since 1985 all Vettes have been port fuel injected (a.k.a. a dry injection system). The throttle body and intake manifold of these systems has no fuel mixture at all, just air. The fuel is injected into the airstream immediately before getting to the intake valve.
Therefore, anything that modifies the air at the throttle body (like the Tornado) is just moving air around, and providing a restriction in the process. It can't improve anything in this kind of system, unless there's some more esoteric physics that I don't know of.
HTH, and have a good one,
Mike
