tornado feul saver

S351E · 02-09-2006, 06:54 PM

real or scam. Ive been think of buying it as it does sound good. but Ive never heard of anyone with it. does anyone know if it realy works? And if any specs on how it helped. I have a 98 v6 automatic.

Fordmustanglove · 02-09-2006, 06:57 PM

no it doesnt,

Zim · 02-09-2006, 07:06 PM

holy sweetness get it OMG!!

j/k bro. Dont get it, "swirling" of the air as it enters your intake manifold isnt going to do jack crap. Hell, it wont even be swirling by that time.

tomzac · 02-09-2006, 07:08 PM

Isn't there a sticky about this crap???

Saddleup · 02-09-2006, 07:32 PM

scam scam scam

just like all that other bull****. use some common sense. if it worked it would already be on the car.

usaf2008 · 02-09-2006, 09:05 PM

haha, i wonder how much these ppl have made on this stupid product...if anyone happens to buy this they should also check their muffler bearings and blinker fluid while their at it

. but in all seriousness dont those products fall into the category of false advertising??

fastmustangs1 · 02-09-2006, 09:07 PM

I looked into it. Its a scam don't waste your $$$ on it.

S351E · 02-09-2006, 10:01 PM

Thanks for saving me some cash.

cooldbz12 · 02-09-2006, 10:06 PM

Some dude in my town has one on his 98 Grand Prix GT and No it doesnt help but it did give him a cool whine sound all through 1st and 2nd gear, makes it sound supercharged, but for performance it didnt do a darn thing.

slow_v6_stang · 02-09-2006, 10:51 PM

maybe if i'd get that, with the whine people would be afraid to race me and i wouldnt have to be embarassed by getting my ass kicked all the time

SparkArena · 02-10-2006, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by slow_v6_stang

maybe if i'd get that, with the whine people would be afraid to race me and i wouldnt have to be embarassed by getting my ass kicked all the time

They just might.....

I really can't believe these things are still for sale.....useless.

3WheelerDude · 02-10-2006, 09:37 AM

I cant beleive that 2 Guys Garage show actually recommends using this peice of crap. They must be paid big time....

blainestang · 02-10-2006, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Saddleup

scam scam scam

just like all that other bull****. use some common sense. if it worked it would already be on the car.

True. If it really upped HP and MPG for ~$50, then every car manufacturer in the world would make them standard on every car they built.

Ronnycage V3.8 · 02-11-2006, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by SparkArena

They just might.....

I really can't believe these things are still for sale.....useless.

or you could get some 4.10 gears and tloc!!!

and my buddy is a manager at pep boys and refuses to let his guys sell that tornado crap because it is junk and people do nothing but complain about how they noticed nothing and they should have just filled the thing with water haha

Sam36 · 02-18-2006, 05:27 PM

el oh el

Mustangered · 02-18-2006, 05:38 PM

I'd like to see a 60 minutes expose on it.

Saddleup · 02-18-2006, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Mustangered

I'd like to see a 60 minutes expose on it.

This scam as well as a number of others were tested. When they were lucky when the **** didnt do anything. One of the con jobs caught fire.

Gameboy_J · 02-19-2006, 11:08 AM

They work great! I will sell you two of them for 50 bucks! That will save you TWICE the MGP!

load · 02-21-2006, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by gameboy_J

They work great! I will sell you two of them for 50 bucks! That will save you TWICE the MGP!

Yeah!! Why don't you get two transmissions while you're at it, that way you can go twice as fast!!

domin8 · 02-21-2006, 07:09 AM

i bought one and i saw an instant 200% increase

ilyack · 02-21-2006, 07:10 AM

If I ever saw that piece of junk advertised on any show on TV that will be the last day I ever watched that show.

94sexystang · 02-24-2006, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ilyack

If I ever saw that piece of junk advertised on any show on TV that will be the last day I ever watched that show.

Haha, its true man!!

I saw those SELLOUTS advertise for the Tornado too!!!!

My jaw LITERALLY ****in dropped!!!!

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Any idiot that knows basic pyshics of a gasoline engine knows this CRAP doesnt work.....

They just try to take advantage of people who dont know **** about cars....
80% of the population.....

Sad part is that MY OWN DAD bought one......he's a auto mechanic!!!!!
Im STILL ashamed at that till this day......
I dunno he was in the Navy, so I guess the stupidity makes sense now!

machoman013 · 02-25-2006, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ilyack

If I ever saw that piece of junk advertised on any show on TV that will be the last day I ever watched that show.

You might want to write an email to that chick on Power Block TV www.powerblocktv.com and call them out for showing an Tornado Advertisement and "support". If your question is aired on the show, you get free swag!

machoman013 · 02-25-2006, 08:41 AM

You might want to check this out, to save gas:

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/autos/gasave.htm

The stuff they tested with an "*" shows proven gains.

my232stang · 03-06-2006, 10:38 AM

Mount on an exhaust tip instead. Cold morning exhaust swirls are so cool.

Mustang piggy · 03-06-2006, 08:33 PM

They don't fit w/ a CAI unless you spot weld it. There was no room in my CAI to line it up right. However I put one in a ford Taurus and Hyundai and it did make a big difference in power and gas milege. Before you guys poo poo this product ask yourselves what a TB spacer does. It has a little swirly that helps drawl air in faster. The tornado works on the same concept. But if you install it crooked even a little it will block your air and your car will run like crap. Which is what I think happens with the people that didn't like it. There are so many parts out there that it sometimes takes trial and error to find the right combination. ie: if you put a jumbo set of pipes on your 3.8 and then add a CAI you will lose power. But CAI's are suppose to add power Hmmmmmmmm

ilyack · 03-07-2006, 08:29 AM

The idea of a swirling device is a good one. Swirl is very desirable when the air/fuel mixture enters the cylinder - it improves atomization of fuel, allows for a more uniform distribution of fuel within the combustion chamber, and this all helps combust most of the fuel and prevent wasting it.

So I can see how a swirling device, or some swirl-creating features may improve things right before the entry to the cylinders. In fact engine designers are always trying to achieve a swirling effect when designing the intake ports on the cylinder heads.

But I don't think a swirling device will be of any benefit if installed too far from the cylinder head ports - especially before the throttle body.

First of all - the throttle plate itself is probably the largest creator of turbulence. Unless it's fully open, it messes up the air flow pretty badly. Any swirl that exists before the throttle plate will be destroyed by it (unless it's fully open).
Then after the throttle body there's a complex intake manifold/plenum with multiple runners pointing in all possible directions, angles, and shapes.

So the air stream gets broken, deflected and redirected many times before it gets anywhere near the cylinder entry. Any swirl created near the air filter or throttle body will disappear well before it gets close to the area where it can actually make any difference.

Engine designers spend lots of time and money simulating the air flow through the intake, and it's designed to work the way it does - with an even inflow of air.

Of course on different engines, with different intake manifold designs it may make a positive or a negative difference.

For a car that uses a carburetor on top of a very short intake plenum, with almost straight intake runners, I can see a Tornado producing a good effect.
But on a fuel-injected engine, where the intake plenum often has a complex shape, I don't know if it will make any difference at all.

Ideally there needs to be a small tornado device in each of the intake runners, to swirl the air before it gets mixed with fuel. But this will obstruct the flow, and may do more bad than good.

Remember that it's too cheap, too easy and too obvious for the manufacturers to overlook.

On some engine designs it may work, but on most it won't.

***Kuplex*** · 03-07-2006, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Mustang piggy

They don't fit w/ a CAI unless you spot weld it. There was no room in my CAI to line it up right. However I put one in a ford Taurus and Hyundai and it did make a big difference in power and gas milege. Before you guys poo poo this product ask yourselves what a TB spacer does. It has a little swirly that helps drawl air in faster. The tornado works on the same concept. But if you install it crooked even a little it will block your air and your car will run like crap. Which is what I think happens with the people that didn't like it. There are so many parts out there that it sometimes takes trial and error to find the right combination. ie: if you put a jumbo set of pipes on your 3.8 and then add a CAI you will lose power. But CAI's are suppose to add power Hmmmmmmmm

No. They are a scam, pure and simple.

By the time the air gets into the combustion chamber, after traveling through our intake runners, etc, any "swirl" effect is gone long before. It is a gimmick created to scam unknowing people into buying it. Nothing more.

Mustang piggy · 03-07-2006, 09:27 PM

the tornado comes after the air filter close to the TB. It is not in the combustion chamber. The whole combustion concept air in air out (exhaust) the faster you get air in and out the better. This is why we add CAI, why we keep our filters clean, add spacers, add larger TB's, p&p intakes. The swirl creates a vaccum affect and drawls air in faster. The concept is so simple people have a rough time thinking it works. it has to be in very strait or it blocks air flow. I tried to put one in my CAI and dropped down to 10/mpg I had no place it would fit right so I took it out. But in my other 2 cars it gave a good boost in mpg and an increase in power. You can go to the CAI thread and find just as many people saying they work as don't work or plastic vs metal. I don't have the tornado I have the other well advertised brand it is cheap. Not the price, the product. It is a thin piece of metel cut with tin snips you can see the teeth marks. then it is folded, like the pinwheels we played with in the wind as kids. It cost pennies to make so I guess the cost reflects marketing. For those that want to try this we might be able to duplacate them. Discreatly off course

my232stang · 03-08-2006, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Mustang piggy

the tornado comes after the air filter close to the TB. It is not in the combustion chamber. The whole combustion concept air in air out (exhaust) the faster you get air in and out the better. This is why we add CAI, why we keep our filters clean, add spacers, add larger TB's, p&p intakes. The swirl creates a vaccum affect and drawls air in faster. The concept is so simple people have a rough time thinking it works. it has to be in very strait or it blocks air flow. I tried to put one in my CAI and dropped down to 10/mpg I had no place it would fit right so I took it out. But in my other 2 cars it gave a good boost in mpg and an increase in power. You can go to the CAI thread and find just as many people saying they work as don't work or plastic vs metal. I don't have the tornado I have the other well advertised brand it is cheap. Not the price, the product. It is a thin piece of metel cut with tin snips you can see the teeth marks. then it is folded, like the pinwheels we played with in the wind as kids. It cost pennies to make so I guess the cost reflects marketing. For those that want to try this we might be able to duplacate them. Discreatly off course

No thanks, I'd rather waste my money on fuel.