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Has anyone tried one of those Tornadoair things?
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:25 pm
by georryan
Is it a scam? I find it hard to belive that something as simple as vortexing the air can give 20 hp to the wheels on an f150.
Do you guys know what I'm talking about? I saw this on a late night commercial (probably my first mistake
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:39 pm
by entirelyturbo
There's actually a thread in the Intake section about it...
Yep, total ripoff. I was dumb enough to try it in my earlier years. Did nothing for power or mileage, just made the car harder to start. Makes sense since it's just an obstruction in the intake...
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:18 pm
by legacy92ej22t
Their actual product is crap but if you put one of their stickers on the top of your airbox you'll gain around 5 hp at least.
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:40 pm
by georryan
SWEET!!! How much for a sticker??!!
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:57 pm
by evolutionmovement
Yeah I should do my turbo transplant and just tell any surprised person that I'm N/A, but running a Tornado.
Steve
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:01 am
by BAC5.2
legacy92ej22t wrote:Their actual product is crap but if you put one of their stickers on the top of your airbox you'll gain around 5 hp at least.
Word, I told you my car was faster
Stickers are free if the Pep-boys guys like you.
P.S. I do have a Tornado sticker on my airbox. I have an exhaust powered tornado in my intake.
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:04 am
by THAWA
exhaust in the intake, that sounds bad!
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 3:34 am
by georryan
You know, hahaha, I emailed Tornado before I posted this and they replied to me today. They basically said that gains from the tornado on a turbo car would be minimal if any at all.
At least they aren't trying to oversell their product.
-Ryan
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:08 am
by LaureltheQueen
my old auto teacher used to say... "if it works so well, why dont auto manufacturers put them in the vehicles they sell?"