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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 03:31 AM
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Whats up with the Turbonator?

Fame or shame on this one?

http://www.turbonator.com/

Anyone.......anyone....
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 05:58 AM
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When it says "as seen in" and lists all those magazines, but doesn't tell you what they said about the product sometings fishy.

These have been shown to be worthless.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 09:00 AM
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sounds like the tornado. made my last car too lean and rich, killing the MAV and O2 sensors. JUNK.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 09:05 AM
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I had one on my 3rd gen VG - Dyno'd at 158hp 178 TQ

25+ over stock HP and TQ!!
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 11:58 AM
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shame.

if you supercharging your car you can garantee it will cost atleast more than $1K, so if its $69.95 you can bet its a rip off.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 12:01 PM
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bijangxe was that a joke or are you serious
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by NismoMax80
sounds like the tornado. made my last car too lean and rich,
Uh, what?
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 01:06 PM
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a car cant be too rich AND lean at the same time. its one or the other. am i wrong?
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by bijangxe
I had one on my 3rd gen VG - Dyno'd at 158hp 178 TQ

25+ over stock HP and TQ!!
Those sound like modded VE dyno #'s
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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I bought one and it was a a god damn waste of my money. It did nothing for my car, other than hinder the airflow. It was a pain in the a$$ to install and it was a pain to take out too. Heed my warning those who are contemplating the turbonator!! It is a waste of money.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by KCMC582
a car cant be too rich AND lean at the same time. its one or the other. am i wrong?

he was joking . . . .
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 02:08 PM
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sorry, sometimes the ORG makes me wonder, cuz people actually DO state things like that.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 02:10 PM
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sorry, sometimes the ORG makes me wonder, cuz people actually DO state things like that.

yea I know what you mean, but he's a moderator I'm sure all modertators would know that things like that are a rip off. . . . or do they . . .
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 02:11 PM
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ha, i didnt even notice that. it just brought back memories of "by the sound of the exhaust from his Camry, i could tell he was running high compression".
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 02:46 PM
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Kinda makes you wonder, what a high compression motor sounds like.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by RacertilTheEnd
I bought one and it was a a god damn waste of my money. It did nothing for my car, other than hinder the airflow. It was a pain in the a$$ to install and it was a pain to take out too. Heed my warning those who are contemplating the turbonator!! It is a waste of money.
Now there's a post worth listenting too.

Thanks for saving me time and money.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 06:47 PM
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Now there's a post worth listenting too.

Thanks for saving me time and money.
No worries, Glad to help guide a lost soul into the light. The light that exposes the evils of the turbonator.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 07:53 PM
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Uh, what?
it was pretty bad GM junk.
guess i'll be more detailed, it was too rich. (replaced MAV) then it was too lean (replaced O2) but it was still junk just like the tornado and this "turboator" crap.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 09:46 PM
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As soon as I finally got the damn thing outta my air hose, and started the car, a big puff of smoke came streamin out of my exhaust. It was like I could hear my car say "Thank god, I can finally breathe" so yeah. big waste of time and money.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Apollos2
Now there's a post worth listenting too.

Thanks for saving me time and money.
Answers were buried in the other posts too.... all implying that the Turbonator sucks...
Old Feb 16, 2005 | 12:49 AM
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Yeah dont get it, its just as bad as tornado air.
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