Does the "Tornado" really work.
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Does the "Tornado" really work.
Does this really work:
http://www.tornadoair.com/
It looks a little crappy nd hard to beleive but I read some reviews that say it does. Any thoughts on this? It's hard to beleive that a device for $70 will give you 10+ HP.
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Paul
http://www.tornadoair.com/
It looks a little crappy nd hard to beleive but I read some reviews that say it does. Any thoughts on this? It's hard to beleive that a device for $70 will give you 10+ HP.
Thanks,
Paul
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NO they dont gurantee it. They say Up To 15 HP. They have a video of a news crew testing it and they said it works, however, the whole thing looked kind of lame and false to me, then again I dont beleive anything I see on TV.
Thanks,
Paul
Thanks,
Paul
no it doesnt work. my dad unfortunately bought for one his 98 accord v6. he noticed a little more pickup but much worse gas mileage. one funny thing is on the infomercial. watch the car they dyno, the impala. first time they run, its all stock. second time with the dyno, a k&n FIPK showed up out of no where along with the amazing tornado. its a waste of money.
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The theory behind this thing is very much true. Let me explain this. Please read on before anybody flames me here.
If you have a pitcher of standing water and dump a few scoups of powder iced tea mix in, it goes straight to the bottom and does nothing. If you swirl the water rappidly and then dump the scoup of powder iced tea mix in, it mixes with the water quite well. Now lets apply that to the fuel system of a car. Carburated engines mix the air and fuel right at the point of entry into the intake manifold. If you have air coming in very straight and clean, do you think the air and fuel mixes well? It actually doesn't. Now lets put this tornado thing on top of the carb. and swirl the air rapidly then mix in the gas. Same theory as the iced tea happens. The air and fuel mixes better. Thats the theory behind this thing.
Now lets look at the Maxima engine. We have a throttle body, air intake manifold and fuel injectors that sit right before the intake valve. You can swirl the air all you want at the point of entry, but by the time it makes it's way to the intake valve where the fuel injector sprays it has gone through our intake manifold and lost most if not all of it's swirling. So the end result is nothing as far as our engines are concerned.
Another type of fuel injection system is the throttle body injection system. This system may still be used by some auto mfg. I recall my mom's Cougar V6 engine has this. Here's how that works - A large fuel injector sits on top of what looks like a carb. It actually is a throttle body plate. The injector sprays down into the throttle body when you open the plate. Air and fuel mixes as it enters the intake manifold. (same as the cab.) If you place this tornado on top of the injector/intake and swirl the air, the air and fuel will most likely mix much better.
Now I personally don't think you can generate more HP by this, but I do think that a more consistant or uniform air/fuel mixture in the intake manifold might produce more uniform accelleration. All the cylinders are getting a more even and consistant air/fuel mixture.
I think this thing has it's benifits to some type of intake systems. As far as the Maxima engine goes and others like it, Port Injected fuel injection systems, the tornado will do absolutely nothing.
If you have a pitcher of standing water and dump a few scoups of powder iced tea mix in, it goes straight to the bottom and does nothing. If you swirl the water rappidly and then dump the scoup of powder iced tea mix in, it mixes with the water quite well. Now lets apply that to the fuel system of a car. Carburated engines mix the air and fuel right at the point of entry into the intake manifold. If you have air coming in very straight and clean, do you think the air and fuel mixes well? It actually doesn't. Now lets put this tornado thing on top of the carb. and swirl the air rapidly then mix in the gas. Same theory as the iced tea happens. The air and fuel mixes better. Thats the theory behind this thing.
Now lets look at the Maxima engine. We have a throttle body, air intake manifold and fuel injectors that sit right before the intake valve. You can swirl the air all you want at the point of entry, but by the time it makes it's way to the intake valve where the fuel injector sprays it has gone through our intake manifold and lost most if not all of it's swirling. So the end result is nothing as far as our engines are concerned.
Another type of fuel injection system is the throttle body injection system. This system may still be used by some auto mfg. I recall my mom's Cougar V6 engine has this. Here's how that works - A large fuel injector sits on top of what looks like a carb. It actually is a throttle body plate. The injector sprays down into the throttle body when you open the plate. Air and fuel mixes as it enters the intake manifold. (same as the cab.) If you place this tornado on top of the injector/intake and swirl the air, the air and fuel will most likely mix much better.
Now I personally don't think you can generate more HP by this, but I do think that a more consistant or uniform air/fuel mixture in the intake manifold might produce more uniform accelleration. All the cylinders are getting a more even and consistant air/fuel mixture.
I think this thing has it's benifits to some type of intake systems. As far as the Maxima engine goes and others like it, Port Injected fuel injection systems, the tornado will do absolutely nothing.
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