I was driving on the interstate yesterday when my cold side turdo tube blew out of its boot. To my surprise I found a CYCLONE gas saver installed. Should I remove it? My 2001 F350 7.3L DSL has operated fine for 100,000+ miles.

Thanks in advance FTE guys!!!!

TORNADO Air Management Systems :: More Power! More Mileage!

This is what was installed on my truck, by previous owner.


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Moved to the 1999 - 2003 7.3L Power Stroke Diesel forum.

 

Read this...about half way down page one... In a word, yes, I would remove it.

 

Toss it. It does nothing but restrict the flow of air through the boot.

 

Didn't Gene have one of those things and think it helped?

 

Gene had a turbo air guide and swore by it.
Turbo Air Guide - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Pickup Truck - More Air Flow, More Power, Increased Fuel Mileage, Greater Performance --www.blackclouddiesel.com

I might have argued with him about a time or two...............

 

I would think that if that honeycomb material comes apart for any reason, your turbine blades have BIG problems!

I can't imagine that there is enough reduction to flow turbulence to allow a performance increase enough to overcome the loss produced by the cross-sectional resistance to flow.

Sorry. Got no graphs, charts, bells, whistles, or anything else to prove my thoughts.

Pop

 

I had one in both my X and F350 for a few yrs right when I bought them and didnt notice any difference so I removed them.

 

That big spinny thing that makes all that noise will "spin" the air all you need.

 

If those things worked as they said they do they would be OEM on every turbo-diesel made, as efficiency is king in this industry, as it ultimately results in lower emissions and higher power!
Jim...& fat Monty

 

Well said my friend...

 

many times...

 

I would agree with others here that it's a waste of money, but a fews years back I must have had money to waste. For some reason I bought an Air Cell intake spacer for my Kenworth, as seen here:
Fuel Saving Aircell Intake Spacers - IOWA80.COM

It had a money back guarantee, figured I'd try it and could return it when I saw no improvement. I honestly think it helped my truck pull a little harder, and I saw my mileage go up by .2 mpg. Yea it's not alot, but when you put a lot of miles under the tires it can start making a difference. I don't know how or why it made a difference or I felt a difference, but I left it in there. I did like that it didn't really "block" the intake, like that Cyclone does.

Then a year later I sold the truck and bought a new one with a bigger motor and now am getting better mpg than before with a lot easier pulling!!

 

It did make a difference. You expected better fuel economy so you drove a little better to help it, whether you knew you were doing it or not. If you ran a scientific test like the link above you would have found that at best it didn't hurt you a lot. It certainly wasn't responsible for 0.2 MPG gains. Bad science doesn't work.

 

When I fuel up every 2 days putting in close to 200 gallons each time and I consistantly have slightly better mileage than before, something made a difference. I drove it exactly the same as I always did, with the pedal to the floor cuz the trailer I was pulling would dog the crap out of my truck.

Scientific tests are great, but they are in a controlled environment. What about real world experience? If what I see in my "real world test" doesn't line up with what someone found in a "scientific test" in a lab, my results are automatically ruled out? Why?

I wouldn't buy it again, and I'm not saying for the OP to keep it in there. I'm just sharing my experiences.