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Old Feb 21, 2004 | 09:25 PM
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helix power tower Does it work?

Has anyone ever used a helix power tower? Does it help power and fuel mileage.

Has anyone ever used the "Tornado" does is help




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Old Feb 21, 2004 | 10:38 PM
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a few of my buddies have em they say its awesome, but for 80 bux,i dont think they're gonna be like... no i threw away 80 bux......! there is a big argument on this, so do a search, you will come up with alot of responses


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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 02:05 AM
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 09:44 AM
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All it does is spin the air so it flows around corners better. If it works. I tend to think not. Sure not for $80.
If I spent $80 on something, I'd tell my friends it worked great.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 11:50 AM
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i did i few searches on this in the truck forums and just about everone who put one of these in(tornado) had no increase in power or econ. and some even had decreases.most of the people that bought them returned them-my guess is the helix will be about the same.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 12:01 PM
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Uncle put one in on his 5.4 F-150. No power increase, no increase in throttle response. He did get a loud whistling coming from the $80 'Power Tower' though, I coulda sat in the passenger seat and whistled for free!
 
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