Does a Tornado Really Work?
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From: Dexter, Mo.
Does a Tornado Really Work?
I bought 2001 X 4X4 with v10 and 3.73 ratio a couple of months now. I bought it soley to tow my TT and am happy with the way it tows. However, somebody told me if I buy and install a tornado that it would improve my gas mileage. Does anybody know if they really work?
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From: moreno valley calif
i had one in my 2000 v10....i was going to take it out when i took out my K&N filter and put in a paper element. but i just left it, does'nt seem to hurt....but i kind of knew it wouldnt work....but bought it anyway
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Seems to work well on those soda bottles they demonstrate on.
If ya think they work well .. I got some property with oil under the ground I'd like to sell ya .. you could make a fortune!
If ya think they work well .. I got some property with oil under the ground I'd like to sell ya .. you could make a fortune!
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I think you people are not telling the whole story. The tornado works. Depends on who you are tho. If you are the owner of the truck and want it to do something, probably not. If you are the owner of the company or a shareholder, yes it works. 
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It seems to be along the same line as the throttle body spacers I have used. Twice. But not since.
If there was a difference, I was unaware of it. But at least with the spacers you had some red anodized aluminum to look at...pretty!
If there was a difference, I was unaware of it. But at least with the spacers you had some red anodized aluminum to look at...pretty!
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Mythbusters did a nice job of debunking all the save fuel gadgets they could find on the internet. In the end most made mileage slightly worse, with the 300 mpg carb reducing mileage by 25%.
What they did make work was once filtered french fry oil stright into an old Mercedes diesel. Got 30 MPG with that one.
What they did make work was once filtered french fry oil stright into an old Mercedes diesel. Got 30 MPG with that one.
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I saw this on MSN today, maybe this will put the Tornado and throttle body spacers out of their misery...This was in an article concerning mileage and quoting the EPA:
According to Popular Science, the idea is to mix fuel with air more thoroughly so that it burns more completely in the combustion chamber. Yet the turbulence reduces the amount of air sucked into the manifold, putting less power at your fingertips. That's how one of the brands Popular Science tested wound up costing a driver 20% more of his precious gasoline stash.
*** has found another flaw with the bulk of air-injection products: They fail to combine air and fuel in the first place. "We don't inject the fuel until it gets right down next to the intake of the actual cylinders in the engine. So there are usually at least a couple of inches between the air intake and the fuel," he says.
So at least the potential to cost you power...
According to Popular Science, the idea is to mix fuel with air more thoroughly so that it burns more completely in the combustion chamber. Yet the turbulence reduces the amount of air sucked into the manifold, putting less power at your fingertips. That's how one of the brands Popular Science tested wound up costing a driver 20% more of his precious gasoline stash.
*** has found another flaw with the bulk of air-injection products: They fail to combine air and fuel in the first place. "We don't inject the fuel until it gets right down next to the intake of the actual cylinders in the engine. So there are usually at least a couple of inches between the air intake and the fuel," he says.
So at least the potential to cost you power...
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From: Hartford, WI
Originally Posted by SmokinJohn
Mythbusters did a nice job of debunking all the save fuel gadgets they could find on the internet. In the end most made mileage slightly worse, with the 300 mpg carb reducing mileage by 25%.
What they did make work was once filtered french fry oil stright into an old Mercedes diesel. Got 30 MPG with that one.
What they did make work was once filtered french fry oil stright into an old Mercedes diesel. Got 30 MPG with that one.