Tornado gas saver

[Brian Teitell]

What do yall think about gettng a tornado gas saver? If so which brand is the bes?

 

[WXMotorSports DecalsPartsAccs]

The best brand is "Don't Buy It" brand. It is a waste of money!

 

[Conrad AlbertoJr]

The consensus is that those "gas saver" items dont really work. The best thing you can do is change your driving style.

 

[Chris Brown 2]

do u mean no more burnouts and peeling wheels around corners? lol.

i gotta stop doing that neway cuz my michelins are gonna get messed up. lol

 

[Tom Schindler]

A whole lota people are going to get screwed out of a bunch of money from those that claim to "save" you gas.



It is really sad.



Jesse James used to rob people but he used a gun.





Tom

 

[Rich Carrillo]

I bought one of those for my trac about a year ago. I noticed i get about 20 more miles on a tank of gas than I did without it. It's not much but it's something. Why not get one. They're about $50 on ebay. PEACE!

 

[Tom Schindler]

20 miles per tank.



Lets say, for example, you get 20 MPG. At an average of $3.00/gallon you would have to drive through 16 tanks of gas to break even. About 6,500 miles.



You also say 20 miles per tank increase. Heck, last week by only accellerating downhill and coasting uphill, I was able to get 50 miles extra for that tank. That did not cost me $50.00.





Tom

 

[Rich Carrillo]

But it is an improvement.

 

[Tom Schindler]

Rich,



Honestly, I would account the improvement moreso that you drive SLIGHTLY different then the device actually working. Extensive tests from different magazines have been done. They all came to the same conclusion. it doesn't work and some vehicles actually had a loss of power with it installed.



They try to convince you that the air will swirl while entering the combustion chamber. The problem is that vortex generator is before the throttle plate. Any vortex created by the generator will be slowed down by the plate. Then take into consideration that it goes into the intake manifold wwhere it is split up between 6 tracks for the air to travel to each cylinder. Also air, like water, takes the path of least resistance. A swirl is more resistance then a straight smooth line. To get more power out of the same displacement without forced induction is smoothing the intake. They do that by porting the manifold (the make them as close as possible the same size) and then polishing it. That will allow the air to flow as freely as possible to increase power by making the engine more efficient. The more efficient the engine is, the more power it will produce. The more power it produces with the same amount of fuel will allow you to use less fuel to produce the power needed to fight wind resistance. Another thing they will do is a multi angle valve job. 5 angles will allow the air to enter the combustion chamber even easier. Also, going a little larger on the intake will allow the air to enter more freely. The Vortex generator also blocks your intake a little.



There are too many things that disagree with the theory that the vortex generators don't work then those that do.



I have been driving my Trac as sane as I possibly can. I use my ScanGuage to average my MPG's as I drive. Going to work, I can average 21 MPG. That is in traffic at 3 in the afternoon. At 11:30 when I am driving home (I work 3:30 PM to 11:30 PM) I can average 23 MPG. Driving in the city with traffic lights and stop signs, I average 15 MPG. If I make it a habit to accellerate downhill then as I am going up the next hill I start to slowly let off the accellerater as I go up the hill, I can maintain higher MPG's then if I coast down the hill then accelerate up the hill. Been trying it out for two weeks now. The first tank I got 17.9 MPG, the second tank I got just under 17 MPG. I had to drive a little more agressive on the last time because somehow I was running late for work a couple days last week.





Tom

 

[Deleted deleted]

Well, at least he came here to ask us before throwing away his money on snake oil.

 

[Gerald Pierce]

Hey, I stacked 10 of them in my intake, I now have to siphon gas out each week! And I get 1147 horsepower at the rear wheels, all documented with my "seat of the pants" dyno!

 

[Tom Schindler]

Lets hope he didn't buy the Snake Oil.





Tom

 

[Mark B]

cruzrtwdgt,



Try one in your fuel-filler neck to swirl the gas. When that pre-swirled gas hits the swirled air, HANG ON!





Consumer Reports:

 

[Johnny O]

I put one in my Trac and hooked up a leaf blower to the MAF so the Tornado would function like a turbo. Ran a 10.3 in the 1/4 mile.:lol: Tip: drain the windshield washer tank and fill it with two-stroke gas to power the leaf blower.:lol:

 

[Fred]

:lol:

 

[Kevin Hachey]

I'm gonna get a couple of 'em and put them where the foglights go. Less wind resistance and brake cooler........right?:huh:

 

[rob chaw]

I hooked up 3 in-line after the air filter and oh boy i had an increase of 30 no 60% in MPG.

btw whats wrong w/ snake oil, i drink a cup a day.....



yeah right.....



rob

 

[Mike Wilson]

Here you go!!

All the horsepower you ever wanted with only a two-wire hookup!



Maybe we can get a group buy!!!