tornado fuel saver reviews
Tornado Fuel Saver.. Intake turbo?
So my buddy was telling me about this little device that he just saw at the local auto parts store called the Tornado Fuel Saver.
I looked it up as soon as I got home and read a bunch of reviews.
One website even states that it not only increases gas mileage by about 4mpg.. But also increases Horse Power by 7%..
Is this true??
This device is priced at almost $70 at the local auto parts store..
Does it work??
And would it be worth buying???
The vanes of the “tornado” are purported to cause a swirling of the air stream and thereby move air more efficiently to the cylinders . . . Unfortunately that swirling requires energy and actually slows down the air intake by sapping the linear energy of the airstream . . . As in the previous answer, the effective resistance increases geometrically as the speeds go higher and, at higher rpm’s, there will be a measurable fall off in power . . . The ‘tornado’ effect also directs the air currents in a way that can interfere with proper distribution of air to each cylinder . . .
A simple air box is actually far more effective in providing lower resistance and equal distribution of air to all the cylinders . . . A swirling effect would cause misdirection of air in the manifold leading to imbalanced flow to the veins . . . Most intake manifold designs actually incorporate a small air box precisely to mitigate turbulence in the air stream . . The larger the air box is – the more even and equitable is the flow but because of the constraints of size, under the hood, they are kept to a minimum . . .
In short – save your money – - it’s a scam !
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