The TORNADO

Ive been seeing alot of infomercials for this Tornado thing, that goes in the intake and supposedly gives you 15 more hp. Anyone have/know anyone with one?? Are they worth a damn??

Save your $$$ and buy a K&N replacement filter or an aftermarket air intake system.

I never heard a good thing about that thing

do a search here on AF for it & see what comes up

Didnt VW put an injector that swirls the air or something? Is it spossed to do the same thing as that?

Don't believe everything you see on TV. You can fine a lab to subport anything you need.
If you PEE in your oil, you will get 1.5 more miles per gallon. PLEASE>!!!!
don't waste your $$$$$. But, then again, I'm no "A" class mechanic.

This thread died 4 months ago - - - If your that interested in the Tornado, get yourself an aluminum can & make your own. Just be sure its secured so it doesn't or a part of it, get sucked into the engine.

An independent test by Car and Driver on a closed course found absolutely no increase in fuel economy, and a dyno found no change in power. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Waste of money.

Hey Chris, what issue was that?

Jon

I cant remember now, and my back issues are back home (Im at uni).
I do remember that they used it when they did a long term wrapup of a BMW, I think it was probably a 5 series....It was for their baubles and bolt ons part of the review.

I remember the article because I had seen an infomercial (one of the 30minute ones) just before.

hey all, I've got a beater car for the winter, it's a 1.9l ford 95 escort nothing great. I used to work for a well marketed mail order firm out of ohio. for an employee discount I paid cost on everything. what I've found is that for the smaller the engine the more in HP this product does work. I was skeptical about it at first but I figured $20 (that's at cost) wasn't anything big to waste. so I tried it out. using a stock filter and that product I actually saw a significant increase in hp. however starting out with only 88 to begin with a 5 hp increase is a 9% or so gain. with moderate engines there's not a big difference and with larger engines you'll pick up like 1 mpg. but think about it 1 mpg on a f350 v-10 is like a 10% increase. I think the statements they made about the product are a little inflated but it's a great product for various cars with nothing available for them. I'm sure combined with a K&N drop in is all you can do to some beaters. however if you already have a conical filter I wouldn't waste the time.