REAL or BS???

[shming123]

have you guys seen that TORNADO intake kit thing? Is that a bunch of BS? or does it really work?

[acura2fast]

bro the turnado is the biggest bulsh*t i have seen u dont get not even 1hp out of it and the fan will breack off after 1000 miles and it will go into ur motor and will f*ck ur car up we actualy got a car dynoed with the turnado and it was still the same hp. its waste of money Dont buy it.......

[zskta06]

whats the tornado supposed to do that it doesnt?

[Tilt]

It is supposed to help circulate air in a cyclone effect... in theory, better mixed air/fuel equals better combustion. However, the reason it is pointless is because of the way newer air intake/fuel injection works. Think about where the product is placed, the air inlet tube. Now, how far is it and how many curves does the air have to travel to get to the injectors? By then the passive "cyclone" effect does nothing in fact in most cases it inhibits air flow when at WOT since you have a metal piece inside the tubing. The only circumstance i can see it helping is on a carbureted engine, but then I doubt it would do much.

[kidrocket]

they get those dyno results on the infomercial by doing the before and after pulls in different gears. SCC did an article on it a while back. a lot of times, it actually took hp away.

[Tilt]

In the infomercial, during the 1st dyno they have a stock air intake box. The 2nd run, if you look carefully, all of a sudden there is a k&n cone filter.

Originally posted by kidrocket
they get those dyno results on the infomercial by doing the before and after pulls in different gears. SCC did an article on it a while back. a lot of times, it actually took hp away.

[THE4TH]

correct they did change the filter..
but in all fairness the device does do what it says i does..
it just doesn't add power..
not to mention that the air cyclone won't do squat once it hits the throttle body anyway..
but it makes the air go faster from it to the throttlebody.. , faster, not more air..

[Melt]

A guy over in the 88-91 Civic/CRX thread put one of those onto his 88DX sedan, and he said it helped a bit in the low end, but fucked up the high end.

[THE4TH]

i fail to see how it would give you a noticable gain anywhere.. but hey... for that car.. anything would help it..

[Melt]

Originally posted by THE4TH
i fail to see how it would give you a noticable gain anywhere.. but hey... for that car.. anything would help it..

:finger: Why you gotta hate. Everyone cant afford brand new s2k's and si's :finger:

[THE4TH]

i'm just clownin kid.. i used to have a 90 civic lx..
in fact it kicked ass.. 342k miles before it died.. and i drove it like a rental .. lol

[Melt]

Originally posted by THE4TH
i used to have a 90 civic lx..
in fact it kicked ass.. 342k miles before it died.. and i drove it like a rental .. lol

Thats cool. Any pics? Modz? 342k, gives me something to think about (then again my cars on its second engine)

[THE4TH]

it had no mods.. cept a cd player.. lol ..
just a good around town ride.. it was mostly highway though..