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Old 05-01-2007, 04:40 AM
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i've heard the commercials bragging of up to 20% more horsepower just by using the "Tornado" fuel saver. has anyone on here got one and does it actually improve either horsepower or fuel economy HP being the most important. and if so do you have any dyno numbers
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Yes it works very well. I have ten thousand for sale if you would be interested in becoming a rep. Have you ever thought about the advantage of owning your own Bridge? I can get you a good deal on the Golden Gate right now. PM me.

Clean filter, good plugs and new O2 sensor will work better than some useless gadget. There is so much turbulence in the intake that smoothing it out will offer more gains.
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Yup!!it gave me 42.7hp @ 7100rpm, and now I get 29mpg on the city and 39mpg on the highway! It also brought me into the 11's!!!!I am a satisfied customer highly recommended!!!
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[QUOTE=KENS_SS_4]Yes it works very well. I have ten thousand for sale if you would be interested in becoming a rep. Have you ever thought about the advantage of owning your own Bridge? I can get you a good deal on the Golden Gate right now. PM me.

wow very very funny
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Dont get it.
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if you think the tornato is good check this out im sure its ten times better because it is $70.00 http://www.turbonator.com/index.html
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No... Might make a pretty paper weight though
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All sarcasm aside, no it doesn't work.
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i bought one of the real cheap one's off ebay(like 15 bucks with shipping) just because i commute quite a ways(60 miles round trip) it wasn't that much of a gain but i went from getting between 19.5-20mpg to 21.5-22, didn't notice anything at all though as far as power went, my z28 is completly stock and ran 13.8 before and 13.8 after, hope this helps
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If you're worried about fuel economy, buy a Honda.
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It works better than VTEC yo! And it's great when your street racing, cause you can be like, "Dude the only reason you pulled on me was my tornado was not up to speed yet!"
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^^ haha very true
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Originally Posted by Shatterz
It works better than VTEC yo! And it's great when your street racing, cause you can be like, "Dude the only reason you pulled on me was my tornado was not up to speed yet!"


Gotta wait for the Tornado to spool up ya know.
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Originally Posted by unit213


Gotta wait for the Tornado to spool up ya know.
I heard STS is working on a rear mount Tornado kit
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Yes it does.
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I My self want to go tt

u know twin tornados
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hell ya im rockin a monster tornado...its classified as a t76! thats way past the f-scale 1-5 that the national weather service rates them as!
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Originally Posted by StoleIt
hell ya im rockin a monster tornado...its classified as a t76! thats way past the f-scale 1-5 that the national weather service rates them as!
An F76 huh? That F5 in 'Twister' wasn't **** compared to what you're
packin'.
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i almost went with the twin tornado set up, but then i just opted for the single f88 set up
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20% power increase? So with a bolt on 320 rwhp camaro that would be 64 extra rwhp...and to think I went with a cam and only go 60 rwhp, what a ripoff!



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