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Old 07-30-2006, 10:41 AM
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Has anyone heard of or used this? It's a stainless steel slotted fan blade in a circular housing(also stainless steel) that inserts into your air hose between the air filter and tb. It's suppost to swirl the air to increase air velocity. "Dyno testing proves 4-13 hp gains." It's also suppost to help with gas milage by atomising the air/fuel mixture for more complete and efficient combustion in the combustion chambre. Here is the site address -http://directautoservice.com/howitworks.php
It's about $60. Any thoughts?
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Old 07-30-2006, 10:46 AM
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I have one.....does it work? I dont know... I bought one when i bout my first stock z28....never got to see how it ran w/o one.....My new one is so modded out i dont think it could make a diff
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Yeah, the tornado gives you 1 billion horsepower. People here will tell you it sucks though, they are just trying to keep the really cheap horsepower for themselves.
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Old 07-30-2006, 10:58 AM
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it sounds good but, no, it doesnt work
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you're gonna get a lot of "it doesn't work" from people that have never tried it and just plain old say "it doesn't work". if you were to honestly ask them if they're tried it or not, they'd say "no". i wouldn't buy one, but i couldn't tell you if it really doesn't work.
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I tried the turbonator and saw no difference in gas mileage or power.....A friend of mine gave it to me to try, he swears he feels a difference
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only way u could find out is by testing one out for yourself.
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yes it works... because sticking an obstuction to the air flow will ALWAYS be good for making more power lol....

it's pure BS. Plain and simple. I'd be worried about the LS1's tendency to suck insane amounts of air in of also sucking that piece of **** in and shredding your internals...
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