tornado air intake

IDZRVIT · 09-27-2013, 08:32 AM

An obstruction in the intake path.

Some "inventor" flogs this "invention" through K-Tel and people buy them. If they actually worked as advertised, every internal combustion engine on the planet would be fitted with one. So, think before you buy.

Chuck33079 · 09-27-2013, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by IDZRVIT

An obstruction in the intake path.

Some "inventor" flogs this "invention" through K-Tel and people buy them. If they actually worked as advertised, every internal combustion engine on the planet would be fitted with one. So, think before you buy.

Yep. The only thing you're doing is restricting airflow. I'd love to get a list of people who have bought these. I'd slap together some BS snake oil part and make millions.

SouthArk370Z · 09-27-2013, 08:53 AM

Geez, guys. I suppose y'all don't think magnets on the fuel line work either. Or HHO. Or gas tank additives. Oh ye of little faith.

/sarcasm

Chuck33079 · 09-27-2013, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

Or gas tank additives.

Octane booster, or injector cleaner?

SouthArk370Z · 09-27-2013, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Octane booster, or injector cleaner?

Yeah. Not all gas tank additives are hokum (or worse). I was thinking more in the line of this and that, just to pick two that were easy to find.

I still have my doubts as to the value of injector cleaner. If they're all that dirty, maybe you have a problem elsewhere or they are old enough to justify replacing. But at least it's not outright bunk - it can be useful in the right situation.

Jordo! · 09-30-2013, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by IDZRVIT

An obstruction in the intake path.

Some "inventor" flogs this "invention" through K-Tel and people buy them. If they actually worked as advertised, every internal combustion engine on the planet would be fitted with one. So, think before you buy.

^^^ This.

Some intakes have air-straightener vanes just before the MAF, but ours doesn't require one (nor is it calibrated for one) and the Tornado is not designed to to do that. It's a scam.

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