I was talking with some people and they told me to purchase the Turbonator (turbonator.com). Im sure thsi has been brought up before but i couldnt find it. Is this good? Should i believe the hype on this? i mean does this piece of aluminum actually spin the air in the intake to make you have better MPG and such? Also im going to install a electric supercharger in about a month, will this interfere with this or make it work even better with charged air?

anyone that votes please post any experience or results found with your side of things. thanks

I've heard nothing but negative to neutral things on this. The claims on the tornado for increased hp is not proven, no matter how well you like that commercial.

I think you will find more info on this on LS1tech as I recall a pretty heated thread about it there.

I have read articles on all of those "fuel saver" gidgets. The general outcome that all articles recieved was a 1 - 2 mpg and 3 7 HP loss.

Matt

Seems like a flow restriction to me

A turbocharger may or may not add 2-3 mpg
Most of the time the gas is mashed harder to compensate for the added mpg

These things I concider right up there with things like:

"+20HP LINCOLN POWER SPEED CHIP LS CONTINENTAL TOWN CAR "
http://tinyurl.com/lt8vg
ONLY $4.99!

Don't waste all the money on stuff that sell cheap and promote big power / MPG. There were some stuff like the tornado or something that does work, but those were for carb. cars, which your's isnt. The only electric supercharger I see that might work is e-RAM, but that is also more costly and doesn't really give much.

It is a lot better to save up and get something later on that will really give you power, like headers, or real superchargers.

i just installed a throttle body spacer from motorvation, its a 1 inch billet aluminum spacer that has the throttle bore circle cut outs and it spins the air goin into the plenum.....i've gotten better throttle response and alittle power but i havent driven it to figure out the mpg. its suppose to increase low end torque and hp, they say 22 hp and 24ftlbs and 4 more mpg....i wouldnt expect that much.

ive actually seen the throttle body spacer on a car show like speed channel and i cant find the tape but they did get a power increase when they dynoed the car, it was a 3rd gen firebird/camaro.

the tornado that fits in the intake ducting is a peice of crap, they dyno'd that as well and it did absolutely nothing.

airraid, motorvation, jet, and heliz make the throttle body spacers. ur not gona get a power decrease, the turbulance actually increases power and moves more air. the spiral boars dont actually doesnt block the entrance or the open area and it just adds alittle spin to the incoming air. so there is not restriction

i cant find a throttle body spacer for LT1 anyways i think ill pass on the tornado thanks fellas. i may look into this spacer thing and a turbocharger

Regarding the Tornado, look at people's lists of mods. I bet nobody here has a Tornado as one of them. NUFF SAID!

These gimmicks will restrict airflow , want more air flow use a leaf blower. :tongue:

Leaf Blower does add power

http://tinyurl.com/hz7tm

I was about to say for an import maybe. Did you see how they were adding the N2O? Lucky they did not kill anyone. Why not try it without the leaf blower spraying the N2O like they were, or did that seem too dangerous??

Matt

steer clear. Scam!

Just came across this website and noticed some interesting stuff, owner of a 95 Formula myself.
First off the Turbonator is suppose to be the best because they claim it is manufactured in one piece only and no welding. Second, I suppose it would work only if your air intake valve that is connected to your air filter be completely straight or in a unique curve. If I remember, in stock the valve contains ridges and resembles an accordion. Air flow would be restricted there because of having to accommdate the abnormal passage. If you created an ideal passage then it should work. I've never purchased one, but if I do I will test it and if needed return it. Then again adding it might require having to modify your oxygen sensors. But why settle for the cheap, get yourselves a Functional Ram Air Hood!!!--forsaken731@yahoo.com

Does that leaf blower come with the attachment cable to go in cigarette lighter plug, or do I need to get somewhere else?

This is really common sense. If you think of what happens to the air as it is sucked through the tornado, you will understand it was a good theory, but cant work. First the air travels through the intake tubing past the tornado causing ONE mass of spining air. it the hits the throttle body and is split as it travels into the plenum or manifold. Think about this, it has not even reached the cylinder and it has been split in half straight down the center of the vortex. Now that it is in the manifold, it is being pulled every direction possile by all of the 8 cylinders.

No it does not work. I have heard of many people geting them, mostly truck owners and they have told me that they noticed no power increase and actually a slight increase in fuel consumption.

if they could actually make is spin in each cylinder, it would work. they only purpose of this is to hel better the atomization better. The better the fuel is disspersed"atomized" the more volitale it becomes and the more intense the explosion....therfore more power is created. As I said, good therory but it was a poor invention at best.

Any time somthing says its going to add hp and increase fuel milage, do some research and try to find out how and why it would do that and if it is possible.

Try this for a test, Why dose Nitous Oxide increase horsepower. If you said because it is extreamley flamable, your wrong.

Nitrous Oxide is not even flamable.......... It must be magic or it just must pissss the engine off and raise its adrenaline.

The simple facts are that if you are reading this post, you obviously have a computer and internet access. You can learn anything you want be doing some research on here and the best part is that it is free and you can determine what will work and what is a scam and what will add hp and what wont do anything other than empty your wallet.


Many parts you can get are only as good as the stickers they put in the box .The leaf blower is a better idea, at least it make sense