I can save you the same amount of fuel for half the money, and there's not even any installation!
Just send me half the cost of the Tornado. I won't send you anything. You've just saved the same amount of fuel, and you don't even have to install something on your truck.
Here's a free tip that will save A LOT more than ANY of those money wasting scams: Slow down. That's the most effective way to save fuel.
Mark
2002 Ford E350 van connected to a 1998 SunnyBrook 33 FKDS travel trailer by a Hensley Arrow hitch
Former Ford Automatic Transmission Engineer, 1988-2007
Beatfarmer wrote: Do nothing but lighten your wallet.
By relieving weight from your wallet you thus have less total weight to haul, SO.... in the long run you will get better fuel economy.
BTW... the addition of chrome valve covers, chromed air cleaner cover, chromed water pump, in fact anything you can have chromed will make your vehicle go faster too. At least that's what a race driver friend told me.
Rich, Kim, and
Tobi the rescued dog
Oreo (waiting for us at the Rainbow Bridge)
Prowler 5ver, 84 Ford F250 KCOCOLOR78 Weather
Colo. Spgs. CO
Popular Mechanics magazine did a test on that and a number of other devices advertised to save fuel and increase power. None did anything at all to increase power or fuel economy. They tested them using an F150 on a chassis dyno in a lab setting. It was a year or two ago, but an internet search may turn up the article.
"VORTEX GENERATORS
These devices, which are usually installed on the upstream side of the mass airflow (MAF) sensor, use stationary vanes or, on some devices, spinning blades to make the inlet air between the air cleaner and intake manifold whirl around in a mini-tornado. This vortex supposedly mixes fuel more thoroughly with air, which means the fuel will, theoretically, burn more completely in the combustion chamber. Trouble is, there's a lot of intake tract downstream from these devices designed to maximize a smooth airflow. Turbulence, coupled with the restricted airflow caused by the device, can only reduce the amount of air sucked into the manifold. Less air means less power.
Again, we tested two devices. The TornadoFuelSaver is a nicely made stainless steel contraption, available in an assortment of sizes to fit most vehicles. We installed it on our truck's intake tract immediately upstream of the MAF sensor. We purchased the second device, the Intake Twister, on eBay. It was crudely handmade from sheet-aluminum flashing and pop rivets. It looked like something we could make in about 10 minutes from an old soda can. The staff at UTI was reluctant to install it: The bent sheetmetal vanes looked as if they might break off and be digested by the engine. The device is one-size-fits-all, and is simply bent into a curl to insert it into the intake duct.
THE DYNO SAYS: Both devices reduced peak horsepower by more than 10 percent. The Intake Twister increased fuel consumption by about 20 percent; the TornadoFuelSaver provided no significant change."
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NGRRFan wrote: BTW... the addition of chrome valve covers, chromed air cleaner cover, chromed water pump, in fact anything you can have chromed will make your vehicle go faster too. At least that's what a race driver friend told me.
I heard that if you wax your car it will make it more slippery thru the wind !!
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