yeah hahahaha if thats your opinion on these things well whatever, i added on of these to my 3.0 96 taurus, wasnt lookin for power and it didnt add any but i have had this car since it was new (210,000 miles ago) so i have a pretty good idea of what i get for MPG's and after i installed that thing my gass milage went up , on average about 1-1.5 MPG's. I have proven to myself that it works, plus they sell them at checker auto so if it dont work to improve your mileage keep your receipt and return it , but i am happy with it.

 

The whole idea of the tornado working is laughable. The intake system is set up to give the smoothest airflow possible. The tornado creates rotational turbulence within the intake and reduces the ability of the air to flow into the engine smoothly. Every little bit counts.

 

actually in theory spinning the air would make the airflow better. try taking a 2 liter coke bottle filled with water, tumping it upside down and letting the water escape. then do it but spin the water into a tornado like fasion and watch how much faster the water escapes the bottle. you'd be suprised.

the only problem i see with the theory is that once you get the air spinning the spin is interupted by having to make that 90* turn in front of the throttle body. after that it has to make its way through the intake manifold which isnt exactly a smoothe path for the air to keep spinning.

 

Air will not spin into the intake runners the way it is designed.

 

TXSilverado,

They use the coke bottle example to make you think it works. Air entering an engine and water leaving a coke bottle have nearly nothing in common. Air does not behave like the water does in the coke bottle. The coke bottle is a closed system, so the water going into the bottom bottle has to displace the air that is in it. That air must go to the top bottle. The tornado effect works well in this case because it provides a constant path for the air to travel up through the water rather than the alternative of bubbles and burps if you didn't have the tornado effect. An engine is an air pump. The intake always sees negative pressure. Nothing is being displaced by the movement of the air.

AW

 

Ive made the comment before-"if you really want SOTP performance from a Tornado you have to port and polish it:! HEHE!

 

ive never seen the tornado advertised with a coke bottle. just thinking back ot a highschool science project. the way you put it makes sense. we have had one member on the forums test the tornado on the dyno and come back with positive results...

 

Bottom Line dont waste your cash.

I love it when these threads pop up.

 

haha and they always do. we could start a sticky of mods to NOT buy.

 

i vote for the new sticky,TESTED MODS THAT DO NOT WORK (save your money )