I have heard that these actually slow down the air coming into the engine which obviously will not help power.

 

Aren't those as good as a Radix...I could save 5k. I've never heard K&N associated with the Tornado.

 

yes , she does happen to be

 

anything that is placed in the intake tube and spins is definately going to obstruct airflow. isn't this common sence? don"t mean to be rude, just wanted to give u a different perspective. definately not made by k&n. I would by a t/b spaced b-4 that pos. but i don't think they are worth a **** either. just pass!

 

well i put the t/b spacer against the tornado and the t/b spacer lost 1 hp and gained 1lbs of tq. tornado 4hp gain and 3lbs of tq, ran with it, without it and back with it to make sure it was really working. There was a few people there the day i did 11 test products bbk 10 hp gain nelson tune 25hp gain tow haul mode with it lost 10hp so on and so on talk to o2denali, farmtruc,gmchasls1 they were all there and seen the results. i run it but its not for everyone jmo laters.

 

All of you guys are saying the Tornado is junk other than v8.
Though I will have to side with v8 guys on this one.
My previous 5.3L with the K&N FPIK kit and a Tornado(not at all assosiated with K&N) made quite a bit of difference in the seat of the pants.
Though no power gain is really evident at low and mid range rpm levels, it definitely made a difference in the upper rpm's. When I installed just the FPIK kit, I felt no power gain what-so-ever. A month later I add the Tornado, and the power increase was felt. A 1.5 MPG increase was found here too.
After a few months of driving, I started to think that the Tornado wasn't really helping. I pulled out the Tornado and ran it for a week.
My results concluded equal lower and mid range power with or without the Tornado. Though without the Tornado I felt a decrease in upper (4,500-5,900 rpm's) power range. It just didn't pull as hard or accelerate as quick to redline. A slight 1 mpg decrease was found too.
I re-installed the Tornado and upper rpm power was increased and my mpg was restored.

Jim

 

does she like corvettes?

 

It gave an late model 96 Impala equipped with the 350 Vette engine a 20 RWHP increase. The Impala only had a complete K&N FPIK kit as the only power adder.
This test was performed on on an infomercial that the Tornado company performed on a chasis dyno.

Jim

 

1st off A Tornado is NOT a power adder

let me guess...you also have a gazelle, a juiceman juicer, and make $50,000 a month working out of your home for 30 min. a day.




don't believe everything you see on tv at 3 a.m.