I was up late one night watching tv and i caught an infomercial on a product called a Tornado. It's a metal circle that fits in your intake right by the throttle body. What it does is cause the air to vortex and spin supposedly increasing the air gas mixture giving u better gas mileage and added horsepower. Has anyone used this product? it looks like it could be for real.
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sound lika a smal turbo to me !
MIKE
3geez member since October 4th 2001
i've also seen that informercial. i think someone on here has one in their car. do you remember if they had one of those money back guarantees or something? someone with access to a dyno should get one, dyno it, and then send it back. i know they supposedly dynoed it on the commercial, but 20 horsepower from that small piece of metal just doesn't sit right with me...
3geez member since January 28, 2001
That thing's a bunch of bull! They have a web site for it. That thing is just like selling the ladies,"fat burning" pills. They got info-mercial's for them to. You WANT to think it's possible. But it ain't.
may be it's a 20 HP boost on a V12 engine ! :lolOriginally posted by gugumachi
but 20 horsepower from that small piece of metal just doesn't sit right with me...
MIKE
3geez member since October 4th 2001
I asked the same question and someonee had one look
https://www.3geez.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=960
Pizz-a-shit!!!! Dyno proven to ripp you off boys and girls.
Proven in one old issue of a performance mag, don't remember if it was Sports Comp or Super Street. It even lost horse power.
people need to be a bit more critical of what they watch on TV, there are a whole bunch of these scam products used to lure unknowing customers to buy it and they "Guarantee" a power increase but nobody just has access whenever they want to a dyno but if they did they probably know enough anyway not to buy it.
check out the instructions for this one, how lame can you get??
http://www.spiralmax.com/sm_photo.htm
Eric
3geez member since October 12, 2000
"All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man." - Henry David Thoreau
haha, that's great. i love all the "HERE" 's with the arrows. very precise
3geez member since January 28, 2001
I could crush this thing in the palm of my hand its so cheap looking. I doubt this thing produces more then 5hps. Ill see bout getting my car dynoed, and see what it does with, and without. It seems to be a little noticable, but not like when you first change from stock exhaust to performance. How much do dynoes usually cost?
hmm and you thought the reverse polarity of the sun made you loose to a 3rd gen accord
Justin, or "Omega" had i thynk a spiralmax in his car and i thynk he said he could tell the difference, and btw for 5 hp i thynk its worth it
yea that sounds about right
hmm and you thought the reverse polarity of the sun made you loose to a 3rd gen accord
Guys, onece again...... This will NOT add any HP to anything except a shopping cart with lots of stickers!Originally posted by TAGaCIRCLEa4anarky
Justin, or "Omega" had i thynk a spiralmax in his car and i thynk he said he could tell the difference, and btw for 5 hp i thynk its worth it
A dyno run will run about $80 an hour. Worth it you ask? Hell no! Not for spiral max!
hence the term "mental horsepower"
Eric
3geez member since October 12, 2000
"All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man." - Henry David Thoreau
the tornado is bullshit!
- Joe
i say.... if you believe in it... it will work....hehehe... on a serious note... sport compact car magazine.. had a three page article about the tornado... and their final conclusion is this.... it basically did nothing for gaining hp... so my final thought is this... its like that sticker antenna for the cell phones... if you believe in it.. then it will work.... hehehe
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