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Oct 6, 2003 | 01:31 PM

srs91rs

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those tornado intake things

does any 1 konw if those tornado things that you see advertised on tv work or not
if it does work what were the differences that you noticed

Oct 6, 2003 | 09:37 PM

Damien00677

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From: Dubuque, IA

Car: 2006 'Nox 91 Camaro RS 91 1500 Silv

Engine: GM 3.8L, 305 SBC, 350 SBC

Transmission: Auto, auto, auto

The consensus here is that you might as well shove a brick in ur intake. The "vortex" that you are supposedly making gets broken up a few inches back, not to mention, you are limiting your intake to a few slits in a piece of metal

Welcome to the boards though, and never forget to check the search button with your question before making a post.

Oct 7, 2003 | 01:29 AM

Nixon1

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From: Palm Bay, Florida, USA

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Axle/Gears: A weak one & a chained one

Agreed. It's a load of crap. Just like he said, sure it'd work perfectly if the vortex held together right into the valves, but it doesnt. Gets broken up by the upper intake, then pulled through the lower intake and into the heads. Turbulent as hell. No way that wimpy little tornado would stand up to that kinda storm in there.

Oct 9, 2003 | 02:21 PM

devianb

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Its a $60 peice of aluminum restriction. I have to admit, their advertising champaign looks very convincing. If I was still back in my junior year of highschool, I might have bought one (I believed anything back then).

its about as usefull as that fuel saver I saw on tv. It talked about putting these wire looking things over the spark plugs to save fuel. Its funny how they keep mentioning that it will increase your gas mileage, but the funny thing is that they never tell you by how much. It may increase your mileage by .000000000004 miles per gallon, but they just say it will increase your milage. Most people associated increase with something noticable, which is what the marketing team hopes for.

If you ask me, the tornado is for suckers that want to waste their money on something that may or may not improve anything.

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Oct 9, 2003 | 07:58 PM

WaynesRS

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I agree with Devian . That thing is a waste of money . What kills me is the infomercial on Tv where that old lady says the mechanic got a speeding ticket after installing it , hehe

HOW HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN ?????

I didnt forget you guys ! I got real busy awhile back and just got out of the habbit of stopping by here , then I forgot my password .

I TRADED IN MY 88 RS tues before last .
Im driving a 98 silver rs with t-tops .

I MISS my 88 BAD , but I love my 98 .
Im sunburn right now from having my tops off so much !

Last edited by WaynesRS; Oct 9, 2003 at 08:03 PM.