turbonator

[captainobvious]

A friend told me about this, it is supposed to improve horsepower mildly as well as increasing your gas mileage substantially. I know it isn't exactly a turbocharger but this is the best topic to post it in. Opinions?

http://www.turbonator.com/

[98Camaro3.8]

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[blackFbird_98]

ya i tried it and it is crap, the only thing i think it does it block air flow

[tWiStEdBird]

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[CM boyd]

You do get a small increase in horsepower and fuel mileage. You use 1 or 2 in your intake. I tried the Spiralmax version (which is probably what those are) The difference is definitely noticeable. I had a crapload of mods on my car when I tried them. BlackFbird what happened when you installed yours? I have never met anybody that has tried one who said it did not work.

[pewterfirebird02]

.....why would you trust anything called........"the turbonator"?

[Fredless]

Originally posted by pewterfirebird02:
.....why would you trust anything called........"the turbonator"?

oh god that was funny... [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

[blackFbird_98]

well i found that i would run faster with it out at the track, not really sure why the only thing i could think of is it is restricting air flow..

[RicE-ter]

isnt that the same the the tornado
tornadoair.com

which people alredy dynoed on this forum, back and forth on this, but most sed it actually decreased hp [img]graemlins/stickpoke.gif[/img]

[oil pan 4]

a piece of poop would block less air.

[borispeed]

I have checked the turbonator.com and they don't explain well what is it or how it looks like. If it is similar to Tornado then I have something to say. Before I made mods to my camaro I installed it and the car was running better. I posted this in this forum and some people were angry with me. But the reality is that I felt an improvement. After, I replaced the original airbox for the air cool induction and the air lid. Taking off the tornado, I felt a bigger difference. After I put the tornado with all those mods and I felt the car was forcing and not breahting ok. So I decided not to use the tornado again. Don't asking me to explain this. This is what I experienced.

[99firebird44]

Definitely sucks, those things do nothing but cause trouble. They block air flow and my friend had one in a cavalier and it made the check engine light come on. Definitely crap.

[borispeed]

99firebird44, If your friend has the tornado, probably he put it in the wrong direction.

[98Silver6]

I think those things benefit trucks more than sports cars maybe cause they have bigger engines?

[99firebird44]

borispeed, Believe me we tried that already. didn't do anything but make the light come on.