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Old May 4, 2007 | 06:40 PM
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Tornado

Is anyone using a Tornado on thier rx. (yes i know this is not for turbo cars)
As far as N/A goes does this improve MPG and performance significantly? I think it costs at least 50 bucks, so Im askin here before I start messing with it
Old May 4, 2007 | 06:45 PM
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lol figure this.... why is it that all of use performance guys want to free up intakes as much as possible? More power. How do sticking a piece of plastic in your intake pipe gonna make u have more power or gas milage? so one well rounded word for all your tornado question. -> NO!
Old May 4, 2007 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Snack
lol figure this.... why is it that all of use performance guys want to free up intakes as much as possible? More power. How do sticking a piece of plastic in your intake pipe gonna make u have more power or gas milage? so one well rounded word for all your tornado question. -> NO!
Do your research...

Ive had amazing results on three cars (ford contour, honda civic, oldmobile sillhouette) with the tornado as far as MPG and throttle response.

It eliminates turbulance going into your manifold.

I had asked if someone has used this on an N/A, and what were the results.

if you dont know anything about it use your head...GG
Old May 4, 2007 | 07:07 PM
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Use the search feature man, this was being talked about just the other day. The topic was moved from this to General. No, the tornado doesn't work in our cars.
Originally Posted by Icemark
They only work on cars with non-tuned port intake systems as found on many old carbed cars.

They dyno has been done on a FC and an average peak loss of 5 HP was found.

And if you seached you would have found the 10 or 20 threads already covering the Tornado and Swirl Air type products.
lol even he says there is 10-20 threads, didn't even notice. The quote is from https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...7&page=1&pp=15
Old May 4, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ziplock
It eliminates turbulance going into your manifold.
No, it doesn't. That is a ridiculously false statement.

"If you don't know anything about it, use your head"
Old May 4, 2007 | 08:21 PM
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Figure this, if it worked manufactures would install it from the factory.
Old May 4, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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waste of money, its has been dynoed by performance shops and caused a loss of power
Old May 4, 2007 | 09:08 PM
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guess you guys are right...
cheers for saving me some money :-)
Old May 4, 2007 | 09:26 PM
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Thread closed this has been covered countless times.
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