 Tornado Fuel Saver |
 Sep 9, 2005 - 2:41 PM
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i was just wondering if anyone has a tornado fuel saver or knows someone that has this thing installed in their car? I just wanted to know how well it worked.
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Oct 4, 2005 - 9:15 AM
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There is some sort of subconscious mindplay going on if you noticed 3mpg increase. You must like expect some difference so you drove the car less hard or something. There's no logical reason for it to work. The throttle body is designed to stop air from sprialing in as someone said earlier, so if you noticed an increase in gas mileage its because you drove the car differently or started driving more freeway miles or something.
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Oct 8, 2005 - 4:18 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 19, '04 From southern cali Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (80%) |
QUOTE(snadman @ Oct 4, 2005 - 2:15 PM) There is some sort of subconscious mindplay going on if you noticed 3mpg increase. You must like expect some difference so you drove the car less hard or something. There's no logical reason for it to work. The throttle body is designed to stop air from sprialing in as someone said earlier, so if you noticed an increase in gas mileage its because you drove the car differently or started driving more freeway miles or something. [right][snapback]340955[/snapback][/right] You know what.. That is exactly what I thought too. But I drive to school, run errands and that's pretty much all I did. I did this on a 98 nissan 200sx se-r so the results I posted was for that car. Not a 94-99 celica, sorry if that confused you. Well after filling the tank and testing many times I see the same results and I'm very happy. My next test was my parents Mercedes. They drive the car, not me. I only fill up the gas tank for them. I did the exact same tests prior and after installing the unit and it works good. But the thing is I never told my parents I installed the unit. So I don't think they would of driven the car less hard or anything. But again this unit is not for everyone. I tried it because I know the owner of tornado, he's a local guy here in so cali. But if you decide to get the unit and your not satisfied.. Just return it. Good Luck |
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Drew-887 Tornado Fuel Saver Sep 9, 2005 - 2:41 PM
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