Turbonator?

[Titleist16]

Have any of you guys seen this Turbonator thing. It says it goes in your air filter and creates a vortex and will give you 10 more HP. Go to the website and check it out. www.turbonator.com . I called the place and the lady says it will fit our engines. Would this thing be something worth the money to get or not? What do you guys think about it?

 

[rickwrench]

It's crap.
Rick(wrench)

 

[Anonymous]

Rick,

Come on tell us what you really think. No really I agree it's a sales gimmick without any real results.

Bob

 

[simon]

The Turbonator is much less expensive and more efficient than any turbocharger, supercharger, blower, or intercooler.

then why isn´t it presented at the SEMA then, or present in any late model production car?
btw, there´s a riddle for the ricer crowd: which one doesn´t belong in there: turbocharger, supercharger, blower, intercooler?

Its superior design increases horsepower while lowering fuel costs

At a given displacement and breathing capabilities of a given engine, there´s always a certain amount of fuel needed to ensure a proper fuel/ air ratio. No way that on todays computer controlled fuel injected engines this thing is going to "save" fuel.
a fan-like insert like this won´t change anything on the mixture. compared to an engine not equipped with this gadget, the fan in this thing is restrictive to the air sucked in by the engine.

This creates finer particles of atomized fuel

this is getting better every minute its all down to the little hair dryer stickin in yer air cleaner box!

the Turbonator will add up to 35 horsepower to your vehicle

yeah, right.
no comment on that. :roll:

 

[Anonymous]

Gimmick.

What do you think will get better mileage. A stock system or a supercharged system?

Superchargers can decrease gas mileage because they are using the engine's power even when the supercharger is not producing boost.

Therefore their claim is technically true. As what they sell you is basically a stock system anyways.

I'd stay away from it.

 

[simon]

Superchargers can decrease gas mileage because they are using the engine's power even when the supercharger is not producing boost.

Therefore their claim is technically true.

thats like comparing the gas mileage of two cars; one operated on the street daily, the other one being kept garaged 24/7.

one day, they´ll sell a special switch and relay to save fuel.

"At the press of a button, you can shut the engine off when rolling downhill. when you need engine power again, just turn the ignition key! Built to NASA-specs, with insulated circuit and tinned connectors! hi-po wires with super teflon dayglow insulation sold seperately. Guaranteed to outlive your car! available on eBay, buy-it-know only 24.95 !!!"

ah well, I gotta run. I´m late... and I still have to top off my blinker fluid

 

[HorsesNHogs]

come on, you guys have all seen the informercial for the "TORNADO", same device different name.
Now on the T.V they had real live people giving honest testomony on how this little device was so easy to install and instantly gave them power they could feel the difference, Plus they were getting even better MPG,
They even show a real 'Vet Owner install one and he could instantly feel the new power
I going to get me some of that!
Do you think if I bought 2 and taped them together I would get twice the results?

 

[PLP6400]

I do have to defend the TORNADO. About a year ago in a weak moment.(Too many cocktails) I was watching the TORNADO infomercial and I ordered one. I did install it my 1999 Dodge Durango and guess what? My millage did increase by almost a half mile to the gallon. I have checked this several times by removing it while running a tank of gas through it. And then re installing it for the next tank of gas. So if I keep this car for the rest of my life and it lasts a million miles, I might make back my investment.

 

[ttnjr]

Please dont bite my head off for this I am a real skeptic. So a few years ago I took a coffee can and cut it in half.Then I made cuts about every 1" andbent them into little fan blades,as to make the air swirl as it went down the carb.Then I mounted this little gizmo to my jeep. And it did increase my mileage about 1 mpg. I'm not sure it would work on all rigs, but it did on that one.--------Tom

 

[66200i6]

I have always wanted to try that thing out.

There was an outfit in the mid-west that was making a product called the Power Plate. They took this one step further and designed a vortex cone right into the heater plate that goes under your carb. I work with this plate for several weeks using the 2100 on an FE390. I used our local emissions testing facilities for the baseline and to check the changes. A long story short I had to drop the main jet sizes 1.5 times to get back to the same emissions recorded before the installation of the plate. I still have a few of those plates around somewhere. I have been running the 4100 version on my Camper Special for years.

So don’t discount these simple devices that show actual improvements.

Have fun, Ric.

 

[simon]

some of those devices surely can aid airflow on carb necks and plenums, and therefor aid gas mileage, too. Depends on the carb neck and intake design.

but 35 extra horses??? seriously, dude...

 

[MustangSix]

Our coupe actually does shut off fuel when coasting. Above 2000 rpm, with the throttle off, and the engine at operating temperature, the injector pulse width goes to zero. Most modern EFI incorporates this strategy.

But swirling air in the the inlet tract would do little or nothing to improve anything downstream.

Here's an idea: maybe if you put a whistle in the inlet, it would sound like a turbo!

 

[66200i6]

Yeah, that's it. That's the ticket!

Now if I could just find something that would hum like timing gears.

 

[ttnjr]

I'm a skeptic myself.But I wonder if it helps mix the fuel and air better. And doing this evaporates the fuel quicker which breaks the fuel into smaller particals which allows more surface area for the oxygen to contact thus giving better power/economy?Just a thought.I've been wrong before(just ask my wife). -----Tom

 

[Anlushac11]

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Im assuming it promotes tumbling and swirling in the intake tract to better mix the air and fuel.

I can see how it could boost horsepower and fuel economy a bit but 35hp? Im gonna need a dyno test to believe that one.

 

[66200i6]

Has Tom been studying Thermal Carbon Cracking?

The smaller the fuel partical the closer you get to pure gas/vapor.

More power - arg - arg - arrrg!

 

[Anonymous]

Cycle World had a test result on their motor cycle version and they said it was snake oil.
What comes to my mind, is would you put it on reversed in Australia as natural vortexes rotate in the oposite direction on the other side of the equator?
Although i would like to try one on this problem commode i have at my shop.

 

[WhitePony]

Hmmm.... Somehow I don't think that this has anything to do with coriolis force.