Tornado Fuel Saver Works in 1999 Sentra

Tried a Tornado Fuel Saver in a 1999 Sentra GXE, 1.6 engine.

It added more power than the air conditioning takes away.

Cost $50.

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Ed Light
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on 9/5/2008 11:29 PM Ed Light said the following:

Tell me how the air that supposedly swirls in the air intake tube continues to swirl in the throttle body after it squeezes through the air filter. At least back in the 50s, the tornado type swirler of that time was mounted under the carburetor itself where it just had to enter the manifold and then through the valves. That was another supposed gas saver that didn't work either.

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willshak

I remember that at least one Audi engine design (back in the

70's) had a rifled inlet manifold, creating significant swirl in the combustion chamber. This allowed a higher compression ratio to be used with standard fuel.

John

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John Henderson

The vanes go into the tube between the filter and the engine.

The Tornado I had in my 318 Dodge v8 was inside the filter on top of the carburetor. That one did give a noticeable difference; I could give it less gas. Not a massive difference.

This one is amazing, actually. I'm also using Tufoil (a magazine tried Tufoil in a car on a dyno, before and after, without breaking it in at all, and gave it a thumbs up). The 1.6 is now peppy. No longer hesitant.

I'm sure results vary with different models of auto.

The agitated air is supposed to more thoroughly atomize the gas, so it can more completely burn.

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Ed Light

Tufoil is PTFE and Dupont maker of PTFE Tried to NOT sell it to snake oil salesmen Slick Oil and Microlon prior to "TUFOIL" because DUPONT says it DOESN"T DO ANYTHING IN AN ENGINE (they ought to know being THEY MAKE IT).Unfortunately the Supreme court ruled against Dupont saying it was restraint of trade.At least Dupont tried to shut these phonies down.

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CBXXX

My best guess is that you are experiencing the placebo effect.

Ed

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C. E. White

Called wishful thinking.

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CBXXX

Having been a motorcycle road racer, I really think that I can tell the difference. But anybody could, with the magnitude of the difference in my specific 2 vehicles I've tried it in.

I really enjoyed it this morning. Decided to floor it into a curve and had to back off. Not downshifting for acceleration as much.

Won't know what the road mileage is for awhile since I won't be travelling until next year. But it's bound to be massive -- the Tufoil alone gives me 45-52 mpg on the road, not going over 55 mph, depending on how twisty and hilly it is.

I have tried a gyp or two also. The water injector that broke a valve comes to mind.

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Ed Light

(last part):

codifus,

That's a trip!

I think the Tornado's effect will probably last, but we'll see. It's stronger than ever after 5 days, also quieter.

The Tornado in the 318 Dodge from 1986 didn't have a fuel mixture computer to fool, being carbureted, so the Tornado in there really worked. Unless there was actually some sort of analog computer messing with the carburetor. Even so, it kept the power increase.

Speaking of cabetooters, back when, there was a device called a Cagle which would compensate for leaky float valves by cutting back the fuel pressure at high vacuum. It was powered by the vacuum. It could save alot of gas, but not on cars with great float valves, which wouldn't have the going rich problem of the fuel level rising. If I remember it all right.

Then there was the Ramjet, which went in the PCV line and carbureted the blowby. You would tune it to the best throttle response.

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Ed Light

So are you the guy that all the scammers go to when they need a glowing report?

Ed White

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