vortec cyclone

amishman22 · 10-03-2008

hey so i was checking stuff out online and ran across this article on a vortec cyclone and how its supposed to give you some horse and better gas mileage. just wondering if anyone has ever heard of this thing and if anyone has ever used it or knows anyone who has and got results?

mr22508 · 10-03-2008

Dude, if I was you id remove this post cause your gonna catch flak for this one!
But, honestly I had a friend give me one of those pices of metal, and thats all it is, a piece of metal that resricts airflow in your intake pipe...DONT DO IT! Garbage bro!

armieo · 10-03-2008

the air goes past the metal and spins the metal. The metal does not spin the air and make a vortex.

It's like blowing on a pinwheel. Does the air you blow on the pinwheel come out the other side in a vortex? No.

Now like mr22508 said, it restricts air flow because there is actually more stuff in the path of the air for the air to get by.

greeen01civic4d · 10-03-2008

wow, NOOOOB alert, u need an IAT resistor too

Palindrome · 10-04-2008

armeio made an excellent point. You would get better gas mileage and horsepower by making sure your engine has proper maintenance.

gearbox · 10-04-2008

you can always use it as a paper weight. oh wait maybe not. just throw it away

amishman22 · 10-04-2008

haha alright thanks guys. and thanks gearbox, u always seem to have an answer for my questions.

gearbox · 10-04-2008

glad i could help lol

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unTuned · 10-04-2008

yea theyre garbage. the whole idea behind your intake being upgraded to an aftermarket intake is to get MORE air sucked into the engine. this basically takes the speeding air and slows it down by absorbing it and spitting it out the other side, or even sideways which would slow it down even more.

the only real way something like this would work is if that thing was powered by your vehicle inside and not the actual air entering it...then maybe if it was spinning fast enough it could suck in the air and spit it out faster. a good example of what im talking about would be like an airplanes propeller vs that toy windmill thing armieo posted a picture of haha.

Fox04coupe · 10-06-2008

yeah. there isn't even any sound logic behind this one... but it's better you ask than to get sucked in.

oddmut · 10-07-2008

i heared there was a court case going on about this.