systic

Man, is this thing really effective "the tornado" for air filters??? is it really worth the $50. It supposedly dramatically increases airflow by creating some vortex or something within the intake piping that forces the air into the engine fasting causing more combustion... Is this a bunch of Sh*t or is it truly effective? What's your folk's thoughts?

HomerSimpson

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First I have to say you should search before everyone flames you, second that thing is bogus. IBTL

hassoomi

i've never heard of it, but that's not a surprise coming from me. where'd you hear of it? is there a website? tell us where we can get some more info on it.......

injencivic

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i brought this up on the old site, and never really got enough evidence to convience me its worth the money.

Injen

SomeDoodToo

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I dont think it works b/c you after mrkt. intake is allready doing that in a way. Plus i just dont see how it could work or a least as good as they say it does, and you can see it on infomertials in the morning.

systic

No offense bro, but i'm still a pretty big newb as all of us are at one time or another. And see, I'd search some **** before asking here, but I have no clue where to start searching. It's kinda of hard to find little bits of info like that on the net. **** i can't even find websites that give dyno tests on our cars to see what the best intakes and exhausts are for our models. I WANT TO KNOW!!! so i ask here for opinions. Whether they are true or not, i don't know. So, in order for me not to get flamed anymore. Why don't you help me out and give me some places to help me find information out sound I don't have to annoy you or any body else here who gets annoyed with newbs... thanx

Bartkat

http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/search.php?s=

Go there and put tornado in the key word search box.

injencivic

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Tornado filter

Theres the direct link to my post on this topic

Injen

CGodwin3103

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I have a ractive (wanna) tornado. It gave me minimal gas savings, give me minimal hp, maybe 1.... but... it's great on the throttle response.. that thing gives a great improvement on the throttle response.. thumbs up!

As far as the cost... I dunno, it might not be worth it to most poeple for a little throttle response, but I like it... I bet if you have a turbo it would be great though!!

Overall, the price is more along the lines of a 1/5 of an intake.. roughly 1/5 of the power or less of an intake (but throttle response), and it probably wont save you enough gas in a year to make up for the cost if that is the goal...

So for most, no, for poeple like me who'll pay 50+ for any small thing to help in the end.. I say go for it... it's got the same benefit a flywheel and crankshaft have, noone is the wiser of it...

at least for me, until this post...

Bartkat

CGodwin3103

At what point in the intake system did you put it?

solar

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Sorry to break the news to you but your "better" throttle responce is all in your head. About the only thing those things do is restrict air flow not improve it, you've been HAD!lease:

RedDragon333

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no they dont show any improvemnets, the throttle response and things like that arent affected, this thing isnt worth the cash in my opinion. It doesnt provide any gains whatsoever.

nongv

junk..........

KeNsHiN

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TRU DAT!

spookini

You could get better throttle response by tightening the slack in your throttle cable....and it'z free!

Skunk2ner

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thats my junior college in the commercial, and my professors! hehe.
in the commercial they have dyno results that it adds power... i have my doubts though. maybe when i have some extra money i'll buy one and dyno before and after for you all.

reminds me of those electric turbos that you buy on ebay. its just like a vacuum that sucks air into the intake. i dunno about that...

Bartkat

I'll send you one if you'll dyno it.

EM2HK1

i think its just a scam....putting a metal thing inside ur intake, wouldnt that just restrict the airflow? and how would spinning the O2 give it better smoother airflow?

Skunk2ner

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sounds good, i gotta save up to dyno though. oh yeah, my auto classes, at the college in the commercial, has a dyno i can use, sweet. when school starts in the fall i'll give it a whirl.

Bartkat

Kewl. I have it on a shelf in the garage where I keep it and other useless items.