Go Back  Offshoreonly.com > Technical > General Q & A
Increase mileage and power for 69$ ;-) >

Increase mileage and power for 69$ ;-)

Notices

Increase mileage and power for 69$ ;-)

Thread Tools
 
Old 04-19-2005 | 11:04 AM
  #1  
JS232's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered
 
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 1,044
Likes: 1
From: Montreal,Quebec
Default Increase mileage and power for 69$ ;-)

Ok,

I can't wait to ear your opinions on that miraculous offer!

There is a guy here in Canada who builds the same pattern and they talked about him on the TV news... His customers are «satisfied with the product»

Any of you tried it?

http://www.turbonator.com
JS232 is offline  
Reply
Old 04-19-2005 | 01:27 PM
  #2  
madbouyz's Avatar
*
20 Year Member
Platinum Member
 
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,027
Likes: 138
From: PortRoyal Bermuda
Default Re: Increase mileage and power for 69$ ;-)

I've always thought it's snake oil !

Let's hear from some folks who have tried one ... has to be one or two around here ...

Just hope they're not the same guys who rushed out to buy the
'speed wax'
madbouyz is offline  
Reply
Old 04-19-2005 | 03:31 PM
  #3  
hillbilly24's Avatar
Registered
 
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,358
Likes: 2
Default Re: Increase mileage and power for 69$ ;-)

I installed one of those made by another company here in the US I can't remember what it was called though and it didn't do much of anything. and when you think about it don't you think alot of big name engine builders would be running them if they were so great. why spend a couple grand on upgrades when you could make 600 HP from an HP500 for 70 bucks I realy don't think so.
hillbilly24 is offline  
Reply
Old 04-19-2005 | 07:43 PM
  #4  
aex's Avatar
aex
Registered
20 Year Member
 
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 529
Likes: 12
From: RI Narragansett Bay
Default Re: Increase mileage and power for 69$ ;-)

save your money . Looks to me like an air flow restriction on a big block .
aex is offline  
Reply
Old 04-19-2005 | 08:46 PM
  #5  
mikes280's Avatar
Registered
 
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 1,849
Likes: 1
From: charlotte nc.
Default Re: Increase mileage and power for 69$ ;-)

tryed one in a 2001 hd truck with a 6.0 with no change in power or mileage
mikes280 is offline  
Reply
Old 04-20-2005 | 12:17 PM
  #6  
Airpacker's Avatar
Registered
 
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 4,008
Likes: 3
From: Aurora Ontario
Default Re: Increase mileage and power for 69$ ;-)

Originally Posted by JS232
Ok,

I can't wait to ear your opinions on that miraculous offer!

There is a guy here in Canada who builds the same pattern and they talked about him on the TV news... His customers are «satisfied with the product»

Any of you tried it?

http://www.turbonator.com
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. What a joke. Just how is a twirly gig hunk of sheet stainless crap going to help performance and efficiency in any way? Its going to "swirl" the air flow? And this swirling deal is going to continue to "swirl" as the air makes corners, travels through the mostly closed most of the time throttle body, the intake plennum and intake runners. The keep right on swirling as it passes the intake valves? Ya, okie dokie.
Go buy a can of super speed wax and clean your car, it will help mileage more buy allowing the body to slip thru the air easier
Airpacker is offline  
Reply
Old 04-20-2005 | 12:31 PM
  #7  
JS232's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered
 
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 1,044
Likes: 1
From: Montreal,Quebec
Default Re: Increase mileage and power for 69$ ;-)

JS232 is offline  
Reply
Old 04-20-2005 | 03:20 PM
  #8  
Rambunctious's Avatar
Registered
20 Year Member
 
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 1,074
Likes: 2
From: Holland, Mich
Default Re: Increase mileage and power for 69$ ;-)

it probably just messes with the mass airflow calibration like most aftermarket intakes, leanes it out and results theoretically in more power and fuel efficiency, but at the cost of detonation.........

talked to a guy at SEMA last year regarding his new F150 with 5.4 3valve on display. said he was going to install a K&N air filter/intake for the show as well except K&N mentioned there "may" be a lean condition. He decided not to drive across the desert from LA with a truck with 50 miles on it with this unproven product.....

FWIW

Ramb
Rambunctious is offline  
Reply
Old 04-21-2005 | 01:17 PM
  #9  
Grog's Avatar
Registered
 
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 240
Likes: 1
From: Peoria, AZ
Re: Increase mileage and power for 69$ ;-)

I say grab your wallet and run away. They have been trying to market different variations of this kind of crap for as long as I can remember.
If it was good for evn 5% increase in fuel economy, it would be factory equipment on every automobile made.

Sounds like snake oil to me too!
Grog is offline  
Reply
Old 04-21-2005 | 04:55 PM
  #10  
Banned
 
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 648
Likes: 0
From: Tri-Cities, TN
Default Re: Increase mileage and power for 69$ ;-)

For those of you with GMC/Chevy trucks with Vortec 4.3/5.0/5.7/7.4's if you want more power and better fuel economy you can go to;
www.cfm-tech.com I got one of his modified throttle bodies and the power is very noticeable and MPG with my '99 GMC Z-71 went from 14.7 to 17 MPG HWY after the install. Takes about 10 minutes to do. Well worth the money.


Chris
cstraub is offline  
Reply


Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service

Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.