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Description:
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Tornado Fuel Saver
What the manufacturer says:
For better fuel efficiency, just install the Tornado fuel saver. The Tornado gas saving device saves gas, increases miles per gallon and improves fuel economy. What exactly is a TORNADO? It's an air twister with years of research and development behind it. TORNADO has been tested at a CARB recognized lab demonstrating an average increase of 1 to 2 MPG. It pays for itself in a short time.
The Tornado's unique airflow dynamics creates a swirling, fast-burn effect in the combustion chamber. This creates finer particles (atomized fuel), allowing better flame propagation and more complete combustion, resulting in gas mileage increases averaging 1 to 2 MPG. These figures are confirmed by road testing performed at an emission lab licensed by the EPA.
How Does Tornado Work?
TORNADO is a non-moving turbine shaped device, which creates a vortex or swirling effect to the engine. The result is improved airflow into the engine's combustion chamber, causing a more efficient mixture between air and fuel.
Dynometer testing demonstrates an increase of 4-13 horsepower as well! The Tornado Fuel Saver is easy to install; 2-5 minutes usually, requires no maintenance and is an affordable addition to most passenger cars, light trucks and RVs on the road.
SAVING FULE - TORNADO GAS SAVER BENEFITS:
- Increase Gas Mileage - Up to 28%
- Improve Horsepower - Up to 13 hp or more
- Money Back Guarantee
- Easy to install - Takes Less Than 5 Minutes
- Fits Practically All Models And Makes Of Cars And Trucks
- Works On Carbureted And Fuel Injected Engines
- Works With Both Gasoline And Diesel Engines
Resources:
Tornado Fuel Saver from Inner Auto
Info about the Tornado Fuel Saver from TornadoFuelSaver
TORNADO FUEL SAVER from MYAUTO
Tornado Fuel Saver from TonadoAir
Tornado Fuel Saver Discussion
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Tornado Fuel Saver
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Sun July 15, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Works on most cars
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Cons:
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70$ price tag
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I hate it when people diss this product, ive seen it on 2 cars, and it worked wonders for each, maybe because they are mercedes benz's. im not to SURE about the carburated versions of the tornado...
But for example, my parents 1997 mercedes C230 got on avg 28mpg at 70mph on a few 250 mile trips we took. one day we saw the commercial for the tornado, installed it when we could get it, and wallah, we did another 250 mile trip up and down at 70mph, and we tested 32mpg...
Take that all you haters out there who did tests on the tornado and found nothing improved.
ALso tested on a 2002 ML320 mercedes benz, it got on avg 18mpg on the highway at 70mph, we did the tornado as soon as we could and guess what! They take alot of 200-500 mile trips, and the car went from 18 to 21-22mpg on avg... EXPLAIN THAT!
Im sick of these people dissing the tornado and saying it doesnt work.
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Wed September 26, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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did work!
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Cons:
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Flimsy feel, the price sucks.
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I have a Dodge Dakota with a K&N FIPK 2, when I installed the K&N I found this in the truck already (used truck) I set it aside, I was getting only 12-13mpg with my k&n and decided to drop this back in after a year and a half, jumped to 16! not the best but much better, I also now break the tires loose whenever I want to... so it doesnt work? ha! maybe not the way some people install it, I put this right in front of the trottle body at the end of the FIPK tube, it originally was in the stock air box which went through 2 other tubes before reaching the trottle body, including through a resonator, so I'm sure those destroy the effect of this and ARE present on most cars.
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Mon November 12, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 2
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Didnt do anything for my power or mileage...but then again i wasnt expecting anything.
If increasing mileage was as easy as adding a dollar worth of steel, all the manufactures would be all over it.
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Mon January 7, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 2
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Pros:
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cheap, easy to install
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Cons:
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Doesnt work
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On my jeep liberty this did nothing but hurt the fuel economy. This product doesnt make sense on fuel injected vehicles because all it does is restrict airflow, the fuel isn't mixed on top on the engine liked a carb. My advice is to save your money to buy more gas.
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Wed January 16, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 1
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Pros:
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tber are none
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Cons:
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will not work no matter what vehicle you have
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this product will not work positively on any car on the market. ive been in drag racing since i was about 19 and now i am 63 and this device restricts airflow which is essential to make more horsepower. even if this thing swirled the air in a vortex without restricting air it would still not make any power or milage gains becuase the computer that the car has is not mapped to have vortexed air. just the slightes bend in an air tube or a rough throttle body restricts alot of cfm of air and this thing is a huge blocker of air which in turn makes it harder for the engine to breath and messes with the mapping which causes mpg loss and no hp gains
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Sat March 8, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 1
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Pros:
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makes your wallet lighter
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Here is a few paragraphs of information that I read on EBay by a user with the handle tanked21 that I thought might be helpful in reviewing the tornado product.
First off, you normally want less turbulence in your intake, not more -- a turbulent air stream will have less throughput than a calm stream. Companies will claim that a perfect vortex will speed up the air, and while this is true, there is no way that this device will create a perfect vortex in the irregular shape of the intake manifold. As an example, polishing the intake to make the inner surfaces smoother (and reducing turbulence) will usually result in increased performance. And even if the vortex somehow managed to help, the Tornado is, on a lot of cars, installed far upstream of the engine near the air filter. The vortex of air has no chance of lasting long enough to make it into the combustion chamber.
Secondly, if a simple little device like this could unlock such potential, why wouldn't they be installed on all cars from the factory? Automakers would benefit greatly from increased MPG figures for their vehicles. Answer is, they would. This device simply doesn't work, and in some cases reduces efficiency and horsepower because it restricts the airflow.
Modern engines are efficient. They burn about 99% of the fuel present in the combustion process. This only leaves 1% potential to increase fuel atomization and efficiency. This is not to say the modern engine converts 99% of the energy in gasoline to mechanical motion - much is lost as heat and friction. But the energy in the gasoline is released.
Other products that claim to also create vortexes are just as flawed, such as many throttle body spacers. The vortexes these are said to create have the same issues as the Tornado mentioned above, although these have a side effect of increasing plenum volume with may or may not increase performance. In most cases there won't be much of an effect unless there have been modifications done to the engine.
Slightly different (but similar) products claim to create turbulence in the intake by pulsing air using a special one-way valve. Again, turbulence is bad, not good, and needless to say these products do not work. They can also be dangerous as they are often spliced into your brake vacuum booster line. Not something you want to lose vacuum on while driving.
I have personally tried one of these air pulsing valves, called the Ecotek. It made a loud sucking noise but that's about it. Actually, it made my car fail emissions by a huge margin. Oxides of nitrogen (NOx) quadrupled from about 94 to 400, CO increased, and HC's increased as well. The engine management computer doesn't know how to deal with an addon like this and cannot effectively control the engine with one.
If you want to save gas, don't waste your money. Keep your tires inflated, your air filter clean, and your engine running properly.
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Thu July 3, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid (per item)?: $60.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Works best with older cars
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Cons:
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not everyone will see much of an improvment
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IMHO the short answer is yes it works however with that said there are some caveats. Some manufactures of the newest cars are making the same type of technology an integral part of their engines, and thus in these cases little if any improvement will be realized. However for the majority of vehicles on the road that don’t already employ high performance intake manifolds or employ metered air injection, a significant increase in efficiency can be realized. Basically the device works by providing a better mix of air and fuel. Here is a site that has some additional info about it and also some practical tips on saving gas: payingless4gas_com
It is always best to do your own research.
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Wed August 6, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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enhances air intake
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the person who stated:
"If increasing mileage was that easy, all the manufacturers would be all over it"
I dont think you understand that this device is someone ELSES patented design.. I doubt the manufactureres would really want to pay THAT PERSON.
He invented it to go on almost all older model
machines, as well as many newer..How can the manufacturers of the older model cars have used the "tornado" technology if they were yet to be invented for automobiles ?
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Wed October 1, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid (per item)?: $65.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Works dame good
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Cons:
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none
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Like they say it may not work on all vehicles. I put a mas air flow system on my 95 Ranger 4.0 and that wasn't enough so I thought what the heck so I put in this tornado right before the throttle body and man what a big differences it made. It gave me more power, you can test drive my truck without it and then with it and see for your self.
THIS THING WORKS......
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Fri October 17, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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Not all vehicle designs are equal
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Cons:
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price
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first off anyone asking why would a vehicle manufacturerwould not out it in all vehicles, simple truth even 1 dollar worth of metal multiplied by the amount of cars produced equals more overhead. second i am no expert by far in vehicles, niether is anyone posting here no matter what they claim or how old they are(you simply can't know everything). I have 8 years hands on experience in automotive repair and diagnosis, 3 years field in diesel service, 3 years auto diesel schooling UTI plus community(again i am still not an expert). in all my experience i have found some vehicles can run efficentley or not simply by how they are designed. personally i have purchased 1 tornado for a 1998 camry 4 cyl i had already put in double plat. plugs, K&N filter new oil filters etc normal maint. i commuted from shingle springs, California to Sacramento, California for 2 months straight M-F i had a measured average of 28.4 MPG, i then after installing the tornado driving anothr 2 months saw a measured average of 30.1 MPG. i also tried city only and noticed .1 MPG incresed so nothing in the city on this car. i installed one on my 1970 ford f100 2wd 2barrel 360cu, i went from 12 MPG avg to 16 again after a K&N. so basically i noticed small if no gains highway city not much of note but as i sadi not every car has the same air flow or design so all u can do is try it and if it does not work try to use the money back agreement with the company.
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Sat October 3, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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worked on 96 dakota.
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Cons:
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didnt work on 01 jeep.
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Insalled on my 96 dodge dakota,incresed mileage about 2mpg on freeway,and eng felt stronger, also insalled in a 2001 jeep and i cant tell a diffence. both have k&n filters but the dakota gets its air via the grill. The jeep gets its air from under the hood. if i get new cars ill buy again.
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Tue October 13, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 7
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Pros:
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increase in torque, increasing drivability
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Cons:
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perhaps deminished hp with regular driving, consequently less mpg
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I've used several different types of these products, tornado fuel saver and vortech cyclone. Both have their pro's and cons. But I'll say a thing about the tornado.
Its a performance product, thats why people are satisfied with it- immediate torque increases. My understanding is it creates a pressure system between the device and the piston, consequently increasing compression, especially at wide open throttle. The MAF knows the pressure system because its taking in different amounts of air at different throttle positions, and it compensates with more or less fuel. I believe because the higher compression, the more fuel is used. But only minut amounts more fuel. For the performance gains, the decreased gas mileage, as small but real as it is, made the tornado piece worth while. I will use it in all my cars that dont have super or turbo chargers on them. What a luxery! Food for thought, I love em.
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Sun December 20, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Price, Performance, install and forget
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For the price and the price of gas, what do you gave to lose. I own a 93 Ford 5.0, and removed factory air baffle on intake, installed K&N filter, and those special multi-prong spark plugs. Along with the tornado I saw quicker acceleration, smother idle and better power throughout the rpm. My 5.0 is all original with over 150K miles. I have gone through 3 transmissions but the motor is still great!
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Mon December 21, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid (per item)?: $29.99
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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improved gas mileage
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Cons:
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0
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Let me first say, I am a very skeptical person and I think that everything is a scam, but at the recommendation of a friend installed this item on my 2007 toyota 4runner v8 4wd, my MPG went from 18.1 MPG to 21.2 MPG on a V8 4WD, I am so getting one for my BMW as well
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Fri February 12, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 1
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Piece of junk - what a waste.
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Fri February 19, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 1
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Pros:
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NONE
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Cons:
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Burn out spark plugs
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Installed the Tornado on my 1999 Jeep Cherokee 4.0. I got lousy gas mileage and burned out my spark plugs. The product was returned to the dealer for a full refund.
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Thu April 8, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated
| Rating: 1
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Pros:
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More power
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Cons:
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Gas mileage decreases.
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I tried the Tornado on my Camry V6 2000, and the mpg decreased from 26 mpg to 21mpg. However, the car seem to produce more power at the wheels. I guess that the extra power must come from the extra gas and less oxigen mixture.
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