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    Default The Turbonator

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    Ahh, this cracks me up.

    Especially when they compare it to a supercharger system.


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    Theres no performance gain, just weight reduction of your wallet makes you feel like you are going faster another name for a hiclone

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    looks like you'd suck it in the airintake that'll slow you down.
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    LOL what a crack up hahahahahahahaha, I thinkt it would actally slow the car down because its like putting a fan thats not powered in the intake pipe LOL hundreds of thousands of people? I think he shouls get off the smack
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    "Other independent studies yielded results as high as 35 HP and 31% MPG."
    35HP OMG thats pretty good, that's going to change the world i wonder if you put 10 into your intake would you get an extra 350HP?!?!?!?!?!

    but in all seriousness i read in a mag a while ago that they studied one of those and it sat in the shop for ages and when they finally tested it it actually gave a boost, from about 3-6hp at the wheels, something about the air being mixed and allowing a small% more into the pipe and something about the inside of the intake dampness from moisture. but yeah how they advertise it, thats a load of sh!t 35HP HAHAhAAhaha. but yeah someone on here who has access do a dyno for free should do a test on it and see if it makes a difference, it probably will but very small
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    i think their theory behind it is, once the air passes across the blades and gets spun, it creates a low pressure zone in the engine side of the device, which in turn more intake air tries to equalise this low pressure. even though there is already a low pressure zone in the intake of an an n/a engine under load, they probably claim this increases that effect. i think that is the only feasible claim of this device as the swirling effect would be lost once it passes the throttle plate and splits up into your runners. save your money and get something that is proven to work "properly"

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    I thought the best part was them comparing it to a supercharger with $ per hp.

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    maybe just maybe if you payed them in 1 cent coins you might notice a difference when you leave the store with it on.... then again im not so sure

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    Quote Originally Posted by SUSSVL
    People that buy that must be on crack
    mate i know a few people unfortunate enough to have a crack-coke addiction and i dare say buying one of these for the car they dont have with money they havnt got would be far from a top priority. lets pay out the product - not people.

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    i want one, not really, what a load of shit
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    What a load of shit
    Its just like those hiclone thinge that dont do anything

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    get one and try it, and if it doesnt work then you can smash it...
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