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I saw an infomercial on T.V. last night for something called the tornado. It says it has recorded gains from 5-20 hp, and it also saves fuel. For you guys who don't know what it is I'll tell you. It's a round piece of metal with speciality placed fins within, it goes inside your air intake tube and feeds more air through the intake. Do you think that it will produce gains on the tour?

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uhmmm... no...
There were a few posts on here for that a while back... ~3 weeks ago, I believe. Concensus was "no.. not worth it, IIRC

I don't personally think it is worth it..


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alright cool!

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For the archives (C++ style):

Code:
class Mod{
private:
    bool value;
public:
    Mod(bool);
    void tell_me (void);
}

Mod::Mod(bool i){ 
    if (i) 
        value = true
    else 
        value = false;
}

void Mod::tell_me(void){
    if (this.value)
        cout << "Buy one now!\n";
    else
        cout << "Don't waste your money!\n";
    return;
}

int main(){
    Mod tornadoFuelSaver(false);
    tornadoFuelSaver.tell_me();
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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Don't waste your money!

OK, so I am a little bored and caffinated after watching the US World Cup match. Bottom line, it's snake oil, like just about anything that is sold on late night infomercials using the "I use it and its great" type advertising. Notice they never showed a dyno plot, just the analog readout from a dyno? They could have been dyno'ing anything under any conditions.


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what i think is funny about the 'nado 'mercial is that the host stands there and u can see his lips moving mouthing the script from these people and their 'unsolicted testimony'

like he's hoping they say the lines correctly

what a maroon

im surprised we dont see tornado stickers plastered all over some ricermobile


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Originally posted by gdub520:
like he's hoping they say the lines correctly
OMG, I didn't know when you were talking about, so I flipped through the TV, and (in good "useless-stuff-fashion") it was ON! HE DOES DO THAT!

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I'm surprised we dont see tornado stickers plastered all over some ricermobile
That would be SO FUGGIN FUNNY!


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