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JRC
22-04-2004, 04:20 PM
I been looking on the net and i saw these turbonator vortex generators that mount inside your air intake pipe. They're cheap and claim to increase up to 35 hp....

Does anyone own one or know anything bout them, cos if its true then thats good bang for your buck..
wynode
22-04-2004, 04:34 PM
Is it meant to be some kind of FI?

Cause if its and electric fan thats meant to force air into the intake.....then it will do SFA.
VTEC16
22-04-2004, 05:16 PM
Do a search on one of the american honda forums....some of them learnt the hard way!
A'PEXi
22-04-2004, 06:52 PM
don't bother....
toE
23-04-2004, 01:01 AM
it's bs....
luzinit
23-04-2004, 01:42 AM
do a search on OZHONDA!! someone did it on his CRX!!!! for fun, and dynoed it as well!!!
Civic Type R
23-04-2004, 12:07 PM
hahah haha OMG not the return of Spiralmax !
man forget that CRAP

its all a marketing ploy for ricers.
believe me, they have been around for years now and tested and ridiculed for being a waste of time and money.
VTEChnique
23-04-2004, 12:34 PM
Vortex, Tornado.. it has many names.. :roll:

it's just a crappy piece of tin that goes inside your intake tube. It is designed (in theory) to make the intake air flow swirl in a cricular motion as it is sucked past the 'vortex' doo-dad...

in THEORY it may work a little, but I doubt you would notice ANY difference under your right foot.

I am most sceptical of the el-cheapo construction and can only iomagine what one of the tiny metal fins would do if it got sucked into your intake manifold.

STAY AWAY FROM THESE GIMMICKS !!
snowman95
23-04-2004, 12:45 PM
here ya go man

http://www.homemadeturbo.com/tech_projects/el_blower/index.html :twisted:

thats from homemadeturbo.com
TODA AU
23-04-2004, 06:35 PM
I been looking on the net and i saw these turbonator vortex generators that mount inside your air intake pipe. They're cheap and claim to increase up to 35 hp....

Does anyone own one or know anything bout them, cos if its true then thats good bang for your buck..

Straight up...
It's wee wee playing bullshit...
Save your money...

Vortex generators only work on the wings of old jets, such as 707's etc...
EuroAccord13
23-04-2004, 08:00 PM
Is this gimmick like those Electronic Superchargers the yanks like to buy for so called "Instant" cheap HP??

CHEERS
Nick