General Vehicle Related Topics (Non Year Related) If topic doesn't apply to Toyotas whatsoever, it should be in Off Topic
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

The Turbanator

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Jan 21, 2006 | 10:36 AM
  #1  
CoedNaked's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,475
Likes: 1
From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The Turbonator

NO it's not twisted "bollywood" version of the Terminator, it's an intake gadget. A guy at the gym, who is an F-150 owner and discussion board regular told me about it and I did a search and found this. Anyone ever heard anything about these? HE says on the discussion board he goes on that the guys who have bought them have said they've run into good results.
Have a look:

http://www.turbonator.com/WhatIsIt.html
Reply
Old Jan 21, 2006 | 10:39 AM
  #2  
Corey's Avatar
Co-Founder/Administrator
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 32,242
Likes: 21
From: Auburn, Washington
Yep, try a search here.

This topic gets brought up every few months.
Reply
Old Jan 21, 2006 | 11:29 AM
  #3  
arjan's Avatar
Contributing Member
 
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 1,610
Likes: 0
From: Mission, British Columbia
Originally Posted by Corey
This topic gets brought up every few months.


The usual conclusion: if it sounds to be good to be true, ....
Reply
Old Jan 21, 2006 | 03:11 PM
  #4  
Paul H.'s Avatar
Contributing Member
 
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,454
Likes: 10
From: Eastern NC
Originally Posted by arjan


The usual conclusion: if it sounds to be good to be true, ....
Put it right next to the Tornado. In the trash
Reply
Old Jan 21, 2006 | 03:18 PM
  #5  
arjan's Avatar
Contributing Member
 
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 1,610
Likes: 0
From: Mission, British Columbia
What blows me away is that when people try to sell products like that they come up with the most incredible names.
Tornado, The Turbonator, it sounds unrealistic to begin with.
Judging by the extra dampener etc. on the 4Runner's intake hose, I think Toyota put enough research into air intake patterns.
If a cheap piece of metal would increase the fuel mileage, I am sure Toyota would have put that in to begin with.
Reply
Old Jan 22, 2006 | 02:48 AM
  #6  
X-AWDriver's Avatar
Contributing Member
 
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 10,549
Likes: 0
From: Littleton,CO
Originally Posted by CoedNaked
HE says on the discussion board he goes on that the guys who have bought them have said they've run into good results.

There's a lot of gullible people out there that want to believe in crap like this and swear they can tell it works by the seat of their pants but when tested on a dyno the results are negligible.
Reply



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 06:11 AM.