| Author | Message | ||
     Bill Collett (Billc) New Member Username: Billc Post Number: 3 Registered: 06-2003 |
Has anyone tried either the spiral max or tornado devices? If so, do they improve your mileage and power at all? | ||
| Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Senior Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2295 Registered: 02-2002 |
No. If they worked, they'd come on the vehicle new. -L | ||
| michael burt (Mikeyb) Senior Member Username: Mikeyb Post Number: 300 Registered: 03-2002 |
the best aftermarket device to save gas is a hammer. take the hammer and beat your ignition key into a flat, unusable disk so that you can never start your engine again. beyond that, just take solice that your poor fuel economy comes with a great off-road truck. | ||
| Alan Bates (Alanb) Member Username: Alanb Post Number: 227 Registered: 07-2002 |
Put the Geo Metro additive in your garage, garanteed to save you 20-30 mpg ;-) | ||
| traveltoad (Traveltoad) Member Username: Traveltoad Post Number: 55 Registered: 11-2002 |
I've heard that a bus pass helps save on gas too! | ||
| Shaun Power (Shaunp) Member Username: Shaunp Post Number: 60 Registered: 05-2003 |
Snake oil | ||
| Mike M (Mikem) New Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 31 Registered: 02-2003 |
You could remove both front and rear drive shafts...that would save a lot of gas. Unfortunately, your mpg would go to 0 as well | ||
| Cary (Colodisco2) New Member Username: Colodisco2 Post Number: 3 Registered: 06-2003 |
two feet express saves gas ;) | ||
| Bill Collett (Billc) New Member Username: Billc Post Number: 5 Registered: 06-2003 |
I was actually quite shocked that got almost 18MPG on a recent road trip to Vail and Aspen. I'll have to see if I can repeat that when I go to AZ next week. | ||
| Chris Browne (Chris_browne) Member Username: Chris_browne Post Number: 185 Registered: 02-2003 |
Best economy device is a light right foot, anticipation and similar sensible approaches. Adding a vacuum gauge helps too I did do 18-19 once....just once | ||
| Max Thomason (Lrmax) Member Username: Lrmax Post Number: 185 Registered: 11-2002 |
A new air filter wouldn't hurt. A clogged filter would giver your MPG some issues. I've experienced 18 mpg once, most unusual. | ||
| micky dee (Kincangokicker) New Member Username: Kincangokicker Post Number: 17 Registered: 06-2003 |
have you not seen the s11 that has been converted to battery power? well there we go! no more gas... but yes i do wonder adout these little do dads that one can get over younder. | ||
| John Hamblin (Jhmover) New Member Username: Jhmover Post Number: 21 Registered: 02-2003 |
Well I was watching TNN last weekend. One of the car shows put a device in the top of the throttle body designed to swirl the air around or somthing. They dynoed it before and after. Net gain was 0 HP and 0 torque. $50 for nothing. | ||
| June H. Han (Junehhan) New Member Username: Junehhan Post Number: 19 Registered: 04-2003 |
That tornado air and spiralmax crap is nothing but garbage. When Car and Driver tested it many years ago, they LOST power on one of their test vehicles, while gaining 0 on the other ones. Consumer Reports also tested it and gained nothing. | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 86 Registered: 04-2003 |
You want to know what works or doesn't in the fuel savers, read the Offical test done by the Federal trade commision. http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/autos/gasave.htm | ||
| Phil (Discoanywhere) New Member Username: Discoanywhere Post Number: 33 Registered: 06-2003 |
Jack Rabbit starts are bad for fuel economy! and driveshaft components! Just take it easy, Don't Speed, Use Premium Fuel, and keep those filters and fluids fresh!!... Just my 2cents... | ||
| Reed Cotton (Reedcotton) Member Username: Reedcotton Post Number: 167 Registered: 01-2003 |
I have been tracking my milage for about three years now. It hasn't changed a whole lot. 11-13 local driving and 14-16 on long highway trips. A couple of years ago after a druken night of watching these "Info"mercials with a couple of buddies, I wound up with a Tornado fuel saver, and one of those magnet things. I had the Tornado on the D1 for one year, whith NO difference at all in recorded mileage. Now the day after I took it off, my water pump failed catestrophically, and I have been having overheating problems ever since. Coinsidince???  Until the overheating problems are fixed (withoiut the Tornado) the magnet thingy will remain untested. Now whether or not my odometer lies and gives really poor milage readings is a can-of-worms I am not going to open. -Reed Cotton | ||
| Alyssa Brown (Alyssa) Member Username: Alyssa Post Number: 212 Registered: 01-2003 |
Great link. That certainly answers the question! | ||
| Roland Kutasi (Disco1) Senior Member Username: Disco1 Post Number: 301 Registered: 10-2002 |
Here's a vehicle that gets massive gas mileage.  | ||
| One_Bad_Metro (Koby) Senior Member Username: Koby Post Number: 413 Registered: 02-2002 |
Great link, but what the hell is this stuff? Analube Synthetic Lubricant Hardly seems like that would be the right page for that product, you think? | ||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Senior Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 1643 Registered: 02-2002 |
I was watching Le Mans Racing this weekend and there was a Tornando Air commercial during one of the breaks. Couldn't believe it; they are actually paying for TV time. But then again, I am sure some folks were picking up the phone to order their miracle gas saver thing. | ||
| gp (Garrett) Senior Member Username: Garrett Post Number: 2159 Registered: 10-2001 |
come on paul. i am sure there have been a few late night calls after watching the Man Show or Stern. it's ok.....i hear ya!!  mail order brides from Russia, Late Night 'Friends' that like to 'talk', etc. | ||
| gp (Garrett) Senior Member Username: Garrett Post Number: 2160 Registered: 10-2001 |
come on paul. i am sure there have been a few late night calls after watching the Man Show or Stern. it's ok.....i hear ya!! mail order brides from Russia, Late Night 'Friends' that like to 'talk', etc. | ||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Senior Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 1645 Registered: 02-2002 |
Hey Man, Unlike Tornado Air, Mail-Order brides work! | ||
| David Marchand (Dmarchand) Member Username: Dmarchand Post Number: 173 Registered: 09-2002 |
I try not to eat beans. It saves on gas. |
