Re: "TORNADO" in the air intake "to try or not to try"
 

I just love seeing those things... cracks me up...

Mike wrote:

> Anybody out there interested in buying my net tailgate?.. have no use for it
> anymore as the truck has been sold.. its a great fuel saver.. tried and
> tested too.. I put a gallon of gas in the old S10 and covered a good 600
> yards extra using the net over the solid tailgate.. was a bummer walking
> home to get gas for the return trip tho..
>
> "Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
> news:2h1r21F80hsvU1@uni-berlin.de...
>
>>>>has anyone tried the "TORNADO" thing that goes in the intake hose and
>>>>"swirls the air for better fuel milage and more horsepower"
>>
>>I have a 455 Buick engine in the Jeepster, so I had to do something about
>>the mileage. I have one of those whirlygigs, the whole fuel line covered
>
> in
>
>>magnets, a ramscoop, fuel pressure regulator, coil transformer, wing, bug
>>deflector, net tailgate, slick 50, prolong, teflon oil filter, synthetic
>
> oil
>
>>in all the gear boxes, helium filled tires, Mequires 'racing wax' over
>>primer, and splitfire plugs. Boy, what a mistake! I drain the tank, and
>
> can
>
>>only go 50 miles or so before I have to drain it again.
>>Most of this junk has been around since the teens; if it worked,
>>manufacturers would use it.
>>
>>--
>>Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
>>
>>
>
>
>

Re: "TORNADO" in the air intake "to try or not to try"
 

I just love seeing those things... cracks me up...

Mike wrote:

> Anybody out there interested in buying my net tailgate?.. have no use for it
> anymore as the truck has been sold.. its a great fuel saver.. tried and
> tested too.. I put a gallon of gas in the old S10 and covered a good 600
> yards extra using the net over the solid tailgate.. was a bummer walking
> home to get gas for the return trip tho..
>
> "Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
> news:2h1r21F80hsvU1@uni-berlin.de...
>
>>>>has anyone tried the "TORNADO" thing that goes in the intake hose and
>>>>"swirls the air for better fuel milage and more horsepower"
>>
>>I have a 455 Buick engine in the Jeepster, so I had to do something about
>>the mileage. I have one of those whirlygigs, the whole fuel line covered
>
> in
>
>>magnets, a ramscoop, fuel pressure regulator, coil transformer, wing, bug
>>deflector, net tailgate, slick 50, prolong, teflon oil filter, synthetic
>
> oil
>
>>in all the gear boxes, helium filled tires, Mequires 'racing wax' over
>>primer, and splitfire plugs. Boy, what a mistake! I drain the tank, and
>
> can
>
>>only go 50 miles or so before I have to drain it again.
>>Most of this junk has been around since the teens; if it worked,
>>manufacturers would use it.
>>
>>--
>>Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
>>
>>
>
>
>

Re: "TORNADO" in the air intake "to try or not to try"
 

I just love seeing those things... cracks me up...

Mike wrote:

> Anybody out there interested in buying my net tailgate?.. have no use for it
> anymore as the truck has been sold.. its a great fuel saver.. tried and
> tested too.. I put a gallon of gas in the old S10 and covered a good 600
> yards extra using the net over the solid tailgate.. was a bummer walking
> home to get gas for the return trip tho..
>
> "Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
> news:2h1r21F80hsvU1@uni-berlin.de...
>
>>>>has anyone tried the "TORNADO" thing that goes in the intake hose and
>>>>"swirls the air for better fuel milage and more horsepower"
>>
>>I have a 455 Buick engine in the Jeepster, so I had to do something about
>>the mileage. I have one of those whirlygigs, the whole fuel line covered
>
> in
>
>>magnets, a ramscoop, fuel pressure regulator, coil transformer, wing, bug
>>deflector, net tailgate, slick 50, prolong, teflon oil filter, synthetic
>
> oil
>
>>in all the gear boxes, helium filled tires, Mequires 'racing wax' over
>>primer, and splitfire plugs. Boy, what a mistake! I drain the tank, and
>
> can
>
>>only go 50 miles or so before I have to drain it again.
>>Most of this junk has been around since the teens; if it worked,
>>manufacturers would use it.
>>
>>--
>>Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
>>
>>
>
>
>

Re: "TORNADO" in the air intake "to try or not to try"
 

Roughly 5/19/04 10:30, bobbyg2004's monkeys randomly typed:

> has anyone tried the "TORNADO" thing that goes in the intake hose and
> "swirls the air for better fuel milage and more horsepower" i want to try
> it, since i'm getting about 13 mpg, and gas prices are supposed to get up
> to $3.25 by the end of summer.
>

By what miracle of snake oil marketing would you expect "swirling"
the air in the intake to increase gas mileage?

Watch out, if you install too many of those gas saving devices, you
will need to stop every few hundred miles and drain the extra gas
from your tank before it blows up.

--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.

Re: "TORNADO" in the air intake "to try or not to try"
 

Roughly 5/19/04 10:30, bobbyg2004's monkeys randomly typed:

> has anyone tried the "TORNADO" thing that goes in the intake hose and
> "swirls the air for better fuel milage and more horsepower" i want to try
> it, since i'm getting about 13 mpg, and gas prices are supposed to get up
> to $3.25 by the end of summer.
>

By what miracle of snake oil marketing would you expect "swirling"
the air in the intake to increase gas mileage?

Watch out, if you install too many of those gas saving devices, you
will need to stop every few hundred miles and drain the extra gas
from your tank before it blows up.

--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.

Re: "TORNADO" in the air intake "to try or not to try"
 

Roughly 5/19/04 10:30, bobbyg2004's monkeys randomly typed:

> has anyone tried the "TORNADO" thing that goes in the intake hose and
> "swirls the air for better fuel milage and more horsepower" i want to try
> it, since i'm getting about 13 mpg, and gas prices are supposed to get up
> to $3.25 by the end of summer.
>

By what miracle of snake oil marketing would you expect "swirling"
the air in the intake to increase gas mileage?

Watch out, if you install too many of those gas saving devices, you
will need to stop every few hundred miles and drain the extra gas
from your tank before it blows up.

--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.

Re: "TORNADO" in the air intake "to try or not to try"
 

Roughly 5/19/04 10:30, bobbyg2004's monkeys randomly typed:

> has anyone tried the "TORNADO" thing that goes in the intake hose and
> "swirls the air for better fuel milage and more horsepower" i want to try
> it, since i'm getting about 13 mpg, and gas prices are supposed to get up
> to $3.25 by the end of summer.
>

By what miracle of snake oil marketing would you expect "swirling"
the air in the intake to increase gas mileage?

Watch out, if you install too many of those gas saving devices, you
will need to stop every few hundred miles and drain the extra gas
from your tank before it blows up.

--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.