- 1. Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: Drew Rogge <drew@pixar.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:34:17 -0800
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com I was watching Two Guys Garage over the weekend and finaly saw them install one of those "Tornado" vortex generators which
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00046.html (7,731 bytes)
- 2. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:08:20 -0500
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com If something that cheap and easy would noticibly increase your gas mileage, with no down side, don't you think the automake
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00047.html (8,327 bytes)
- 3. RE: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim \(IIS\)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:29:36 -0500
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com There are results all over the internet. They are really excellent at reducing the weight of your wallet. Other than that,
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00048.html (8,536 bytes)
- 4. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: Drew Rogge <drew@pixar.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 08:32:06 -0800
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com According to the guy on the show, Mercedes is adding something similar to their setup. I can't remember what their name was
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00049.html (9,105 bytes)
- 5. RE: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: "PJ McGarvey" <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 11:39:55 -0500
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com Possibly more to do with increasing the advertising dollars the show gets for mentioning it. PJ
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00050.html (8,576 bytes)
- 6. RE: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:46:50 -0800
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com Sure it does ! By reducing that ugly overweight in your wallet ! Randall
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00051.html (8,446 bytes)
- 7. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:06:27 -0600
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com The huge benefit of this thread is that NONE of us will likely waste another minute watching the TWO GUYS show again. Tony
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00052.html (8,324 bytes)
- 8. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <trevor@boicey.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:07:39 -0500
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com Sounds to me like something that would have to be extensively tuned for each application. Not impossible that Mercedes migh
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00053.html (9,751 bytes)
- 9. RE: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:44:19 -0800
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com In some rare cases, adding a little turbulence to the intake in just the right spot can help just a bit. For example, it ma
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00054.html (9,359 bytes)
- 10. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 10:21:32 -0800
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com Automakers do all kinds of things to control/direct the flow of air in the intake passage, some have to do with quieting or
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00055.html (9,306 bytes)
- 11. RE: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:48:39 -0800
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com It's all a conspiracy, see, the automakers all own oil stock so they don't *want* the cars to get better gas mileage. That'
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00056.html (8,872 bytes)
- 12. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:13:57 -0800
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com I just fill my gas tank with water and add one of these special 50- cent 'pills'. Then I don't have to worry about Detroit'
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00057.html (8,900 bytes)
- 13. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 21:10:17 -0600
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com Donno about the swirly thing but I once bought five or six of the fuel economy things "J. C. Whitney" had listed in their c
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00059.html (9,010 bytes)
- 14. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 05:41:20 -0500
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com Briggs&Stratton have used them for decades on some of their engines. In this case, it does work, though not as the tornado
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00064.html (9,578 bytes)
- 15. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Engle, Sr." <whesr@iglou.com>
- Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 09:23:22 -0500
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com They have sunk to just being a collection of infomrecial. They will shill anyone that will pay them. Bill
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00065.html (8,919 bytes)
- 16. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: LSAPEX@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:13:39 EST
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com <<They have sunk to just being a collection of infomrecial. They will shill anyone that will pay them. I've lost all credib
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00066.html (8,773 bytes)
- 17. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: Drew Rogge <drew@pixar.com>
- Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 07:53:09 -0800
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com I like the picture at the second link where he's talking about how lift is generated on an airplane wing. I never knew that
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00067.html (9,040 bytes)
- 18. RE: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 08:35:26 -0800
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com Bernoulli is no doubt NOT spinning in his grave <G> Randall
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00068.html (8,061 bytes)
- 19. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: Rush <jdrush@enter.net>
- Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:09:54 -0500
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com Back in the turbo era, the Indycar teams used some vanes in the turbo inlet tract to start the air swirling the correct dir
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00076.html (8,008 bytes)
- 20. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Shipley <shiples@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:04:26 -0800
- shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com I've been looking into "tuning" my Talon and one of the tricks that is used is to remove the "honeycomb" from the MassAirSe
- /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00082.html (8,731 bytes)
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