Turbonator....thoughts on this???

[newby]

I saw this advertisement for the Turbonator. It claims to increase air flow to the engine resulting in up to 35 more HP. The concept makes sense, but the gains seem a bit high. Anyone tried one of these??

http://www.turbonator.com/index.html?id=adWordsNSX

 

[Ojas]

It does not work. Just because the air is spinning around does mean airflow is improved.

http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2435
http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3380
http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4317
http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38418
http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5921
http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6060

 

[95NSXT]

Im still kind of in the dark about how it works. How does it spin? off your battery? or I guess it probably spins because your car is sucking it through those fan blade like things. 35hp seems a bit much and by a bit, I mean a lot. Even though it "Creates finer particles of atomized fuel" I think it would just restrict flow. Just like that "Tornado" thing that was out a year ago.

I love this paragraph

Other independent studies yielded results as high as 35 HP and 31% MPG. Although results varied from vehicle to vehicle, gains were evident, and considering the unit is inexpensive, easy to install, and requires no maintenance, installing the Turbonator is a worthwhile investment.

Lets see...

Other independent studies yielded results as high as 35 HP and 31% MPG.

So some random person tested it, pretty much nothing behind that statement.

Although results varied from vehicle to vehicle, gains were evident, and considering the unit is inexpensive, easy to install, and requires no maintenance, installing the Turbonator is a worthwhile investment.[/

Translation: Yes there were some gains in independent tests and, but hey, its cheap and easy to install, you might as well waste your money.

 

[Ojas]

How does it spin? off your battery? or I guess it probably spins because your car is sucking it through those fan blade like things.

It does not spin - it has no moving parts and remains stationary in the intake. The only thing that spins (probably not even significantly) is the air your engine is trying to suck across this bent-up piece of metal. The claim is this restriction, which undoubtedly costs less to manufacture than the cardboard box in which it’s packaged, creates a "vortex" effect (it’s actually not a vortex, even if it could get the air to spin) allowing the engine to breathe better.

 

[ScienceofSpeed]

One NSX motor met it's maker with one of these. Don't add another

Cheers,
-- Chris

 

[prova4re]

One NSX motor met it's maker with one of these. Don't add another

Cheers,
-- Chris

30+ NSX motors have met there maker with a more expesive Super Charger, but people still keep on buying them. :frown:
Hell, it's a great deal at $69.95, it cost me $7000.00+ to blow my motor. :biggrin: :wink:

 

[95NSXT]

It does not spin - it has no moving parts and remains stationary in the intake.

oh.....haha. Maybe thats why I couldn't figure out how it spun. The pic confused me. Now the idea is worse than I had thought. Not as good as my homemade "forced" induction idea that I've been pondering for about 4years, but then again, if I told you guys....I'd have to kill ya.

 

[RP-Motorsports]

Here is a pic of my new custom intake. It is being prepped for shipping this week. I will give you my dyno charts before and after. I plan on selling thousands of these to all of Ojas's pickup trucker buddies down in Texas.

:smile:

 

[newby]

So basically what you are all saying is no one has tried it, but it doesn't sound like it's worth the money. From the picture, it seems like there is a power source, or maybe I'm just looking at it wrong. If it was a powered fan, wouldn't it have some benifit?

I did a search on the turbonator, but found nothing. Looks like it's been called a few different names :smile:

 

[White92]

Sport Compbact Car Magazine did a several page artical on a similar product called the Tornado. They even had the owner of the company there to install the products on 2 different cars and tried to duplicate his claims on the same dyno equipment that Tornado used for their claims. I tried finding a link to their article online, but it's not there. I have it at home though. Basically the product is bogus. The dyno that the owner used was crap and so were his claims. It's a complete waste of money if you ask me.

 

[Ojas]

From the picture, it seems like there is a power source, or maybe I'm just looking at it wrong.

There is no power source. As I mentioned and according to the information in the links I posted, it’s one piece of cheap metal that does not move.

If it was a powered fan, wouldn't it have some benifit

That product is called the electric supercharger (search google or ebay for "electric supercharger"). It has also been discussed here many times. Like this crap, it also does not work... Just because a fan can move a volume of air at a certain rate at atmospheric pressure does not mean it can pressurize the output side and mantain that same rate of flow.

 

[NCC-1701D]

My friend bought the "tornado"...He claims (no actual proof) that his power went up but his fuel economy stayed the same...


I personally think these deviced are bogus....If they really did work and got the numbers they claim...Every car manufacturer would have these devices install from the factory....

 

[White92]

Seriously. If they really worked that well, wouldn't the manufacturers just spend a few bucks to get better gas mileage and power and put this thing in? I don't think the spend millions in R&D for the hell of it.

 

[95NSXT]

Seriously. If they really worked that well, wouldn't the manufacturers just spend a few bucks to get better gas mileage and power and put this thing in? I don't think the spend millions in R&D for the hell of it.

I originally thought this but then again they can't make cars 100% perfect. There are a lot of things you could argue that should be stock on cars that aren't. I'd hope the big wig R&D guys would have already tested things similar to this, but you never know.

 

[AutoEuphoria]

A car as perfect as the NSX deserves more than crappy non-functional parts. It deserves the best that can be bought for it, not a half-assed attempt to increase power.

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

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