i read about this thing called turbonator in a magazine and i wanna know if its good
www.turbonator.com

thanks

 

i mean yea its good to swirl the air coming into the engine....but 35hp? yea you bet thats not typical. you would probably get about 1-3 hp and like 30 more miles to the tank if you drive it easy.

 

Those claimed horsepower gains are only on stock cars that have extremely poor airflow, plus it helps when you have a huge fan blowing at the front of the car going full force when doing the dyno. Basically you cant get a lot of horsepower out of such a simple mod so you might get 3 hp.... miiight..... probably get more hp out of putting stickers on your car..... a NOS sticker is worth 20hp i hear ^_-

 

Yeah, if you buy it, you're probably not even going to notice any gains. Save up for the real thing. You'll feel that for sure!

 

Or build it yourself and find out what it does.... get an 80 MM or 120 MM computer fan (they are 12v DC so you can wire it straight into your battery (available at almost any computer shop).... Cut a hole into your airbox and mount the SOB just be sure your airflow is in the right direction, then mount a switch somewhere inside and start driving, once you feel like just kick on the switch and see if there is a difference, the fan will run you like $5.00 at the most, and the wiring/switch about $4.00 if you buy "the good stuff" if you don't like it just throw some duct tape over the hole and shrug your sholders or go to a junk yard and buy the replacement part for like $10.00... Back yard mechanics rock! Can you dig it?

 

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Just so you know a 90 cfm fan isnt going to do crap for you. I think thats close to what it naturally pulls in with the vac hoses. lightshow mentioned a 1000cfm pipe mounted fan thats about 2psi equivilent? Downside, its a 24volt.

 

yea im sure a 12v version could be made.

 

the turbonator is a non-powered piece of sheet metal... a 90cfm fan would do more than a turbonator IMO

 

ok, 90cfm isnt even 1/5 psi of boost which results about the natural suction that the car pulls