Sounds like another one of those Tornado's(I think that's what it's
called). It's an aluminum piece with fins in it that fits into your
intake and is supposed to "create" the swirl effect for "better
cumbustion efficiency" and sells for around $75.00. "improve HP and
torque!!" it advertises. Car & Driver did a dyno test of it and found
out that it did absoultly nothing!!! Give Poweraid credit for being
partially honest, but why does the advirtising still promise increased
horsepower?
Al
bernd@texas.net wrote:
>
> For all of those who have looked at them, thought about them, or want
> one...Straight from Poweraid/Airaid:
>
> -----------------------------------------
> To: bernd@texas.net
> From: AirAid Info
> Subject: Re: AIRAID.COM Contact Form
> Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 09:20:36 -0700
>
> Dear Sir, thank you for your inquiry in our products. The spacer makes no HP on
> the dyno. It makes all of it's power in torque in the low end. If you haven't
> noticed any power on the Dyno or the track then it's doing what it's supposed
> to. You would not see any gains down the 1/4 mile or increases on the dyno. The
> idea of the spacer is to improve overall drivability and fuel mileage. In most
> cases when people install a bolt on part they expect better mileage and power,
> what happens is they are into the throttle a lot more than before trying to
> test performance and thats when the decrease in mileage happens.
>
> Sincerely,Matt
> -------------------------------------------
>
> So...
>
> (1) "The spacer makes no HP on the Dyno. It makes all of it's power in torque
> in the low end.". - That's a quote from AirAid.
> (2) "If you haven't noticed any power on the Dyno or the track then it's doing
> what it's supposed to." - Another quote from AirAid
> (3) "The idea of the spacer is to improve overall drivability and fuel
> mileage."
>
> So...it doesn't make any more HP, is NOT supposed to help in 1/4 mile
> performance (or on the Dyno), and is mainly for mileage and bottom end Torque.
> Hmmmm...Dyno's show TQ figures and there were no changes, mileage stayed the
> same, and 1/4 mile performance wasn't affected on the several people who have
> tried it (including myself). Hey, that's worth the $90! ;)
>
> BTW: They still aren't able to explain how the spacer keeps the swirl effect
> through the two turns (90 degree and 45 degree) in the intake plenum of the
> Dodge Ram/Dakota/Durango manifolds.
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