Turbonator

biggest piece of junk on the market!

I have some swamp land in Florida I'd like to sell you!

one of the major auto mag's (car and driver, i think) did a review of all of the "miracle gas mileage' parts. I think that they reviewed 5 in total.

Every single one of them failed in to increase gas mileage--in fact, i believe that they all actually decreased mileage.

Want better gas mileage? Keep your tire pressure at recommended levels, don't stomp on the gas pedal (too much), and use quality fuel with a cleaning agent in it.

I think we've shown with all the CAI threads that you need to smooth the air flow instead of giving "swirlies" to it. crapola

I saw a tidbit saying to fill your tires with Nitrogen. Since the molecules are relatively large in size, the nitrogen tends to not leak out and thus your tire pressure stays where you set it. Anyone doing this?

LOL, I thought you were going to say it would make your car lighter and improve mileage.

Haven't tried it myself, but there's talk about it on the motorcycle boards from time to time.

Read this article about what a joke these devices are:

http://www.wcpo.com/external/dwym/c3b519.html

Using Nitrogen in tires is one of the new trends on the block. I tend to doubt that it makes that big of a difference, but here is the low down.

Nitrogen molecules are larger than the other gasses naturally occuring in the atmosphere. (By the way, normal air is already 80% Nitrogen)

Tires will not deflate because the larger molecules can not penetrate the rubber tires as easily.

Since the Nitrogen was from a compressed source you will not get as much water (humidity) into the tires.

Due to the lower water content, and lack of Oxygen inside the tires, your tires should suffer less decay to the rubber and belts and last longer. IE: normally Oxygen and water passing through the rubber tires tends to cause it to slowly break down and can cause steel belts to rust.

They claim that if you have the tires filled with Nitrogen when new, but still top off with normal air, you will still get most of the benefits.

In my opinion, I would not pay extra for this, but if I had the choice I would fill new tires with Nitrogen just to get the benfit of them maintaining their pressure better. As for them lasting longer, I wear out my tires much faster than the rubber decays. If you only drive 1000 miles a year, and plan on keeping the same tires on for 10 years, then maybe that is a consideration for you.

Craig

PS - They have been filling Aircraft tires with Nitrogen for years, so this is not really new.

Well, if you had a Carbureator... maybe somethign like this would help to mix that gas, but with a FI ewngine... the swirl will die in the Plenum anyway.

It wont do jack except block your air flow.
amnit:

I was looking at the turbonator, and boy, and I glad I looked it up a bit before buying. No way I'd drop a dollar on that scam!

As far at the Nitrogen you guys were mentioning--It's useful in tires (especially in racing, e.g. NASCAR) because it hardly expands/contracts with temp changes, so you can maintain an accurate tire pressure even when your tires get hot ripping around a racetrack.