[W126 Coupe] tornado air twister

[Jonathan Hodgman]

Speaking of improvement, has anyone had any experience w/ STS Turbo's?
 The idea behind them is quite interesting/intriguing..
http://www.ststurbo.com/

Jonathan



On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:10:44 -0500, eurotech1 at charter.net
<eurotech1 at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> The filter won't affect it, it mounts after the filter, not before. I saw one of those at NAPA. Personally, I wouldn't buy one until I saw proof that it would deliver on its claims. I've not seen too many of these "gadget" type accessories that would actually do what they claimed. I've always preferred to put the money into proven products that have a good track record. On the other hand, sometimes good stuff evolves from "gadgets". Read the fine print, and don't believe it 'til you see it. :-)
> 
>                         Later,
>                         Chris
> ============================================================
> > From: "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
> > Date: 2005/03/31 Thu AM 11:31:37 EST
> > To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
> > Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] tornado air twister
> >
> > That's another thing I was thinking. It creates the vortex in the intake
> > tubing. One the air hits the filter, it will no longer be a vortex, no?
> > Plus, an engine will only take as much air as it needs, so you'd have to
> > put higher flow injectors, a higher flow fuel pump, a freer flowing
> > exhaust, and adjust timing for it to do anything, no?
> > Richard
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
> > [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Iain Gunn
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:16 PM
> > To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
> > Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] tornado air twister
> >
> > Anything that creates a vortex in a chamber increases efficiency, If you
> >
> > "spin" the air down a pipe, you can move more volume.Do they work in
> > engine
> > intakes?? Who knows, I know a person who uses one in his Impala SS and
> > he
> > swears by it.
> >     PS, if you go to a company that specializes in different kinds of
> > fans,
> > you can buy a vortex type fan blades for about $5.00
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
> > To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:59 PM
> > Subject: [W126 Coupe] tornado air twister
> >
> >
> > > Rich Jaffe mentioned using the tornado air twister. Can that thing
> > > actually work? If you ask me the answer is no, because if it did the
> > > companies would definitely put them in themselves, and even still I
> > seem
> > > to remember something about turbulent air being less combustible
> > (though
> > > I could be out in left field on that one). He mentioned the K&N which
> > I
> > > think it's been agreed on here that it's pointless, though from what
> > I'm
> > > told it actually does something if you make the exhaust less
> > restrictive
> > > as he did. So, tornado air twister: can it possibly do anything?
> > > Richard
> > >
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