OK...most hot rodders my not want to admit it but with the gas prices these days MILEAGE MATTERS!!!

SOOOO with this in mind "has any one tested out the TORANADO gas saver?   If so, does it help the miles per gallon ?

any one with any figures???

i doubt FWD will make a 455 get much better milage .  

I'd say forget it. Worked at a parts store and we had many returns on it because they said it did nothing for them.  

he doesn't mean "Toranado", as in the Olds, but the Tornado, as in the little metal thingy you put in your air cleaner. I doubt it works.

yeah i know. im just an ass though  

Thanks for the reply, I would say if you worked where you sell them

your information would have to be a good measure of what`s what.

Thanks again for the reply

I've seen Popular Mechanic's tests of them and from people who have bought them and the general consenses is that there is no improvement in mileage.

I worked at a parts store for three years, we didn't move to many of them, but of the few that we did sell a few people said it did nothing.

I put one on my 502 powered '68 Impala and it gets about 38mpg on the highway, with 4.88 gears.  The key is better fuel atomization.  

Thanks for the info Silver Buick,it is appreciated...it`s how we weigh things out without throwing away our cash!

Saw the reply from 283ci....must be around 10 years old,I will have to remember that user name in case I see a question from the little kid just so I can send the lil tyke the same type of childish reply when the BOY is trying to weigh out a problem

Thanks again.....Silver Buick

Ah, come on.  I thought that obvious enough in it's facetiousness to be taken as good natured.  You didn't get mad at Cougar for the Oldsmobile comment.  If you know I was BS'ing you, than you already knew in your heart that those contraptions aren't worth looking into.

does anyone here watch Mythbusters on Discovery?  One episode they tested mileage myths.  All kinds of contraptions for carburetors and fuel injection.  None of them worked.  The only thing that worked was using filtered fry vat oil (from your local fast food restaurant) in a diesel.  It got almost the same mileage as regular diesel fuel.  I wouldn't recommend it...but if you're desperate...  

Didnt they do one with pickups and it showed you got better milage with the tailgate up because it forces air over the truck?  

yeup watched it last night. btw one of the mags had a quick comment a while back that they tested a truck from alll the big 3 with a bed cover and then with out in a similar way as the myth busters and the ford saw almost no change in any area of concern

OK 283CI...i`M NOT A HARD GUY,BUT YOU KNOW WE GOTTA FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN FROM EACH OTHER,AFTER ALL BIG BUSINESS WON`T BE STRAIGHT WITH US............AND THANKS FOR THE REPLY,YOU MUST BE OK AFTER ALL

HAVE A GOOD ONE

DAVE

SIDEOILER

Yeah, I wish they would have tested one with a camper shell.  I was suprised by the tailgate up thing...really good to know though...