I drive a '98 S70 Base. I was reading Car and Driver and I saw some ad for turbonator. I went to the site and I was kind of amazed how cheap it was and how it gave up to 2 miles per gallon and extra horsepower. Has anyone tried this thing out on any Volvos? If it really works then I'll buy it..

Heres the site:
www.turbonator.com

 

There is many of them on the market and they are junk.

Some of the other styles are even worse of a setup than that one. The other setups have had the metal fins break off and destroy motors.

I would never buy one of those things.

 

What he said. Some people go to a lot of trouble polishing their intake ports to reduce air turbulence. I'd think such a device, therefore, would likely make performance and fuel efficiency worse, not better. It's a scam IMHO.

 

I belive Consumer Reports Magazine called this a "Scam" at it's best!

 

porting and polishing is to to increase flow, not to reduce turbulence. turbulence keeps the air and fuel mixed thereby giving you a more even burn. S&S motorcycle parts adds a vane to create turbulence after they port and polish to improve performance. just my two cents,most of those add in parts are junk, dont use them if you like your motor

 

>turbonator

This name alone is clear enough for a sign of scam. Or, someone tried to spell the nickname of the governor in CA and misspelled it

I am extremely cautious of cheapo lately and you know where they are usually made.


JPN

 

Porting and polishing is to reduce turbulence, which in turn increases air flow. Works just like drag on the outside: smooth surface = less drag. With a carb turbulence helps the mix, but not with port fuel injection.

 

1. You put this in the FORUM ISSUES part of the site. This isn't a FORUM ISSUE. It is about a car.

2. I moved this thread to a proper part of the site.

3. What you speak of is complete CRAP and worthless and wont give you anything. Do not buy into it and do not get it or anything like it.

 

BIG 10-4 to ALL the above !!!!

 

Crap, garbage, refuse, detrius, waste, . . .

 

If, maybe, you have some poorly tuned Stromberg carbs or something....where the fuel is insufficiently atomized to burn in the combustion chamber. With fuel injection and any sort of modern "squish band" head design (since circa 1955) you don't need this at all. If something so easy could increase mpg and/or hp, don't you think the manufacturers would have adopted it? They fight for 1/10's of mpg.

In short, save your money.