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does anyone have a hiclone vortex fuel saver installed in their suby or other vehicle, they look worth the money

I think Alex has something like that.

Dave

i reckon they are a wank myself but everyone has an opinion....if they were any good all cars would have em standard...just my opinion but...

alex has one of thoise hiclone things on the carby inside the filter thingy, as him..i think he seems to think it works

spend ya money on a tune up instead.....or put it away and save for a engine conversion if ya want more go....i have seen hiclones tested on a dyno on couple of different cars and they did nothing.....

cheers will ask alex and go from there

I made my own using a computer cooling fan placed in the ducting on my Vortex.
It spins freely in the airflow.
I havent had it in long enough to know if its made a differance or not .
I have to do a full tank run to see if the economy has changed.
cheers Pete

I had to try the hyclone myself to see what they would do. The retailer recommended that I use 2 for even greater effect. He installed them on my 2000 model Landcruiser ute and I left them in for a few weeks doing mostly empty highway running and towing my racecar around.
TOTAL waste of time and money. Didn't effect my fuel economy or power.
I got my money back.

I agree, they're a con

when my car was unlifted, and running lower profile tyres, i could defintely feel the difference, i was saving about 1lt/100km....if i had the choice again, id probably not do it, as the initail cost is too much to justify...its doing f/a now the car is lifted and stuff...

alex

id say the 1ltr you were saving was probably just the way you were driving hey.....

If they do anything at all why don't car manufacturers install them in the first place?

Back when I was driving an unlifted EA powered Subaru, I swore I felt the difference in horsepower when I tried some Nulon octane booster.

It's called the Placebo effect. Think something will work and it will.

Also very few people will admit that something they have paid good money for dosen't really work.

Mike.

will invest somewhere else then

maybe try these guys out?

http://www.fuelmate.com.au/

Did try that in few cars I had in the past (used 30 days trail and money back) It did not make any difference, its your imagination!
Cheers
AP

Put a massive GT wing on the back of the wagon if your after power and fuel efficiency. My wagon was so much faster and I swear I was getting an extra 50kms out of a tank of fuel. Got mine of ebay for around $400 definitely worth the money, looks good too!!

TW83 wrote:Put a massive GT wing on the back of the wagon if your after power and fuel efficiency. My wagon was so much faster and I swear I was getting an extra 50kms out of a tank of fuel. Got mine of ebay for around $400 definitely worth the money, looks good too!!

Please ! , you really expect us to belive you would get that much more from a tank , I think you wouldnt get better than about 25k's, how gulliable do you think we are.
Have you still got the ebay link where you bought it from shhhhhh.

Mike,

ive also heard that performance stickers like (sti crowcams turbosmart etc) will make car go faster the best spot to put them is on doors so it looks like a shopping list...its worth a go heap of people seem to do it......