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Old 05-29-2010, 03:04 AM
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is the tornado performance booster worth trying? here is the link if you dont know what it is lol

http://www.jcwhitney.com/tornado-per.../p2005683.jcwx
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give this a read, it'* very unlikely you'll see any gains.

http://www.gassavers.org/showthread.php?t=164
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Garbage, don't buy.
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Had one in my Grand Am. No good, waste of money.
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Junk, you don't want to disrupt the smooth flow of air threw the throttle body.
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like the electric turbo air intake! LOL
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Thanks guys. im looking for some HP boost while i wait on the SC addition so im trying to find things. any ideas let me know
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Anything that moves air threw more freely, rockers, cam, free flow cat, headers.
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cuz i want some extra kick to the Bon and all i have is K&N air filter and that needs some help cuz sadly we only start with 205 hp :(. which is less then that probably ive never dynoed it to see
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You could port and polish your lower intake manifold. That would free up a couple ponies. Go the extra mile and do your heads too.

I think someone has a ported LIM for sale on here. If you haven't replaced any intake gaskets yet, this would be a good time to do it while everything is off.
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