John. Dave & Roger: I just got off the phone with a company called Tornado Air Systems. The make a "cookie cutter" type product that goes in your air hose before the injector/carbs. IT creates a vortex that mixes the gas and air for better vaporization. They have a 30 day MBG. Now I have just purchase one for my Odyssey because I'm taking a trip to Florida next month (Kevin Harrington be afraid!) They claim 10 to as much as 24% gas mileage increase. One of the guys on my Odyssey owners list bit the bullet and bought one...got 3.5 MPG around town driving increase. I'm a skeptic as well...but my van 4400lb getting 27-29mpg would be friggin awesome! So I'll let you know.
I spoke with one of their engineers...they make these devices for all motors (parasailers, bikes, cars, boats, etc) I asked about free units for your Iron Butt rides, etc. They might be interested...but they do want to sell a product. My thought was Roger was coming down to DV in April or sooner...measure the air intake sizes (let me know too!) they make them in 5mm increments starting at 25mm. Fit one in each intack hose...try it out. If you could get a min. of 10% increase...does than mean 3 stops a day instead of 4? Is that worth ~$50 each unit for the iron butt? I'm just curious....you're talking close to 300 miles on a standard tank....almost 400 in a larger tank....interesting! If they work, I would not be surprised if you couldn't get some sort of sponsorship for your rides too. Once a Marketing guy....always.. Shawn P --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002
