turbonator? - Toyota Yaris Forums

stuffy · 04-21-2006, 09:16 AM

i have heard different things about the turbonator, some say it works, some say it is b.s.,
has anyone installed one and have some experience as to whether it has improved fuel economy?

i have sort of passed them off as a gimmick, because i figured if they worked so well (company claims something like 5-20% improvement in fuel economy), then car manufacturers would install them on all new vehicles, and i assumed this wasn't the case until i saw an ad for a jetta tdi diesel that mentions a vortex-creating air intake system that improves the mixture of air and fuel- sounds like a turbonator to me.

any ideas? is it worth the 60 bucks?

04-21-2006, 09:16 AM	#1
stuffy Drives: 06 yaris 5-dr le man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: ontario, canada Posts: 699	turbonator? i have heard different things about the turbonator, some say it works, some say it is b.s., has anyone installed one and have some experience as to whether it has improved fuel economy? i have sort of passed them off as a gimmick, because i figured if they worked so well (company claims something like 5-20% improvement in fuel economy), then car manufacturers would install them on all new vehicles, and i assumed this wasn't the case until i saw an ad for a jetta tdi diesel that mentions a vortex-creating air intake system that improves the mixture of air and fuel- sounds like a turbonator to me. any ideas? is it worth the 60 bucks?