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Old May 4, 2010 | 12:02 PM
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Do either of these things work or are they a gimmick/waste of money?

Also if someone could explain to me how either of these work that would be nice too.
 
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Old May 4, 2010 | 12:12 PM
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"turbolators" are a joke,they will actully NOT let fuel atomize,atomizers will kill air flow(only time weve used them is on showy type bikes where a volocity stack or open carb is used,so big stuff wont get into motor)the deal with the turbolators is the fuel will form large droplets to come off each point.a good set of heads should atomize the fuel fine,the only product i would even consider is a yost power tube,but with us,the jury`s still out there too
 
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Old May 5, 2010 | 10:23 AM
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that pic reminds me of Ray Price riding the 1/4 in BG---a long time ago
 
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Old May 5, 2010 | 11:33 PM
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So.....you're saying that the "Turbolator" is a Turdulator?
 
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