Hiclone out for Medal ??
Submitted: Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 14:01
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Member - Oldbaz. NSW.
Not sure if it happens at your place, but we are being bombarded with Hiclone ads
on Channel 10 Games coverage. You know the drill..up to 23% more power & 15%
less fuel etc etc. Must be costing a bomb so folks must buy the things I guess.
Not wishing to open old wounds on this subject, but if they worked, would not every
car maker fit them at the factory ??. Dead cheap for those claimed figures.
If you fit two is it twice as good ?...:)))).....oldbaz.
Reply By: Kazza055 - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 14:09
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 14:09
Snake oil.
I can sell you some pills to drop into your fuel tank that will do that.
Should we also mention electronic rust prevention ;=))
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Follow Up By: skulldug - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 17:48
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 17:48
Not snake oil Kazz - more like tuna oil on burley.
:)
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Reply By: Member - Scott M (NSW) - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 14:37
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 14:37
oldbaz, they work if you don't buy one manufactured in the Northern Hemisphere .... due to the Coriolis effect they need to spin the other way down here......
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Follow Up By: Member - Scott M (NSW) - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 14:53
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 14:53
mind you - all the pop up ads on ExploreOz at the moment are for nail fungus removal....... getting sick of seeing someones scungy toenails .....
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Follow Up By: mikehzz - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 18:46
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 18:46
Mate, the ads are probably targeted according to browser cookies on your computer so are different for every user. I have to admit, I haven't seen one scungy fungus toenail popup. These types of targeted ads are common and starting to get up my nose. Has anyone seen an ad for a good nasal decongestant?
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Follow Up By: Member - johnat - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 19:27
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 19:27
Mike,
You just need to do a couple of searches for said items, and the ads will follow!
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Follow Up By: Member - Frank P (NSW) - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 19:45
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 19:45
Yes,
John, it's as you say. And how stupid is their logic?!
After you've done your searches you've probably satisfied your need. So then they bombard you with stuff that is yesterday's news and no longer relevant.
Well, that's how it works for me.
As advertisers, they are failures.
Annoying idiots.
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Follow Up By: Member - Scott M (NSW) - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 21:37
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 21:37
Trouble is .... I've never searched for Toenail Fungus ... f-knows how the profile engine thiks I'm interested...
here you go - one of the better ones - they get worse...
toenail
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Follow Up By: Steve - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 22:12
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 22:12
exactly Frank - every time I buy or research something online, 2 days later I get bombarded with ads for something I've just bought or ruled out
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Follow Up By: Member - Oldbaz. NSW. - Tuesday, Jul 29, 2014 at 08:25
Tuesday, Jul 29, 2014 at 08:25
You are exactly right gents, but the ads I refer too are on TV..
cheers....oldbaz.
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Reply By: Ross M - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 15:17
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 15:17
The makers of Hiclone must have had 40,000,000 of the things made and they have to get their money back somehow.
They may have fitted them Free to the TV company cars so the ads are affordable. Tax claims with ads.
PS can the smaller ones be inserted into the windpipe of sellers to see positive results?
LUNG capacity should improve.
Maybe they also work in exhausts too!!!! Similar fitment to seller should be a good
test. They are stainless steel so should last no matter what passes through them.
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Reply By: pop2jocem - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 18:44
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 18:44
The origin appears to have been lost in the mists of time but the old saying holds just as true today.
"There's one born every minute"
As an addendum you could also add
"There's one born every minute to relieve them of their hard earned cash"
Also covered by "A fool and his money etc".
And still people send money to Nigeria or some
Easter European country because they have just discover one of your long lost uncles has died and left you $xxxxxxxxxxx.
Just send $zzzz to cover expenses and it's all yours.
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Follow Up By: Dave J2 - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 22:40
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 22:40
One born every minute yes....
How about, "Don't knock it till you try it?"
P.S. no affiliation with this product whatsoever, just positive results..
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Follow Up By: pop2jocem - Tuesday, Jul 29, 2014 at 01:05
Tuesday, Jul 29, 2014 at 01:05
Care to explain the principle behind this wonderous creation?
To clarify, I mean how it benefits the internal combustion engine not the purveyor's bank balance.
I removed a similar "swirl inducer" from the intake of my NA diesel. No difference in fuel consumption or performance, but slightly less black smoke during hard acceleration. The swirl supposedly causes the heavier particles of dust to be thrown by centrifical action to the outside of the air stream. Nothing to do with increased efficiency.
Now take the action when applied to a turbocharged engine.
You reckon the Hi Clone will induce any more swirl than a turbocharger compressor wheel spinning at in excess of 20,000 RPM? How about the torturous passage the air must navigate through the intake system of even a non turbo engine?
Personally I doubt it.
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Reply By: Bigfish - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 20:48
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 20:48
I believed the 15% less fuel usage. So being smart I put 7 of them in my troopy. For 2 years I have not had to top up the fuel tank. The extra power also comes in handy on weekends when I use the
old car for towing Boeing747,s onto the tarmac at
Sydney airport. Incredible after market product the old HICLONE.......Pity a billion dollar company like Toyota couldn,t have thought of it....
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Follow Up By: Ross M - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 21:46
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 21:46
Bigfish
Do you have any problems with the fuel tank overflowing at times when you aren't using all the power?
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Follow Up By: Bigfish - Tuesday, Jul 29, 2014 at 06:26
Tuesday, Jul 29, 2014 at 06:26
Your a smart man
Ross M....The excess fuel (about 40 litres a week), I give to my next door neighbour. In exchange he allows me to run a lead; from his electronic rust preventer, to my car several times a week. All rust has disappeared and car looks great...
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Reply By: Dave J2 - Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 22:37
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 at 22:37
Hi mate. Have been told by many they are about as good as a cut up tin of beer in your intake, however have fitted in two vehicles now and have noticed improvements. First was 98 3.2l petrol rodeo, drank fuel like it was going out of fashion, about 330km per 65l tank. After fitting 2 hiclones, stretched it out to 370km, the best result was 400km.
Have since fitted to a 2.5l diesel Navara, no noticeable fuel gains, however turbo has spooled up slightly faster, previously kicking in at 2400rpm and now just under 2100rpm. The hiclones are fitted between air filter and turbo, and between intercooler and inlet manifold. Definatley a must try, and with something so simple, that has the possibility to move mountains, with a money back guarantee, I still believe it's a no brainer...
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Follow Up By: Glenndini - Tuesday, Jul 29, 2014 at 08:30
Tuesday, Jul 29, 2014 at 08:30
Yes, I agree with the bit about no brains.
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Follow Up By: Dave(NSW) - Tuesday, Jul 29, 2014 at 14:50
Tuesday, Jul 29, 2014 at 14:50
If I use my Donaldson air cleaner which also swirls the air flow, I use more fuel and seem to have less power.
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Follow Up By: Jarse - Tuesday, Jul 29, 2014 at 15:45
Tuesday, Jul 29, 2014 at 15:45
Those vehicles must have been running too lean, because putting anything in the intake system effectively chokes the airflow by the profile of the object.
The hiclones probably restored the correct air flow by choking it down :D
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