<span class="highlight">hiclone</span>, worth the money?

hi there do a search for Hiclone, you will get alot of results, if you want my opinion, getting your money out fo your pocket adn burning it will give you the same results..., my compnay wa givin these to test, we found no results, however im pretty sure someone on here swears by them..

dont do it..

Hang on!!!!!!!!!!! Get ready for another bumpy ride.........

Some people reckon the HiClone thingos are gr8, others say a waste of money.

Pesty has 2 (from memory) in his 60 series n/a diesel and reckons they work as well as they claim.

Others have said they actually made the fuel economy worse. Not sure whether anybody on here with a 4.2 T/D Patrol has reported any results.

My opinion......save your money and invest in a 3" exhaust, professional tune up and maybe a full turbo make-over. I'm in the process of deciding whether to proceed with a bigger (Schwitzer) turbo to replace the existing one, which Nissan brought over from the old MQ 3.3L Patrol donk.....so it's a bit under-sized for the job.

Cheers

Roachie

if i mix my fuel say 2 parts diesel 1 part water will that also reduce my fuel economy?

from what i've read in the archives thats the effect a lot of people say the hiclone has.

alternatively. does anybody want to pay my fuel bill (attractive generous 20yr old girls prefered, but i'll take anybody if they give me that much money!)

LMAO. Now to the question.

Even if they did work, The Turbocharger on the engine would cancel out any effect it might have even had. IMO.

FORD.
(For Driving Off Road)

I have read a lot about these on the Overlander forum and I can't say I have read anything positive about them at all. General consensus was not worth the money. As a previous poster has said I too would be looking at the exhaust mod.

Here, try this. Get a couple of long neck beer bottles and fill them up with water. Tip them both upside down. Give one of them a swirling action to spin the water and see which one empties first. Is this the same principle as Hiclone?. Rus.
p.s. I'm not telling you, you try it out.

Simple

I have not personally tested the HiClones but have read quite a bit about them and would be fairly wary about them, they mix up the flow creating a turbulent flow, anytime you add a turbulent flow to the inlet of a pump (i.e turbo) you create uneven loading on the blades which causes load fluctuations throughout the entire impeller, this can lead to metal-fatigue cracking and premature failure. As an industrial engineer I have seen this plenty of times with pumps on various sites, I see no reason why it wouldn't apply to a smaller scale. In my experience, any sort of pump/fan works a lot better when it has a nice smooth supply of the fluid it is pumping.

I tried one on a 60 series Toyota,took it back 3 weeks later.
It did change the characterists of the engine,it had more low down torque and you could feel the difference.
It had the same effect of lengthening the inlet manifold(as some variable manifolds do on modern cars)there was no improvement to economy at all.
I think they are an over expensive device that in some cases may give a minute improvement depending on the vehicle.
As others have said spend the money on extractors or a larger exhaust which have proven benefits.
regards

I bought one a couple of years ago for my 92 Range Rover 3.9.
Drove to Brisbane with and back to Sydney without. No noticable difference.
Its still on my workbench. Anyone want to buy it?
It may work on diesels but it cannot work on petrol because it is fitted before the throttle blade which is usually open only a tiny bit and will disrupt any swirl.
I can also give a special deal on Tin pellets. Am I gullible or what?
Regards Philip A

Am i missing something here? A bit like the fitch gizmo......both have money back guarantee so whats to lose????? If it works good....if not get your money back.

Mine works

I think the Hiclones would only work for a carby fed engine..... I think that your motor has direct injection into the ports which would entirely defeat any fancy air flow claims.... also I believe diesel to be a different kettle of fish anyway as it is not a fine vapour being ignited by the spark plug like a petrol/gas motor that gets you going and if the diesel is in the pot when it is compressed and it is all timed up right all the fuel should be burnt off anyway... regarless of what direction it was turning as it was pushed into the pot by the turbo.

My 2 cents but I am by no means an expert but I know that I wont be buying a Hiclone for my turbo diesel.

Cheers

You can have Hyclone for $50 - thats WAY less than I paid for it.

It is rumoured you need TWO for turbo engines - twice the price for the same gain ??

Dave
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