Hiclones

Ian,

They do work but only if you have the white lettering on your tyres on the outside.

Skull

Here ya go read away for the next week or so!!

Simple answer is NO

hi
short answer no
if you mount an 80 foot mask on your 4wd and a big sail you'll not use as much fuel either
don't waste your time the only people that reckon they work are the salesmen selling them
because it has the ability to extract money from your bank acct and put it theirs I tried one years ago that I borrowed and the effect it had on my mazda diesel was the same as if I had of stuffed a piece of rag in the intake
it choked it
luckily I didn't have to fight a sales man to get my money back
just gave it back to the bloke who lent it to me
the comment on here by others are about right imho
any one who believes in hi-clones also believe in fairies at the bottom of the garden
cheers

Hi Ian,

It's another "no" from me. Could have spent the money on fuel for another trip somewhere!

Cheers

Rob K

Ian,
The Hiclone is promoted as a device to create a swirling (or "cyclonic") motion to the air entering the engine to better mix the air/fuel mixture and hence improve combustion.
Sadly, although alluded to, there has never been an authoritative independent test supporting its effectiveness. There have however been some poor deluded souls who, having spent their money, insist that the thing actually works!


The claims are ridiculous to anyone with an understanding of fluid dynamics.
Even if the Hiclone did impart a swirling motion, this behaviour would soon be destroyed as the air passes through the intake and manifold convolutions. The flow would almost immediately become what is known as "turbulent" or randomly disordered with no component of "cyclonic"behaviour. Ironically, this turbulent air flow is the best possible form to produce effective mixing of the air and fuel and the Hiclone aims to defeat it!


The only predictable effect of a Hiclone in the air induction path of an engine is to restrict the flow of air and hence reduce engine performance.
It has one other unfavourable feature....... it is constructed of fairly fragile metal which would, should the device fracture, send pieces of metal into the engine bores.


The Hiclone website states.... "The Hiclone is intended to be a fuel saving device....." Well it might 'intend' to be but............!
It beats me how someone can proclaim such absolute nonsense without being an elected politician.

In this case it is just a partial grip on your windpipe. Not too tight but enough to make a big difference to breathing.
Anyone for engine Emphysema or Bronchitis.

Hiclone seller must have found their DVD with the ad on it and thought, why not, new era, new suckers, correction, consumers and we still have a warehouse full of "product".

Snake oil. By the way I've got a set of rollers that fit under the Storey Bridge a treat .. for prospective buyers.

I'm appalled at all the negativity here.

All those who claim it doesn't work obviously installed it the wrong way around. If you get it the right way around the Coriolis effect doesn't cancel out the cyclonic effect. You've just got to get it spinning the right way.

Hi IAN
I have a 93 1 HZJ 80 series with 2 fitted, with the 170lt rear tank the most I ever got out of it was 1214km to it started to cough and splutter. With 2 properly fitted hyclones I got 1264km running from Darwin to Alice in the wet season, 100% humidity with the A/C on. People can laugh at them, but after 13 years in the old girl, I`m the one laughing at them!!!

They work well ,but ONLY if you have the torque differentiator correctly aligned and the reciprocal discombobulator wound right up.

Yep about to put one in the old Victor and the thing should be able to mow the lawn and make fuel for the genny. Must remember to only half fill the tank so it doesn't overflow while running.

I had one fitted in the aircleaner for years in the old 4.2 petrol carby Maverick - it didn't do any damage...........took it out a couple of years ago and.............nothing changed. rgds

Has anyone tried fitting a Flux Capacitor to their vehicle, way better than the Hiclone, they have been around for years....Doc Brown swears by them!!!

Similar to the Encabulator2

A mate of a mates brotherinlaw's sister had a boyfriend who's Aunt's 3rd cousin was married to a bloke who actually got a refund from Hiclone when he found that the thing doesn't work if you only put in 1 ,, you really need to fit as many as your wallet or credit card will allow for there to be any benefit in fuel savings at all as all that restriction will mean the vehicle will not go at all ,ergo saving fuel........

Ian trying one is the only way to find out most people who bag them have never even tried one and claim they have no interest in trying one so I'm not sure how they can make a judgement or claim on something they know nothing about. Now I believe Hiclone does make unrealistic claims with their power and fuel economy gains. I have written on here before about my personal experience with using them. I did get results with a 12HT turbo diesel cruiser when placed before the turbo it made the turbo cut in 300rpm earlier and I did get better fuel economy because the turbo is working over a wider band so you don't need to use as much throttle to get the same results. I didn't notice any difference when I had one in a TD5 disco. It has mixed results for those willing to try a friend got more power out of a V6 prado but said it used more fuel another friend put one in a 4cylinder 4runner and said it definitely improved the power .It can't hurt to give one a go you have nothing to loose with their money back guarantee the supplier fits it if it doesn't work he removes it and you get your money back no extra cost for fitting or removing no harm done then you will have a definite answer to your question.

The Hiclone website makes many unsubstantiated claims.
Apart from claimed "testimonials" they post "Road Tests ("Not dyno figures") that claim fuel economy improvement of up to 53.3% !!!!!!!
Dynamometer evaluations are well established as the industry standard for vehicle performance yet Hiclone spurn this practice in favour of hearsay expressions by non-accredited persons. Why does Hiclone avoid dynamometer assessment? Pretty obvious really.

Hiclone claim the awards shown in the screen grab below:
Not surprisingly, a search of each of these "Exhibitions" produces no result other than a reference back to Hiclone themselves. Obviously there are no such awards. Another Hiclone porkie!


It is distressing that some people are misled into thinking that this product can improve their vehicles performance. Hiclone claim "Incalculable Value". It certainly is incalculable.
Hiclone avoid action from aggrieved customers by offering a "30 day refund". Simple evasion card.

4X4 australia magazine done their own test yrs ago after lots of people were asking about them from memory they used an 80 series diesel they dynoed it before and kepted notes on their economy. After they installed 1 hiclone I think they got around 0.5lph better & then they tried 2 units and got 1ltr or more better I'm don't remember the exact figures but they gained. They put it on the dyno and they had lost 2kw of power.

Maybe hiclone is leading by example by offering a money back garantee wouldn't it be good if new car dealers done the same thing when you spend tens of thousands of dollars on a lemon.