The Tornado improved my 12 oz times

Some dummy over on Stangnet was spouting off about the Tornado – a piece of twisted metal that fits into your intake and cause a “tornado” effect to make more power. I thought this was ludicrous but I decided to test the device.

Rather than install an untested device in my Bullitt, I got my beer bong out of the attic. My beer bong consists of a large funnel connected to a short piece of clear plastic hose which I used in college to drink beers faster.

The testing procedure involved pouring 12 oz of beer into the beer bong and timing how long it takes to consume the beer. This was repeated a couple of times to establish a baseline. The Tornado was then installed in the funnel using rubber bands. As an important tip, do not install the Tornado in the clear plastic tubing. It won’t fit, and cutting it down to fit in the tubing may cause some negative performance. The beer bong was then tested with the Tornado in place.

Here are the results:

Beer – Coors Light
Beer Temperature - Approximately 40 deg F
Ambient Temperature – 95 deg F
Relative Humidity – 60%

Run #1 (No Tornado) – aborted due to leaks and problems with the timing system
Run #2 (No Tornado) – 6.8 seconds
Run # 3 (No Tornado) – 6.6 seconds
Average of runs w/o Tornado – 6.7 seconds

Run #4 (w/ Tornado) – 6.3 seconds
Run #5 (w/ Tornado) – 5.9 seconds
Average of runs w/ Tornado – 6.1 seconds

As you can see, the Tornado cut 0.6 seconds off my average 12 oz time. I even had one 12 oz time under 6 seconds with the Tornado.

I think I'll leave the Tornado on my beer bong and not install it on the Bullitt.