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What could it hurt??

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Hello everyone, I have read a few posts on the forum (very) few..mentioning that tornado type thing they have for cars..
(supposed to mix your fuel/air mixture better, more power bla
bla..ect) I was wondering If I made some small versions out of tin
or something and put them on my bike as an experiment, could it cause any damage? Would it be leaner? Don't expect to see much difference
really just curious. plus I had some tin snips and a few old coffee cans and allot of spare time waiting all this snow to melt :lol: Oh also while I'm here, My fork front fork seal on the right hand side is leaking, I know I need to fix this, how much does it usually cost? and how much work is Involved in changing it? any special tools required? Thanks in advance Oh by the way my bike Is a 92GS500E

Jeffury
 
No, not falling for anything..just some tin I cut up while being bored..heh why do you think i didnt actually buy one fo those things??..lol. just an experiment to see if there is anything behind the hype. :wink:
 
Believe it or not , they just happen to have something pretty similar in the newest dennis kirk catalog. Funny someone should mention these things after so long.
 
thats right up there with those magnetic fuel line clips :roll:
 
Don't forget the "Fitch Fuel Catalyst". Just drop that little hand grenade lookin' thing in your tank, and watch it "alter" your gas for more horsepower. All of these gadgets will slightly increase performance, because your wallet will be significantly lighter. Funny thing is...if turbulent air is good like the "tornado" claims, why does K&N boast that it's filters straighten and stop turbulence? I've seen plenty of K&N's at the dragstrip, never saw a "tornado".
 
Re: What could it hurt??

I think it is very likely a lot of hype. When racers and performance orientated riders polish the ports and carb barrels they are trying to smooth out the airflow to increase efficiency. They sure dont want to increase turbulence in the induction stream. Turbulence will decrease flow.

Earl

Jeffury said:
Hello everyone, I have read a few posts on the forum (very) few..mentioning that tornado type thing they have for cars..
(supposed to mix your fuel/air mixture better, more power bla
bla..ect)
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Re: What could it hurt??

earlfor said:
I think it is very likely a lot of hype. When racers and performance orientated riders polish the ports and carb barrels they are trying to smooth out the airflow to increase efficiency. They sure dont want to increase turbulence in the induction stream. Turbulence will decrease flow.
Earl
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Earl is right. Turbulence is wanted in the combustion chamber (e.g. TSCC to distribute the air/fuel charge) not in the inlet tract ,where you want low-resitance, laminar flow.
 
ok, now the fork seal..

ok, now the fork seal..

Ok so the Tornado thing is bunk :P What about my fork seal question?? :roll:


Jeff
 
Re: ok, now the fork seal..

Re: ok, now the fork seal..

Jeffury said:
Ok so the Tornado thing is bunk :P What about my fork seal question?? :roll:


Jeff
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Labor and not too much skill required. But the forks usually have to come off to do it i theeenk. I always have it done. Lots of the guys have done it themselves and will surely advise you correctly. Im gald you dropped the idea about restriction that you were going to put in your intake tubes. YOU DID DIDN'T YOU???? 8O
 
Hard to believe they're trying to market that idea again. Look in an old Cycle magazine from the mid 70's and you'll see ads for the same thing for motorcycles, just can't remember what they used to name them?
 
Jc whitmey had them 40 years ago and some folks put them on thier aust. i was a
called some sort of super charger
 
It all comes apart easy.

It all comes apart easy.

The only specialty tool you will need is a damper rod tool. The top of your damper rod is like a 19mm socket. rig up a male ended 19mm tool on a 2.5ft extension, and hold the damper rod with it while you turn the allen bolt on the bottom of your fork leg. As luck would have it, 19mm is the same as 3/4''. so riging up a 3/4" nut or bolt on the end of an extension will do the job.
 
THE TORNADO IS JUNK? a goodfriend of mine bought one for his chevy truck and his fuel milage went from 13.6 mpg around town al the way up to 13.7. (not bad for 89.95) next your gonna tell me that slick 50 wont give you a 10 percent hp increase!
 
skip[ said:
THE TORNADO IS JUNK? a goodfriend of mine bought one for his chevy truck and his fuel milage went from 13.6 mpg around town al the way up to 13.7. (not bad for 89.95) next your gonna tell me that slick 50 wont give you a 10 percent hp increase!
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
I just saw a commercial on the tube for the tornado... It pisses me off :evil: that they can straight up lie about crap like that. what ever happened to the laws against false advertising?

they showed this diagram showing the tornado making a big column of spinning air and then showed that big column hitting the air cleaner and breaking up into little columns of spinning air...?

how can anyone be stupid enough to think that the air wouldn?t stop spinning when it hit the air filter.

the only way you might be able to have the air spinning as it passes by the intake valve, is to put little "tornados" in the intake manifold ports..

but either way your engine has to work harder to cause the air to change direction by forcing it through the tornado fins.


argh!!!! :evil:


I am Van Demon :evil:
 
skip[ said:
THE TORNADO IS JUNK? a goodfriend of mine bought one for his chevy truck and his fuel milage went from 13.6 mpg around town al the way up to 13.7. (not bad for 89.95) next your gonna tell me that slick 50 wont give you a 10 percent hp increase!
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Or that a new Chrome air cleaner will make your Harley or Vette faster.

Mike
 
iamvandemon said:
how can anyone be stupid enough to think that the air wouldn?t stop spinning when it hit the air filter.
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Have you looked around lately. I work at a National Laboratory and the last few years I've seen a lot of people come through here that I wouldn't believe capable of making the decision on when to cross the street.

Mike
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