Airflow

[grahamb]

I wondered if any of you good people can explain why a good % of the inlet manifold area is blanked off by the air filter housing as attached picture?

[Andrew S]

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High Graham

I don't know the answer, but I wonder if it has anything to do with air turbulence to improve air intake to the carb

Andrew

[Stag Andy]

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grahamb wrote:

I wondered if any of you good people can explain why a good % of the inlet manifold area is blanked off by the air filter housing as attached picture?

Hi i'm afraid i have no idea, however years ago Tony Hart tried a filter box with these bits removed and it made no noticable difference to either performance or fuel consumption

[grahamb]

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I wondered about noise difference but there has to be a reason why such a nice large air intake is reduced in this way.

[Kevin Garrod]

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It appears the Stag already has a turbonator

http://www.turbonator.com/index.html...WordsPowerBase

[grahamb]

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Kevin Garrod wrote:

It appears the Stag already has a turbonator

http://www.turbonator.com/index.html...WordsPowerBase

$25 for up to 50 extra horse power. Best buy one quickly before the special offer runs out

Forget new carbs, fuel injection or even superchargers, if its good enough for Mercedes, it has towork...

[martin]

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" Turbonator " starring Arnold Swar..... Do I smell con ? Martin.

[V Mad]

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When air travels at speed along a curved tube (ie the elbows), it travels slower along the outside. By the time the air reaches the end (ie the carb) the flow is not uniform across the end of the pipe.

If you look where the restriction is placed, this is on the inside of the elbow bend, and the outside is unrestricted. The idea would be to channel air to the outside to speed it up, to compensate for the longer path. The aim of this would be to have a constant flow rate at all points entering the carb. Presumably the carb works best this way.