Shaun,
I think the Mopar muscle mods to the intake is certainly heading in the
lowering the turbulence direction... I believe laminar flow is probably out
of the question, even with screen stack (bg restriction etc.) since the
distance travelled before the plenum is short (not 8-10 diameters long).
The best we could shoot for IMO is reduction in separation and corresponding
reduction in turbulence. The reynolds #s for the flow rate vary
considerably due to demand so it deserves careful consideration at each
transistion to avoid/reduce turbulence...Frank and I are working this issue
both with the tried and true as well as some radical "Helix like" (no Helixs
though) concepts. Not gonna be like bolting on a supercharger though, but
as Alan S has shown us every little bit helps... Damn, where'd I put those
bed bolts...
BKB
-----Original Message-----
From: Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com
[mailto:Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 4:00 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Smooth air....
anyone has attempted to force Laminar Flow in their intake systems. For
those
that don't know what Laminar Flow is, it's essentially like a laser beam.
One
of the big differences between a laser and a regular light source is that
the
light from the laser is all travelling the same direction at the same speed.
A regular light just tosses light all over the place.
In air, the molecules bounce all over the place (even if they are roughly
moving the same direction) and this is turbulence. Laminar Flow air means
all
the molecules are moving the same direction at the same speed. When they
reach an obstacle they cleanly split around it (instead of bouncing back
into
the air stream as turbulence) and if the obstacle is in the middle of the
stream and evenly shaped, the stream will re-join on the other side of it
back
into a smooth flow. This sounds like exactly what we want to happen in the
Throttle Body of our intakes.
I was wondering if anyone had attempted to induce Laminar Flow to affect
preformance of the engine. If anyone else is curious about trying something
like this, it might be fun to put our heads together and see if we could
come
up with a system and test it...
Shaun H.
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