lol

I was bored today and in my infinite wisdom I wondered if I could somewhat mimic the way air would flow through the J-Tube,.... so I hooked up my garden hose to the TB flange, while turning it all the way on, to see what would happen. Rather interesting.......1st, I'm sure that to some degree less(what that would be I have no idea) than water, air would flow easier(i.e. as it flows through the inlet radius at the TB flange corner) through the intial inlet area of the J-Tube. What was immediately evident was how the stream of water really slammed into the inboard side of the casted aluminum tube. I'm sure this was an over exaggeration of reality but interesting none-the-less. 2nd, when I was able to position the water stream to where I thought the actual flow of air might be through the J-Tube housing, on the outlet side(where the air would enter the blower rotors) the water would fold over itself, like an ocean wave breaking to one side. Maybe even to the extent that it would form a vortex. So my thought was, I wonder if the air is actually doing this, and if so, was it part of the design intent of the J-Tube, and if that was/is the case, does this somehow enhance inlet airflow efficiency.

Obviously this is back yard stupidity at it's best, but what the hell, I thought that the way the water traveled throught the J-Tube and the way it reacted in the J-Tube was pretty darn cool looking, if not informative.

 

grippy...you must be very very bored right now....

 

My words exactly
You need to take this spare time or yours and use it install that arsenal of goodies you have collecting dust

 

One thing to remember Grippy, is that the water is being "pushed" around the out side of the curve, where the air will be "sucked" around the inside of the curve. And I agree, you have to much free time on your hand Put some of those mods on you have stacked up

 

i was thinking the same.

 

Makes three of us.

 

lol same here

 

Obviously, you need a Vornado to make your engine complete.

 

Hahaha grippy I did the same thing when I was cleaning the metal shavings out of mine, but I didn't tell anyone

Seriously though, I noticed teh same thing you did, thought it was interesting. They guys do make a good point though, with the pulling instead of pushing. I think you need to set up some kind of siphon to test pulling water through it.

 

I think they might be right, pulling air through the J-Tube seems like it would alleviate some of the initial inlet drag/friction by smoothing out the way air is introduced into the J-Tube, however I don't see that significantly effecting the sharp inner radius of the J portion of the tube, and the way I see it, some portion of the airflow will still be making plenty of contact with the outer radius of the J-Tube, thus creating some variation of what we saw, thoughts?