Petro's Project ERL Superdeck 427 w/ Whipple 2.9L
#221
I know I know another article link but maybe someone is a nerd like me and enjoys reading stuff like this. So I started thinking about designing the intake and was wondering about how to make sure it's large enough for the blower. One idea I had was how to increase flow/velocity in the intake tube. I started reading about flow straighteners/laminar airflow and velocity stacks. I haven't found any articles specifically about increasing flow with flow straighteners etc but I ran across this article by accident. It basically confirms what I was thinking with the radius entry example.
Boosting Your Horsepower - Gettin? Air - Super Chevy Magazine
It's crazy that the radius entry (velocity stack looking piece) on the Nick Williams 102mm TB increased flow over 400cfm from 1380cfm to 1784cfm! Also how the larger TB decreased vacuum and increased boost.
Boosting Your Horsepower - Gettin? Air - Super Chevy Magazine
It's crazy that the radius entry (velocity stack looking piece) on the Nick Williams 102mm TB increased flow over 400cfm from 1380cfm to 1784cfm! Also how the larger TB decreased vacuum and increased boost.
Last edited by Petraszewsky; 10-26-2016 at 09:21 PM.
#225
That Procharger bellmouth is awesome. I found some more reading material on those and Venturi style intakes. I wonder how one of the velocity stack/bellmouth/etc deals would perform on a TB in a turbo/centri setup along with the bellmouth on the turbo inlet. Would be interesting to see if it made a difference on those as well even if it's not as significant as with a PD blower.
#227
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I also saw this for testing flow at home
http://performancetrends.com/ez_flow_system.htm
#228
The internet has consumed me for the last 2 weeks looking for deals. Saved about $40 on this catch can and another $200 on tons of miscellaneous parts. It has screw on filters, dipstick, drain plug, and -10 inlets. The internal baffle is a piece of aluminum that angles in front of the inlets so the oil should in theory hit it and fall down. I plan on packing it with steel wool and placing a check valve on the lines so it can't be sucked back into the engine.