Brad,
The use of turbulators is quite common in flow systems. Oil, Water, etc. There
use is to break the laminar flow into turbulent flow. Especially useful in
cooling systems where a laminar flow could create a thermal layer and prevent
proper cooling. I don't see why the same principle wouldn't work in the fuel
system prior to the combustion chamber. We use a very similar device in gas
turbine technologie, these are called swirl plates. They break the laminar flow
into a turbulant flow for more thorough mixing of the air and fuel and to break
the surface tension prior to ignition.
Original Message:
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From Brad Fornal toyman at digitex.net
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 12:52:33 -0600
To: midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com, spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Turbulators
My brother is visiting this week and mentioned to me that Harley offers
an item that goes between the carb and intake called a turbualtor. It's
a metal insert with vanes on it that create a tornado like flow of fuel
into the combustion chamber. It is claimed to increase hp and economy.
It seems like a snake oil sale to me, anyone else had any experience
with this type of item. I had always thought that straight into the
combustion chamber was better than swirling. I hope we can get a serious
discussion here and put the thought of Robert Houston deprecating
himself behind us <G>
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