[W126 Coupe] tornado air twister

[Michael S Cosby]

You know, this isn't exactly true.  Airflow is fluid dynamics.  Try
poring a pint of water through a funnel and just let it go.  Then do the
same, but have someone swirl it into a vortex as it goes down.  It will
take considerably more time to pass the same amount of water through the
funnel in a vortex.  Same will hold true for air.
Mtnmike

>>> rishayegan at davidson.edu 03/31/05 09:31AM >>>
That's another thing I was thinking. It creates the vortex in the
intake
tubing. One the air hits the filter, it will no longer be a vortex,
no?
Plus, an engine will only take as much air as it needs, so you'd have
to
put higher flow injectors, a higher flow fuel pump, a freer flowing
exhaust, and adjust timing for it to do anything, no?
Richard

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Anything that creates a vortex in a chamber increases efficiency, If
you

"spin" the air down a pipe, you can move more volume.Do they work in
engine 
intakes?? Who knows, I know a person who uses one in his Impala SS and
he 
swears by it.
    PS, if you go to a company that specializes in different kinds of
fans, 
you can buy a vortex type fan blades for about $5.00
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Subject: [W126 Coupe] tornado air twister


> Rich Jaffe mentioned using the tornado air twister. Can that thing
> actually work? If you ask me the answer is no, because if it did the
> companies would definitely put them in themselves, and even still I
seem
> to remember something about turbulent air being less combustible
(though
> I could be out in left field on that one). He mentioned the K&N
which
I
> think it's been agreed on here that it's pointless, though from what
I'm
> told it actually does something if you make the exhaust less
restrictive
> as he did. So, tornado air twister: can it possibly do anything?
> Richard
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