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Length of intake tracts

To: Mike Causer <mikec@cam-ani.co.uk>
Subject: Length of intake tracts
From: Egil Kvaleberg <egilk@sn.no>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 10:11:40 GMT
I am having this nagging feeling that the intake tracts on my injected
(Lucas mechanical PI) Triumph 2.5 are too short. 

It is a pretty conventional injection style arrangement, with a long
cylinder-shaped common plenum chamber with six equal tracts consisting of
a trumpet, a piece of rubber tube, a throttle body plus the inlet port of
course. 

       |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |
       |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |
       |--|   |--|   |--|   |--|   |--|   |--|   <--- throttles 
       |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |
     +-|  |---|  |---|  |---|  |---|  |---|  |-+
     | /  \   /  \   /  \   /  \   /  \   /  \ +------
     |                                           <--- from air filter
     |                                         +------
     +-----------------------------------------+

Surely, there must exist a formula for estimating a suitable length?

My own totally home spun theories about this would suggest 50 cm at 5000 
RPM, but I guess that is probably way off. 

Egil
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