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Re: Turbulators

To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Turbulators
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:14:53 -0500
References: <3BE199F1.D6D1A6D8@digitex.net>
Does Harley offer independent dynometer data supporting their claims? 
I believe Vizard relates that the intake path can be made too smooth, 
that the intake and head roughness adds to maintaining the 
atomization of the fual/air charge (his theory, anyway). A turbulator 
may be overkill.

At 12:52 PM -0600 11/1/01, Brad Fornal wrote:
>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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Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis
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