Brad -
I was reading Vizard the other night and ran across the place where he
discusses putting a fin in the manifold to prevent swirling. He thought
that it resulted in compressional condensation of the fuel droplets on the
manifold walls. Thus, reducing the fuel vapor getting into the engine. FWIW.
Clay L.
'67 Sprite + deux chats
At 12:52 PM 11/1/01 -0600, 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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