Let me preface my remarks by saying that I don't have an engineering degree.
In fact I don't have any kind of degree at all, which may be good or bad,
depending who you ask....
I think that as long as a system was designed from the ground up with a
turbulator or other device designed to produce swirlies it most likely could
be advantageous. The problem comes when you try to adapt a technology or
design to something originally made without it. For instance, as Cap'n Bob
will no doubt attest, propellers and wings are quite effective on Cessnas,
but try adding them to your LBC ;-)
Just my .0002
<dnw>
1972 Midget
1998 Safari
1999 9-3
1964 (Me)
----- Original Message -----
From "David Ramsey" <dwramsey at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Steve Jones" <s-jones@swbell.net>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: Turbulators
> Couldn't have said it better. Restricting the flow even if it means a
better
> mix is not good. Velocity and drag have an exponental relation. For you
> math challenged people that means at 1xV=1xD, 2xV=4xD, 4xV=16xD, ... So at
> low flow rates might help but really bad at higher flow rates.
> Crash
>
> > of them (including the one you mentioned) do so at the cost of reducing
> flow
> > at higher revs by restricting high volume flow.
> > In other words, it works, provided what you want is increased
performance
> > and efficiency at the low end of the rev range by reducing efficiency at
> the
> > high end.
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