In reading through this with my brother, I find that I did not describe the item
correctly. It is supposed to look like a star washer on the inside of the
circle.
The little pieces of metal stick out off of the side of the runner about 1/8 "
or
better and are at an angle to create the swirling effect. So it does not
restrict
in the center only off the sides. I would assume that the little star pieces are
there to break up the droplets that may collect on the side of the runner and
atomize them before getting past the intake.........
David Ramsey wrote:
> 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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