Hi Mark and Fergy This is how dads peugeot 504 race car (?!) is set up - yep its supposed to be very beneficial, but he has no quantative measure of the difference (eg before and after dyno measurements)
Andrew > Fergy, > > This is the reason I am attempting to make the airbox. I have been told, > that the majority of the air that enters the ram tubes actually is drawn > along the outside edge, and not from directly in front of the opening. If > this is true, then placing "socks" on the Ram tubes should be detrimental to > performance. This must have some validity, as I believe most (if not all) > super tourers use an airbox, with exposed Ram tubes. On top of this, when > the car is on the dyno it is tuned without the air filters, surely, placing > the air filters on after setting the air/fuel ratio must also be > detrimental - possibly cause the car to run a little richer by restricting > the air flow? > > I plan to build an airbox to enclose the trumpets, and then attach a Ram Pod > (off my old WRX) to the front. this will allow me to place the filter in a > position to maximise cold air intake also. > > I'll keep you up to date. > > Mark. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fergy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:31 AM > Subject: Airbox to Suit Webers ?? > > > > List, > > > > I noticed that Mark was fabricating an Airbox for his > > Webers. I read an interesting article in Autospeed the > > other day where they talked about runner length for > > Webers. Runner length was critical but would need to > > be variable to suit the different rev ranges. This is > > what BMW and other exotics are currently using on > > their cars these days. > > > > The upshot was in a Weber application, that the best > > increase in HP figures were acheived by firstly using > > a rounded end on the ram tubes followed by using an > > airbox, for the purposes of the test they used a > > Cardboard mock up. They stated that the filter socks > > and the majority of aircleaners were not benificial to > > better performance. > > > > Has anyone done any work/experimentation in this area > > ??? > > > > Cheers > > "Fergy" > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
