Return-Path: Received: from imo-m23.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.4] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c3) with ESMTP id 883130 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 01:44:30 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.4; envelope-from=WRJJRS@aol.com Received: from WRJJRS@aol.com by imo-m23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38.7.) id q.ce.66d64f45 (4312) for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 01:43:40 -0400 (EDT) From: WRJJRS@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 01:43:40 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] ramair-airfilters-etc. To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1113889420" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5012 -------------------------------1113889420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/18/2005 7:11:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, rijakits@cwpanama.net writes: he perfect intake is pretty much unattainable: -straight rammer via straight tuned intake tubes, with Direct injection, no butterflies or anything in the way- Whatever you put into the way of this perfect intake will increase the pressure drop: curved intake tubes, butterflies, manifoldboxes, any turns the air has to take, and eventually an airfilter if you use one. Ramair will work to alliviate some or all of that - nothing specifically on airfilters here..... Correct me if I am wrong, please! Thomas Jakits Thomas, you got everything right except one. You CAN and DO get positive pressure past the filter on a ram air box. As you mentioned, a lower pressure than without the filter, but increased pressure nonetheless. The larger the filter the lower the pressure drop of course. Bill Jepson -------------------------------1113889420 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In a message dated 4/18/2005 7:11:32 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20 rijakits@cwpanama.net writes:
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-straight rammer via straig= ht=20 tuned intake tubes, with Direct injection, no
butterflies or anything i= n=20 the way-
Whatever you put into the way of this perfect intake will incr= ease=20 the
pressure drop: curved intake tubes, butterflies, manifoldboxes, any= =20 turns
the air has to take, and eventually an airfilter if you use=20 one.
Ramair will work to alliviate some or all of that - nothing=20 specifically on
airfilters here.....

Correct me if I am wrong,=20 please!

Thomas Jakits
Thomas, you got everything right except one. You CAN and DO get positiv= e=20 pressure past the filter on a ram air box. As you mentioned, a lower pressur= e=20 than without the filter, but increased pressure nonetheless. The larger the=20 filter the lower the pressure drop of course.
 
Bill Jepson
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