Moronic Tuning "Advice" WARNING! (Related to RX7Club) - Page 6

Kontakt · 05-10-2012, 11:20 AM

Thanks Slides. Reading through this thread that was the #1 point on my mind the whole way through.

Water in water may flow the same as air in air, but water in air does NOT flow the same as air in air.

Correct me if I am wrong, but if it is primarily the temperature reduction of the intake charge that is sought, and evaporation is attained in large part, then we are talking about water vapor vs air. Those two have much closer densities and flow together much better than water droplets in air. Rain falls, clouds float.

If that isn't the goal of it all, then why not just run a high pressure steam system for your injection. No pump necessary, just a boiler. (joking)

dr.occa · 08-13-2012, 02:51 PM

I had forgotten about this thread so sorry for yet bumping it.

For me vex clarified quite a few questions I had and actually I focused on what exactly it was I was getting side tracked by - the speed of flowing liquids/gases, etc...I believe for me I lost track of the purpose of flowbench testing: which (correct me if I'm wrong) is discovering points of restriction, poor port activity and where they can and need to be improved for a desired performance target. Water, which is easier to contain, control as well as observe than air/gas will display the necessary characteristics of flow.

I realized I'm not looking to alter what it is that'll be flowing through the engine because all I'm looking for is flow PATH. Water will show me that path because it will take same route(s) as air.

It's an "ah ha!" moment for me. Thanks vex.

Oh, and you're right, I did mean eon/aeon. I just now saw that I goofed that up.

RETed · 03-29-2011, 06:57 AM

This is just a reminder that this is still a TECH section.

You're welcome to talk about commies / liberals / cookies in The Lounge to your hearts content.

The recent replies that have nothing to do with tech have been deleted.

-Ted

RETed · 05-04-2012, 05:30 AM

Okay, I cleaned up the recent drama and hopefully left the flow of the thread intact.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

-Ted

08-13-2012, 02:51 PM	#2
dr.occa Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 73 Rep Power: 15	I had forgotten about this thread so sorry for yet bumping it. For me vex clarified quite a few questions I had and actually I focused on what exactly it was I was getting side tracked by - the speed of flowing liquids/gases, etc...I believe for me I lost track of the purpose of flowbench testing: which (correct me if I'm wrong) is discovering points of restriction, poor port activity and where they can and need to be improved for a desired performance target. Water, which is easier to contain, control as well as observe than air/gas will display the necessary characteristics of flow. I realized I'm not looking to alter what it is that'll be flowing through the engine because all I'm looking for is flow PATH. Water will show me that path because it will take same route(s) as air. It's an "ah ha!" moment for me. Thanks vex. Oh, and you're right, I did mean eon/aeon. I just now saw that I goofed that up. Last edited by dr.occa; 08-17-2012 at 08:23 AM. Reason: poor "engrish"