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Re: 16vt inlet manifold very restrictive ? [Re: ] #1045728
01/06/2010 09:07
01/06/2010 09:07

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160cfm x 113.8% = 182cfm

At what pressure ratio?


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Re: 16vt inlet manifold very restrictive ? [Re: ] #1045750
01/06/2010 09:57
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182 cfm @ 10" water
287.8 cfm @ 25" water

Last edited by group5lancia; 01/06/2010 09:58.
Re: 16vt inlet manifold very restrictive ? [Re: ] #1045812
01/06/2010 11:46
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Sorry but you'd have to take so much material out of the ports you'd be working in thin air to get that from the 16v. You can't just ratio up the BPF because the valves are bigger and assume the flow will go up, the controlling section isn't the valve throat it's the splitter bore.

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Re: 16vt inlet manifold very restrictive ? [Re: ] #1045832
01/06/2010 12:09
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I agree it's not the valve throat controlling the flow. As mentioned above, with the standard valves fitted that area is a fair bit larger than optimum. The main reason for increasing valve size was to optimize the throat/valve area ratio.

It has been achieved, and the measured results come from a Superflow bench. The figures are not BPF - they are valve in at 10.8mm lift.

The unmodified head flows correlate 1:1 with your figures, the modified head/standard valve flows correlate 1:1 with your own figures, so there is no reason to doubt the flows figures measured by the bench with the larger inlet valves, with the controlling sections of the ports modified to match. I am sure you could achieve the same. Why not give it a try?

Last edited by group5lancia; 01/06/2010 12:17.
Re: 16vt inlet manifold very restrictive ? [Re: ] #1046458
02/06/2010 12:19
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Something wrong with your flowbench, Mr Kift.

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