Kell and I will be going to Texas this Thursday. We will be doing the myth busters thing. I have an inH2o meter for 0 to 15 inches. we will have a pitot system from the front of the grill, the back of th grill out the window witha 1.0" collector horn and a 3.0" collector horn.

I have divised a method of calibrating the stagnation air in the cabin when we open the window. While we cannot develope significant data to use to engineer ram air systems, we will be able to prove, with some certainty, the following.

That air pressure in front of the grill is different than in front of the radiator.

That ram air developes pressure at specific speeds

That the collector horn size effect the pressure at the meter suggesting the ability to "compress" the air,,(not just increase it's velocity) by progresively reducing the size of the collector tubing.

Finally, we hope to prove tubulence created by curves and elbows in the intake system will effect tail pressure ( the pressure at the TB).

Somebody has already proven this stuff somewhere I am sure but.
It will be a blast doing the Myth Busters thing and putting the presented Technical Editorial under our boot.

Or Not.


roadster with a stick

For the record, the guy designing the test is a fluidic expert. Before working for me he designed and built test equipment for medical apparatii that used very precise fluidics to deliver medications. His grasp of vacuum and pressure systems far exceeds mine. And he holds or developed 11 patents in the science.

Just sayin'