Vortex Generators
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Vortex Generators
Does anyone have the vortex generators on their Xfire?? I have been wanting to put them on mine but I would like to know what they would look like first so if anyone could post some pictures on here please!?
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Re: Vortex Generators
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Yet once again I am wrong, onehundred80 is right.
The score stands at : me - 2, onehundred80 - 4,289
Actually, I was thinking of this, not the ones on the car top or spoiler :
Yet once again I am wrong, onehundred80 is right.
The score stands at : me - 2, onehundred80 - 4,289
Actually, I was thinking of this, not the ones on the car top or spoiler :
The main warning flag with vortex generators is that they're actually based on antiquated engine technology. Automobiles built before engine management computers became commonplace did rely on the shape and length of intake bodies to manipulate fuel and air mixing. But modern vehicles have computers that constantly adjust fuel flow to match airflow: Create a turbulent airflow in the intake (as a vortex generator does), and the car simply adjusts the amount of fuel it injects [source: Tony's Guide to Fuel Saving Gadgets]. The result? The car may actually run worse, since it's compensating for altered airflow by altering the fuel flow. The computer's fuel-flow rate is calibrated at the factory to provide the right amount of fuel for each combination of driving speed and engine load. Alter this, and you're more likely to hurt performance than improve it
Last edited by ala_xfire; Apr 26, 2015 at 09:43 AM.
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Re: Vortex Generators
I guess it is less objectionable than the portholes on the fenders.
Still a waste of money though as they are of limited efficiency at our speeds from what I have read.
Still a waste of money though as they are of limited efficiency at our speeds from what I have read.
Last edited by onehundred80; Apr 26, 2015 at 09:33 AM.
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From: Key Largo FL . . . The fabulous Florida Keys
Re: Vortex Generators
Now that you bring that up, I can't believe how many people buy those fake porthole things and stick them on their car or truck (and usually crooked). Am I missing something here?
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