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incase I didnt read that right, did he try it with sock filters or no?

No sock filters because "Mike believes that sock-type filters wrecks the flow into the belllmouths, so he intended using an airbox over them"

interesting reading though, I never thought that would have made so much difference

Imagine you have a sphere under water and it's had all the air sucked out of it. What happens when it pops?

The pressure of the coloumb of water above it fills the void.

It's the same with a NA engine, an engine doesn't suck air in. It creates a low pressure area that allows the air pressure to fill the cyl.

So the only thing a NA engine has to push the air in is atmosphereic pressure of 14.7 psi (at sea level). This is why you want an intake that is the lest restrictive as possible and allows the air to flow well. Ever little bit of friction adds up....

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BUT you need some turblence to stir the fuel up effectialy yes?? , hence the reason you dont polish your intake port but do with your exhaust ?

id like to know why on some trumpets they have a sheet of steel sitting at the entrance to them (someone should know what im talking bout)

apparrently it smooth the air turbulence at the mouth of the trumpets?

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BUT you need some turblence to stir the fuel up effectialy yes?? ,

Nope.... but you are on the right track

hence the reason you dont polish your intake port but do with your exhaust ?

The reason intake ports are left ruff is to create a layer of turbulance just on the surface of the port. The boundry layer of turbulence is like air bearings that the laminar flow rolls on.

With polished ports the first layer of molecules adheres to the wall and does not move significantly. The rest of the flow field must shear past which develops a velocity profile (or gradient) across the port..

Same reason golf balls have dimples

id like to know why on some trumpets they have a sheet of steel sitting at the entrance to them (someone should know what im talking bout)

apparrently it smooth the air turbulence at the mouth of the trumpets?

Yep and some heat sheilding

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