air flow meter

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jon

Guest

• May 14, 2006

• #1

hi
hope someone can help
just a query
does it matter the distance between the plenum chamber to the air flow meter
as long as the pipe is leakproof

manythanks for any info

jon

v8 dakar conversion

 

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EMB

Guest

• May 15, 2006

• #2

jon wrote:
> hi
> hope someone can help
> just a query
> does it matter the distance between the plenum chamber to the air flow meter
> as long as the pipe is leakproof
>
Effectively not, although a longer pipe reduces the efficiency of the
intake system.

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EMB

 

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jon

Guest

• May 15, 2006

• #3

thanks for the info

jon


"EMB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> jon wrote:
>> hi
>> hope someone can help
>> just a query
>> does it matter the distance between the plenum chamber to the air flow
>> meter as long as the pipe is leakproof
>>
> Effectively not, although a longer pipe reduces the efficiency of the
> intake system.
>
> --
> EMB

 

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Phil Gardiner

Guest

• May 15, 2006

• #4

"EMB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> jon wrote:
>> hi
>> hope someone can help
>> just a query
>> does it matter the distance between the plenum chamber to the air flow
>> meter as long as the pipe is leakproof
>>
> Effectively not, although a longer pipe reduces the efficiency of the
> intake system.
>
> --
> EMB

It does reduce the efficiency at high revs but will lower the revs at which
peak torque occurs.

Phil

 

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EMB

Guest

• May 15, 2006

• #5

Phil Gardiner wrote:

> It does reduce the efficiency at high revs but will lower the revs at which
> peak torque occurs.

How? We're talking distance between AFM and throttle butterfly, not
distance between butterfly and cylinder.

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EMB