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Old 11-07-2017, 02:35 AM   #1 (permalink)
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A Montana outfit thinks they have the secret to inducing lean burn on <2005 cars.

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This outfit thinks they know how to induce 18:1 lean burn with emissions improvements (including reduced NOx somehow) using an aerodynamic device in the throttle body.

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Idiots. Almost all intake manifolds for EFI are "dry"; fuel is injected adjacent to the intake valve so their "turbulence" does little or nothing. And for the throttle-bodies I fail to see how this would help either.
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I don't think so.
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Yes, idiots absolutely. It's a pretty sh!t little piece of kit. It won't do what's claimed. Surely, if the concept works, a rifled wall behind the TB would be even better. But it's not likely to work.
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Yeah, it's pretty much bull****.
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Are you sure this should be in the unicorn corral? I am pretty sure he wouldn't make up the part about the "complete elimination of noxious gas emissions".

And everyone knows that Q-jet carbs can't be turned upside-down like Holley's and Edelbrock's
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It may eventually induce a lower fuel amount to be injected, but since that device is a restriction to the airflow I wouldn't call it lean-burn.
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It may eventually induce a lower fuel amount to be injected, but since that device is a restriction to the airflow I wouldn't call it lean-burn.
Fairly sure it's a DE-restriction, at least from what I've seen...
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Fairly sure it's a DE-restriction, at least from what I've seen...
I haven't seen much about it, but anyway, as long as such de-restriction could cool down the intake stream it might then lead to a leaner burn without an increase to NOx emissions. But it would still be impossible to eliminate NOx at all.

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