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Old 08-02-2009, 07:50 AM   #56 (permalink)
Kevin Johnson
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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
I wasn't going there, just the intake, at a spot that is already low pressure so little aerodynamic penalty.
Lots of pcv systems out there with different locations of the port in the tract. Ever hear of stand-off?


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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
I think it would be far quicker and more affordable to just hang a vacuum hose off my rear bumper and see what my mpguino says about mpg at a given speed with/without vacuum You could read thousands of papers for much time and money and still come to the wrong conclusion. I just wondered if anyone had done such an experiment under fairly controlled conditions.
Your last sentence is why you should be searching the abstracts, which is free.

Yes, you could read thousands of papers for much time and money and come to the wrong conclusion just as you could come to the wrong conclusion by hanging a vacuum tube of indeterminate size off your rear bumper trying to simulate an intake tract.
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