07-23-2017, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
If you KNOW the engine RPM speed that you're most likely to be operating at, you can also "gain" some heat (and thus more output) by locating the TIG array around the square pipe at the acoustic 1/2-wave length down the pipe from the engine, ie: the spot where, at a constant engine speed, the exhaust-gas pulses create a "standing-wave."
This is basically an 'acoustic' version of adjusting antenna feed-tuning as done by CB'ers for their antennas. Where the "standing-wave" occurs, the pulses will be strongest & hottest...the "sweet-spot" for those TIGs.
Of course, this is only valid for one RPM (ie: highway cruising at a set speed), but something possibly worth considering?
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Very cool idea.
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