what is this gizmo thing you talk about dude?

The gizmo is just a prototype of a forced induction system that we have been thinking around here. It is very simple by now and I promissed to talk about it only if it works.

Ricardo

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Probably not.


Now I am just really curious dammit!

Hello

The "gizmo" is just a type of ram air system.

Sometime ago i asked in this forum to know if somebody has arleady tried for something like that. Around here, we were at that time discussing if it will work, can be done and how to do it.

A fiber glass convergent nozzle gets the moving air just on the front of the car (between the radiator and the grille, so it is not visible) acelerate it and forces it into the air filter canister, pressurizing it and feeding the engine with cold air from the outside of the engine bay.

The present prototype was almost homemade and it can not get pressure in a eficient way, since there are a lot of leaks. However, the air filter canister temperature decreases in a very sensible way.

The tests have been conducted on open road and I feel like it is possible to get some 5 to 10 Km/h over the previous passing speed (e.g. on hills), but this must be due to the lower intake air temperature and not to any significant pressure raise.

I tryed to simulate just the nozle behaviour on the computer, however I am still trying to do it at the present time.

I would like to compare the pressure at the inside of the air filter canister with and without the system, but that have to wait some time.

I think that your curiosity must be satisfied by now and I hope not to have disappointed you.

Ricardo