Custom shaker with a Vortech
07-28-2007, 02:02 PM
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RE: Custom shaker with a Vortech
ORIGINAL: Stkjock
that looks great....one question..... why the big sheild around the fillter? I'd wonder if the flow from he shaker alone is enough for the motor to breath properly and the shield is preventing max air flow?
that looks great....one question..... why the big sheild around the fillter? I'd wonder if the flow from he shaker alone is enough for the motor to breath properly and the shield is preventing max air flow?
07-28-2007, 02:03 PM
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RE: Custom shaker with a Vortech
ORIGINAL: 05gtdriver
Patent it! Sell your design to CDC and watch the money roll in. Very nice job, another reason to go Centri!
ORIGINAL: lieu910
Just finished the plumbing for the Shaker to Vortech. Mandrel bent tubing, some tig welding, a little D/A work, powder coating and Wa' La.
What do you think?
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Just finished the plumbing for the Shaker to Vortech. Mandrel bent tubing, some tig welding, a little D/A work, powder coating and Wa' La.
What do you think?
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07-28-2007, 09:12 PM
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RE: Custom shaker with a Vortech
ORIGINAL: lieu910
Well, the shield is a direct copy of the Vortech heat shield, so I don't see any problem. It's intent is to buffer the heat off the engine.
Well, the shield is a direct copy of the Vortech heat shield, so I don't see any problem. It's intent is to buffer the heat off the engine.
07-28-2007, 10:16 PM
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RE: Custom shaker with a Vortech
I think it looks great, very neat and clean, but!.... As eluded to, that shield around the filter may be doing more harm than good. The shaker hoods are a very nice looking mod, but they are not as "functional" as one would think.
As you drive down the roadair actually travels several inches over the hood creating avacuum. This is why our hoods will shake or 'lift' as high speed, this, a result of the negative pressure over the top. I'm sure we've all seen commercials and such of the smoky air of a wind tunnel test, and you see the smoke flowing above the car. This vacuum effect is why a heat extractor hood aka the old 'cowl induction" from the late 60's were so much more effective than the 'ram air' hoods of the day.
A truly functional hood scoop has to be approximately 8" high, or higher to actually 'catch' air, unless of course, a scoop is sticking out in front of the car.
But back to my point. The heat sheild may be blocking the usual air from entering the filter as Stkjock mentioned, and decreasing a potentially better air volume. A before and after heat shield dyno run with the hood closed would be interesting to see!
As you drive down the roadair actually travels several inches over the hood creating avacuum. This is why our hoods will shake or 'lift' as high speed, this, a result of the negative pressure over the top. I'm sure we've all seen commercials and such of the smoky air of a wind tunnel test, and you see the smoke flowing above the car. This vacuum effect is why a heat extractor hood aka the old 'cowl induction" from the late 60's were so much more effective than the 'ram air' hoods of the day.
A truly functional hood scoop has to be approximately 8" high, or higher to actually 'catch' air, unless of course, a scoop is sticking out in front of the car.
But back to my point. The heat sheild may be blocking the usual air from entering the filter as Stkjock mentioned, and decreasing a potentially better air volume. A before and after heat shield dyno run with the hood closed would be interesting to see!
07-28-2007, 10:36 PM
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RE: Custom shaker with a Vortech
very good work! a buddy of mine wants to do something similar, but with the agent 47 headlight air channel kit. his filter sits very close to the driver under the hood (procharger stage 2). anyone know if this kit will do it?