Author Topic: What is it? (Read 2219 times)

scottly · « **on:** December 27, 2015, 03:55:43 PM »

Time for an in-door game. Guess what the doohickey is:

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 27, 2015, 05:49:29 PM »

adjustable size expansion chamber?...gonna do some 2 stroke exhaust tuning?

scottly · « **Reply #2 on:** December 27, 2015, 05:56:21 PM »

Nope, not an expansion chamber, but it is somewhat related to tuning...

754 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 27, 2015, 05:58:44 PM »

Helicoptor exhaust part ?

scottly · « **Reply #4 on:** December 27, 2015, 06:03:26 PM »

Nope, not an exhaust part.

faux fiddy · « **Reply #5 on:** December 27, 2015, 06:07:56 PM »

Some sort of post industrial musical instrument.

Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er · « **Reply #6 on:** December 27, 2015, 06:08:27 PM »

catalytic converter or home made thermonuclear device.

whatever it is it sure is buttoned up tight

scottly · « **Reply #7 on:** December 27, 2015, 07:34:33 PM »

Nope, not a catastrophic converter (good guess) or thermonuclear device, although I've seen different forms of the same type of device in the nuclear power industry.

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 27, 2015, 07:41:56 PM »

some sort of drive coupling for the dyno?

Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er · « **Reply #9 on:** December 27, 2015, 07:45:34 PM »

OK then, nuclear yellow cake separator/filter.

scottly · « **Reply #10 on:** December 27, 2015, 07:45:53 PM »

Nope, but it is used for measurement, like a dyno.

754 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 27, 2015, 07:48:02 PM »

An Electric Cooled Pony Harness ...
With Fuel Injection...Fuel Injection..................

scottly · « **Reply #12 on:** December 27, 2015, 07:48:26 PM »

Quote from: Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er on December 27, 2015, 07:45:34 PM

OK then, nuclear yellow cake separator/filter.

It would get plugged up very quickly.

RevDoc · « **Reply #13 on:** December 27, 2015, 07:49:16 PM »

Reminds me of a type of check valve I used to see on steam or natural gas lines in industrial applications.

scottly · « **Reply #14 on:** December 27, 2015, 07:51:38 PM »

Getting closer, Dana, but not a check valve.

754 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 27, 2015, 07:52:49 PM »

Accumulator...

scottly · « **Reply #16 on:** December 27, 2015, 07:57:28 PM »

Nope, not an accumulator..

RevDoc · « **Reply #17 on:** December 27, 2015, 08:10:09 PM »

Rats!, I've got to hit the sack and now I'll be awake pondering on this thing. A pox upon you, Scott!

scottly · « **Reply #18 on:** December 27, 2015, 08:11:19 PM »

This pic is the giveaway clue:

grcamna2 · « **Reply #19 on:** December 27, 2015, 08:19:13 PM »

That thing looks like some kind of high-tech filter or separator..

scottly · « **Reply #20 on:** December 27, 2015, 08:25:27 PM »

Quote from: RevDoc on December 27, 2015, 08:10:09 PM

Rats!, I've got to hit the sack and now I'll be awake pondering on this thing. A pox upon you, Scott!

Dana, I can PM you the answer, if it will help you sleep tonight.

RevDoc · « **Reply #21 on:** December 27, 2015, 08:44:58 PM »

Quote from: scottly on December 27, 2015, 08:25:27 PM

Quote from: RevDoc on December 27, 2015, 08:10:09 PM
Rats!, I've got to hit the sack and now I'll be awake pondering on this thing. A pox upon you, Scott!
Dana, I can PM you the answer, if it will help you sleep tonight.

O.K.!, and also, let me know when you would like me to mail that gasket.

simon#42 · « **Reply #22 on:** December 28, 2015, 01:50:13 AM »

a ditch pump flow meter scottly ?

w1sa · « **Reply #23 on:** December 28, 2015, 02:56:14 AM »

Looks like a condenser.........maybe for a 'still'....

Sgt.Pinback · « **Reply #24 on:** December 28, 2015, 05:50:19 AM »

For cow in vitro fertilisation?

Steve F · « **Reply #25 on:** December 28, 2015, 09:45:29 AM »

A heat exchanger?

terecha · « **Reply #26 on:** December 28, 2015, 02:10:27 PM »

exhaust jet pump. Quite popular in the Europe. Makes that fumes go faster.

Bailgang · « **Reply #27 on:** December 28, 2015, 05:25:27 PM »

Some sort of pulse jet?

madmtnmotors · « **Reply #28 on:** December 28, 2015, 05:27:14 PM »

An inline filter with differential ports to monitor filter condition?

scottly · « **Reply #29 on:** December 28, 2015, 05:57:28 PM »

Quote from: simon#42 on December 28, 2015, 01:50:13 AM

a ditch pump flow meter scottly ?

Pretty close, Simon, but it would also work with your 1/2-of-a-Volkswagen rocking-horse.

It is indeed a part of a flow meter; it's a laminar flow element, calibrated to flow 100 CFM when the pressure differential between the two ports is 8" of water. The element itself is made from many very small tubes of .001" wall stainless steel, which makes it look something like a lens when looking through it.

simon#42 · « **Reply #30 on:** December 29, 2015, 04:08:38 PM »

that half a vw has finally made over 100 hp without exploding , well its not exploded yet . back on the dyno in two weeks to try and kill it again .

kmb69 · « **Reply #31 on:** December 29, 2015, 04:26:29 PM »

Quote from: scottly on December 28, 2015, 05:57:28 PM

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It is indeed a part of a flow meter; it's a laminar flow element, calibrated to flow 100 CFM when the pressure differential between the two ports is 8" of water. The element itself is made from many very small tubes of .001" wall stainless steel, which makes it look something like a lens when looking through it.

Very kool! Did you get the Calibration Curve Table that came with it from the factory?

scottly · « **Reply #32 on:** January 01, 2016, 07:09:14 PM »

Hey Keith, no, sadly I didn't get the original curve table, but since the calibration tag expired over 30 years ago, it might not be accurate anyway? I could send it in for re-calibration with a new table, but it would probably be very expensive. I was going to use it directly attached to the bottom of a 750 head to measure flow, until I realized how sensitive to dust and debris the flow element is, so I will use it to calibrate a DIY flow-bench; it should still be within +/- a few percent, and weather conditions still need to be factored in to correct to standard measurements. My dyno has a weather station, but I will have to manually log everything by hand, then crunch the numbers. I'm not so much concerned about absolute flow as I am with a measurable improvement in flow, and then how it acts on the dyno.

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Author Topic: What is it? (Read 2219 times)