Re: Open Element Filters (Re: Chips)

[Khan Klatt <kmk@pacificrim.net>]

At 10:24 AM -0600 11/12/98, Billy T. wrote:
>Try covering your mouth with a piece of tape, then, poke a bunch of holes
>in the
>tape, and go run around the block. You don't breathe very well, do you.  Now,
>take the tape off of your mouth, and go run around the block.  Get it?
>
>To see the effectiveness of the open element, you got to look at the bigger
>picture.  Not only does the thing suck in more air, it does it with less
>restriction.  So you get more air, and you get it easier, less weezing on the
>engine

Not necessarily. If your tape is more like a megaphone, and you've got the
narrow end to your mouth and the wide end to the open air, then you will
get better flow.

On the other hand, if you put the wide end over your head, and the narrow
end to the open air, then you'll probably suffocate.

Whee!

-K
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