On a separate note, is there a limit to the size of the airbox (either practically, or by regulation)? Could the airbox be built in a 50 or 100 liter size without an issue?
In theory, if you could get the airbox large enough, you could run multiple superchargers or turbochargers to induce such a vacuum level at the restrictor plate as to make it almost moot (imagine increasing the vacuum level on the inboard side of the restrictor to something in the neighborhood of 8 ATMs). The sound levels would be attrocious, but the result would probably prove to be quite effective, expecially if the compression (vacuum creation) were driven by batteries or something else not very parasitic to the engine's output.
Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet
In theory, if you could get the airbox large enough, you could run multiple superchargers or turbochargers to induce such a vacuum level at the restrictor plate as to make it almost moot (imagine increasing the vacuum level on the inboard side of the restrictor to something in the neighborhood of 8 ATMs). The sound levels would be attrocious, but the result would probably prove to be quite effective, expecially if the compression (vacuum creation) were driven by batteries or something else not very parasitic to the engine's output.
Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet
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