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Post by ScarletFever on Feb 27, 2004 9:52:13 GMT -5
Could be a TurboZet, although i've not seen one quite like this before. Basically a TurboZet is a low pressure, electrically driven impellor that sucks air through the filter - there are some issues over it's effectiveness though, mainly because the impellor delivers a constant stream of air movement (related to the throttle position) and the engine, as we all know, takes air in pulses. Also, as far as i am concerned, the suction the engine creates on it's own is umpteen times more powerful than anything a tiny impellor and electric motor can produce. Therefore i am extremely sceptical as to its' effectiveness.
Just a guess.
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Post by BobMillar on Feb 27, 2004 10:16:38 GMT -5
Could be a TurboZet, although i've not seen one quite like this before. Basically a TurboZet is a low pressure, electrically driven impellor that sucks air through the filter - there are some issues over it's effectiveness though, mainly because the impellor delivers a constant stream of air movement (related to the throttle position) and the engine, as we all know, takes air in pulses. Also, as far as i am concerned, the suction the engine creates on it's own is umpteen times more powerful than anything a tiny impellor and electric motor can produce. Therefore i am extremely sceptical as to its' effectiveness. Just a guess. That was my 1st thoughts. it looks as though that housing on top of the TB could hold some kind of fan/ propellor! Intersting though. Never seen it on a K Series before |
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Post by Rob Bell on Feb 27, 2004 15:22:03 GMT -5
Unlikely to be a TurboZet IMO - that device was in-line with the airfilter and throttle body.
Note that this engine is an early multi-point injection K-series (it uses the now obsolete alloy inlet plenum - it's a completely different shape to the more modern plastic and VVC items) - and as such it uses a much older design of throttle body. Notice the vacuum connection? I am pretty sure that this is an old throttle body design with an integral IACV.
The other thing it could be is an airflow meter - as this engine is pre-MEMS 1.9 - and I don't know whether older engines used different sensors to the later cars.
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