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    Quote Originally Posted by Vehi-Cross-Az View Post
    more air in, more mid power, less foot pressure to
    obtain 20-60hp
    needed to keep a vehicle at speed. the less foot
    pressure is
    using less air
    so does it make the vx use less air or more air?


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    Quote Originally Posted by etlsport View Post
    so does it make the vx use less air or more air?
    and to answer your question,
    it would use less air and fuel, making the same power.
    at 70mph a vehicle only need 20-70rwhp. 70mph is
    about
    2000-2200rpm. thats approx 100cfm needed to run
    this
    speed. but since the VE (volume efficiency) is low
    because of low air speed the promotion of more air
    flow by volume and velocity is what makes up for
    the
    lack of without the device.


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    My trusted advisor from the psychic friends network said I should get one and not listen to all this science rubish. Where do I send my payment?
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    So let's see, this is what is known:

    Supercharger: more air + more fuel = more power
    Turbocharger: more air + more fuel = more power

    And this is what the Helix is supposed to do:
    Helix TB spacer: less air + less fuel = same power

    For some reason the math doesn't work for me - in fact the TB spacer seems quite contrary to my understanding of physics and fluid dynamics. But what do I know?

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    Got the first unit back from the manufacturer...
    should be installing it this week if I get the time.
    I go thru life a little more optimistically then some
    people I guess

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    Thumbs up Awsome job bro....

    looks pretty sexy to me. hey AZ i understand exactly what you are trying to do, not on the scince level though, but on trying to save fuel for all of us, and i think thats awsome, and i'm very happy and thankful you are here and you are trying to make the VX a better vehical to fit on todays expansive fuel world. So thank you, and i hope your theory works, cuz if so, i'll be one of the first to buy and if it don't, then i'll buy it just for looks, j/k. but really thanks bro, and keep up the great work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CoastieCosta567 View Post
    looks pretty sexy to me. hey AZ i understand exactly what you are trying to do, not on the scince level though, but on trying to save fuel for all of us, and i think thats awsome, and i'm very happy and thankful you are here and you are trying to make the VX a better vehical to fit on todays expansive fuel world. So thank you, and i hope your theory works, cuz if so, i'll be one of the first to buy and if it don't, then i'll buy it just for looks, j/k. but really thanks bro, and keep up the great work.
    thanks, really needed to hear that.
    Because thats exactly what Im trying to do, for all of us.
    Im not just in it for the $ by any means. But since I own one
    of these beast too, it helps me just as much as everyone if it
    pans out.
    I had to aquire an extra TB to send to the manufacturer to even
    get them to make me a Demo pcs.
    Ive been keeping great track of my mpg since I bought my Vx a few
    months ago, and keeping it also with each mod done, letting a few
    weeks pass before another mod was done.
    We've been using the AC already here in the last few weeks too, so
    thats affecting mpg too of course.
    Either way, thanks again for the kudos (haha) and Ill keep anyone truely
    interested in our results informed on this thread

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