Carburettor Vehicles
Carburettor HICLONEs are generally simple to install.
Remove lid, fit HICLONE, and replace lid. The only
other requirement might be to install a spacer or glue the
HICLONE into position.
The only problem ever encountered when fitting a HICLONE
to a carburettor vehicle is when the mixture is already too
lean and the engine is scavenging for all the fuel it can
get, or when the carburettor already has a problem with idle
jets or power valve. Since HICLONE promotes complete
burning of the air fuel mixture these problems become more
apparent and easier to trace.
In the past we made HICLONEs to fit every different
height of air-cleaner. For example Mitsubishi Pajero
has a high air-cleaner and Mitsubishi Magna has a low
air-cleaner. Magna air-cleaner worked better - same
engine. Magna HICLONE created a faster air velocity.
The faster the air velocity (without restricting the
airflow) the more effective the HICLONE becomes - greater
atomisation of the fuel. The engine will not run lean.
The same mixture is still being delivered to the engine, but
more of that fuel is now being burned, giving more power and
better fuel economy.
A trick that can be applied to some vehicles is to fit a
low HICLONE to a car with a high air-cleaner by fitting a
piece of tube under the HICLONE to space it up to the
air-cleaner lid. This creates a Ram Flow effect with
fast vortexing of the airflow.
Note!
Some HICLONEs need to be cut to fit. This is due to
the fact that they also fit other types of vehicles.
Fuel Injection Vehicles
The optimum distance from the throttle butterfly is
usually 100-300mm. This cannot always be achieved on
all cars. Bellows or flexible type sections of hoses
can upset the vortex effect the HICLONE produces.
Holden Commodore V6 & V8 engines have bellows or
corrugated hoses direct onto the throttle body.
Despite this, HICLONE gives excellent results on these cars.
A trick to further improve the HICLONE's effect is to insert
a straight tube into the bellows or even to replace it.
Installing extra HICLONEs in line will also improve
results. The next HICLONE will accelerate the vortex
effect. Our catalogue lists two HICLONE part numbers
and fitting instructions for some vehicles.
Turbo-Charged Engines
Most mechanics initially find it hard to understand how
HICLONE can improve a turbo engine. Installing a
HICLONE between turbo and manifold gives a forced or high
velocity vortex effect, obviously improving atomisation and
combustion.
To understand why a HICLONE works before a turbo, you
must look at what a turbo is. It basically consists of
two fans (impeller) located on a common shaft, spinning on
bearings. Exhaust gas pushes one fan, causing the
other to draw, push and pressurise air into the other.
What happens in the inlet air is already spinning in the
same direction as the impeller.
Example:
A turbo vehicle with turbo boost starting at 1800-2000rpm
now has boost starting at 1300-1500rpm. This reduction
in turbo load results in greatly reduced turbo temperature
on some vehicles, an also greater reliability.
To receive this full benefit you must install both
HICLONEs. If you have increased airflow into the
turbo, you must improve this airflow's ability to reach
combustion. Vortexing the airflow will increase the
volume of airflow can pass through the manifold.
Note:
It is recommended that the HICLONE be installed no closer
than 150mm away from the Turbo on the intake side.
This allows the airflow to form a consistent vortex, before
entering the Turbo.
Diesel Engines
Diesel engines prefer HICLONE to be installed close to
intake manifold. Anything that improves airflow in or
out of the engine will improve the efficiency of a diesel
engine.
We used diesel engines to prove that HICLONE continued to
vortex airflow to the combustion chamber. In diesel
engines air and fuel do not mix until the end of the
compression/combustion stroke. But in this short
duration of effect, HICLONE reduces exhaust smoke (wasted
fuel) by between 45-50% regardless of engine condition or
age.
There is only one complication to diesel results, new
compared to old engines or injectors. If a HICLONE is
installed to a new engine it will be kept free of carbon
deposits, giving longer engine life and reduced running
costs.
We use the Exhaust Smoke Test as an example:-
NISSAN PATROL 4.21 Diesel
- New Engine compared to 200,000 engine.
NEW. - 2.6 units reduced to 1.4 units = 45% smoke
reduction
OLD. - 9.6 units reduced to 4.6 units = 52% smoke reduction
The % smoke reduction is similar, but is we called these
units of smoke, litres of fuel instead, the new engine would
have wasted only 1.21 or fuel compared to 5.01 wasted by the
old engine. We normally expect to save between 5-10%
on fuel for diesel engines, but while the engine is still
new the benefit could be only 2%. Engines in good
condition will be maintained in that condition for much
longer.
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