Originally Posted by 68rrunner
Helmholtz Resonance-
the concept of this resonator is quite complicated when trying to understand how sound and frequency works, but the steps involved are fairly simple. here's how:

1. you will need two variables: the drone RPM, and # of cylinders your engine has.
2. divide the RPM by 60 to get the RPS, or revolutions per second.
3. divide the # of cylinders by 2 to get # fired per revolution.
4. multiply RPS by # fired per rev to get the drone frequency in Hz.
5. divide the speed of sound by the Hz. the speed of sound is a constant 1,260 ft/s. the number is funky because sound travels faster in warm air, and the air coming from an exhaust is very hot.
6. take the result from #5 and divide by 4.
7. take the result from #6 and multiply by 12 to get the resonator length in inches needed to cancel the drone at that RPM.

here's an example:

1. my car drones the worst at 3,300 RPM and has 4 cylinders.
2. 3,300 / 60 = 55.0 RPS
3. 4 / 2 = 2
4. 55.0 * 2 = 110 Hz
5. 1,260 / 110 = 11.45
6. 11.45 / 4 = 2.86
7. 2.86 * 12 = 34.36 inches

from the result shown, my car needs a resonator of approximately 34.4 inches to add a damper that is tuned for my drone.

Hope this helps.


WAAAAAAY too technical!


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