Of 'Cocker Valves and Flow Restrictions
A question for you engineers:
Let us say we have two cocker valve bodies, the outlet ports of which do not match up with the inlet port of the gun body. Let us say the gun body inlet port is .250 diameter.
One valve body outlet port is slightly smaller (say, .230), and one is significantly larger (say, .330).
The question is, all things otherwise equal, which of these two valve bodies will provide better flow?
On the one hand, the larger valve outlet port will guarantee that the body inlet has as much air as possible, but this comes at the cost of having a ledge that will surely cause loads of turbulence.
On the other hand, the smaller outlet port will provide less overall air, but will ensure a smooth transition from valve body to gun body, and will likely have better velocity as well.
Thanks very kindly!