Flow Quik bench. - Anyone else used a flow quik?

[Greg]

I've just got my bench working well enough to try a bit of testing. I'm using Audies 3" flow quik element and computer connected to the laptop.
From what I have tried it seems to be very repeatable, I put the same head on and off a few times and ran a test on it, it came up within a couple of CFM every time.
The only problem i have come up with is that it makes for a big bench due to the length of the flow element, about 24", plus 12" of extra pipe on each end of that before I put any bends to run up to the test plenum.
The flow quik comes with some nice honeycomb plastic that slides into the pipes to act as a flow straightener, I dont know what it is normally used for but would be nice to use if you were making your own laminar flow element rather than drinking straws or similar.
The big benefit of the flow quik that i see is the speed that you can carry out a test, it took about 3 minutes to test one port in .050" increments up to .650" and when the test was finished the data was in the computer and graphed within seconds.
I have a mate with a SF600 so we are going to test a few ports to compare on each machine, I'll let you know the difference once thats done.
All I need now is to make a cabinet to fit it into...

[67 Satellite]

I have a flowquik,and have used it since 1999.It worked very well up until recently.It began giving very low readings on the intake side,but was totally normal on the exhaust side.I noticed the problem when testing a set of Dart iron eagle s.b.c. heads.The best flow I could get from them was 205 c.f.m.@28 ". I thought "what the f*#!" so I got my Edelbrock big mopar head out of the box and tested it. I had previously tested this head on all 4 intake ports and had a file in the computer. I got 285 to 290 c.f.m. @.600 lift. 291 @ .600" lift is what Edelbrock advertises them to flow,so all was well. When I retested the head it showed 211 c.f.m at the same lift point.I sent the flowquik back and had the internal valves updated and thought the problem would be fixed.Much to my disappointment it still read low.After removing every conceivalbe varible and returning it to Pennsylvania again for repairs it still reads low.At this point I'm still going to use it for ex. tests ,but I'm looking to build something else to test intake flow.That's what led me to this site.When it worked it was fast and easy,but I don't believe the intake readings I get now.Audie was polite and helpful to work with,but the unit was either wrong then or it's wrong now.