mayf
My ideas are pure unadulterated guesswork. I do know that even though
exhaust is composed of hot expanding gas it still is pumped from the
cylinder, which requires HP to accomplish. So, to my mind, pumping it into
200 or 300 MPH air wall has got to take a bunch of HP.
John (no data) Beckett
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From: Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield <lemay@hiwaay.net>
To: Beth Butters <bbutters@dmi.net>; David Haller <dhaller@techline.com>;
John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>;
land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>; 'Lawrence E. & Cathy
R. Mayfield' <lemay@hiwaay.net>
Date: Sunday, January 02, 2000 9:28 PM
Subject: RE: Exhaust exits
>IS there hard data to support these claims or they merely guesswork? The
>question is for everyone..
>
>mayf (the rocket scientist :))
>At 05:09 PM 1/2/00 -0800, Beth Butters wrote:
>> For what it is worth Tom Burkland claims that if he had run the
>exhausts out the side of their strteamliner he would have had to make 800
>HP more to make up for the drag the exhaust would cost him. If you look at
>what he went threw to run the exhaust out the back you can see he certainly
>must have felt it was worth his effort. I personally feel running the
>exhast out the side must be like bolting a four foot long 2x6 to the side
>of the car. Now if I could just figure out how to run it under my car and
>out the back and still be able to load the car on my trailer.???????? Kvach
>in N. Idaho
>>
>>----------
>>From: Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield[SMTP:lemay@hiwaay.net]
>>Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 2:10 AM
>>To: David Haller; Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield; John Beckett; Keith
>Turk; land-speed@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: Exhaust exits
>>
>>These shouldn't be too loud because the turbos take the bark out of the
>>exhaust. But way cool, when I back out of it the flames should be
>>awesome...maybe I can roast a marshmallow.
>>
>>mayf
>>
>>At 09:55 PM 12/31/99 -0800, David Haller wrote:
>>>Mayf,
>>>Your right it does look really cool, mine run out behind the front wheel
>>>well and curve up slightly. The noise inside the driver's compartment is
way
>>>cool, not to loud and I can hear that baby sing when under power without
>>>blowing my eardrums out. I don't know if I'm loosing speed and my crew
>>>wanted to run them under the car but I nixed that cause they really do
look
>>>good,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>L.E. Mayfield
>>124 Maximillion Drive
>>Madison, Al. 35758-8171
>>1-256-837-1051
>>
>>old >>>>>>>> http://www.hsv.tis.net/~mayfield
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>>
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>
>L.E. Mayfield
>124 Maximillion Drive
>Madison, Al. 35758-8171
>1-256-837-1051
>
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