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Re: Exhaust design

To: Michael Frank <mfrank@westnet.com>
Subject: Re: Exhaust design
From: David Laver <dlaver@ms.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 07:35:22 +0100
There's a book 'Scientific design of intake and exhaust systems' that I've seen 
in
a number of places.  I'll try and get the details.

David

Michael Frank wrote:

> Brian:
>
>         I'm thinking about designing a set of headers for my Jaguar....I don't
> have any reference material yet, but I'll be glad to share what I find out.
> I have a similar design in mind: the Jaguar engine compartment is so tight,
> that all of the street headers I've seen are compromised in some way.  I'm
> wondering if I can get a better fit, and most of the performance, by doing
> a  6-3-1 system, assuming that the main pipe was properly sized.
>
> Regards,
> Mike Frank
>
> At 02:14 PM 8/30/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Any reference books out there dealing with the design of exhaust systems
> >for racing cars?  I'm thinking of how to design a 4-2-1 system, how long to
> >make the primaries, secondaries, tube sizes, etc...
> >
> >Thanks, Brian
> >Brian Evans
> >Director, Global Sales
> >UUNET, An MCI WorldCom Company
> >


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