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Old June 12th 09, 02:05 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
cmyr
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Default ENGINE BASICS

On Jun 11, 8:06�pm, wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:40:10 -0700 (PDT), cmyr

wrote:
� Going back to some hot rodding roots,I believe V.E. was increased
in the late '60's-70's thru the use of a specially designed double
cone affair placed in the collector pipe of a tuned exhaust
system,which created a stronger vacuum effect , creating stronger
scavenging of exhaust, and to some extent , helping draw more fuel/air
mix into the cylinder.


The anti reversion cone was a dirty fix for a crappy header design.
Better than a manifold, but not as good as a proper "tuned" header.


As I recall, this system was on the cover of Hot Rod magazine, on a
high end test vehicle,and was "scientifically" researched. In this
instance the reference to a crappy header design would be wrong.