Rock on Man!
Rock on Man!
759NRNG (Forum Partidario) said:chicken leggs????
Nah, that's a satchel of Richards lol
gumby (Forum Supporter) said:759NRNG (Forum Partidario) said:chicken leggs????
Nah, that's a satchel of Richards lol
I thought the veins made it obvious
geese like richards?????.......who knew ....now I do.....learnt me sumpin' today
What's the science behind the lengths of the primary/secondary pipes? Or is that just a known good length for this engine?
Following a NASCAR header builder, Calvin Elston, who says (roughly paraphrasing) that getting the exhaust as far as possible from the port during the blowdown phase, when Cyl pressure is higher than exhaust pressure, is #1 important thing. He says 1-1/2" primaries off the port on a V8 can flow 450hp. The primary, secondary, and choke diameters and lengths are all calculated based on cubic inches, compression, total duration, exhaust valve opening point, and Max RPM.
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) said:Following a NASCAR header builder, Calvin Elston, who says (roughly paraphrasing) that getting the exhaust as far as possible from the port during the blowdown phase, when Cyl pressure is higher than exhaust pressure, is #1 important thing. He says 1-1/2" primaries off the port on a V8 can flow 450hp. The primary, secondary, and choke diameters and lengths are all calculated based on cubic inches, compression, total duration, exhaust valve opening point, and Max RPM.
Twice in one day.......scoreboard!!!! (learnt sumpin' new) thanks brah.....awhile back was and still am looking at headers for the 'V'.....KOOK's with 1-7/8" primaries versus Stainless Works with 2". Does supercharging affect this dynamic.....wondering out loud.
I found Mr Elston through the speed-talk forum, so I started a thread over there looking for advice. Here's some of Mr Elston's wisdom:
https://www.speed-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=55767
There's another expert over there, Larry Meaux, who wrote a header calculator called PipeMax. He replied to my thread with results from his software.
https://www.speed-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=62718&p=886460#p886460
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
Kool tanx
Neat project! I skimmed over this and didn't see a picture of the whole car, got one you can post or link to?
In reply to ejs262 :
I love that staggered wheel look
In reply to Mr_Asa :
I wanted to rock the sawblades so hard, but the C5 wheels saved me a bunch of packaging headaches. I'll still have staggered rims for my street tires, 245/45-17 and 275/40-18. All my competition tires will be on matching C5 Magnesium fronts.
Thanks for the pics! I like the saw blades as well, I guess the offsets are wrong on the sawblades?
ejs262 said:Thanks for the pics! I like the saw blades as well, I guess the offsets are wrong on the sawblades?
Because I've moved so much weight from front to rear, I'm running C5 front brakes on rear. The sawblades (17x9.5 +56) required a 6mm spacer plus some removal of the "corvette" from the casting. The C5 rears are also 9.5" wide but they are +65 *and* clear the calipers without the spacer or the grinding. So I gain 15mm clearance to the fender lip on the rear. And I've grown to like them. Not as much as the sawblades, but I kept a set of sawblades for the Sonoma :-)
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
C5 wagon wheels > Saw blades.
Fight me.
Indy "Nub" Guy said:In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
C5 wagon wheels > Saw blades.
Fight me.
I saved this picture of gold C5 wagon wheels 2 years ago because I thought they would look so good on something.
I love wagon wheels, but Sawblades>C5 mags>wagon wheels, aesthetically, especially if they're not going on a vette.
If anyone disagrees, i have many wagon wheels available for trade.
In reply to Dead_Sled :
I've got an '80s El Camino coming my way one day. Its got these style on it and I've never liked them. Not sure what to replace them with. Wagon wheels are maybe a possibility
C5 wagon wheels are berkeleying hideous, and the Pep Boys center caps make them even more so.
ZR1 > C5 Mag > Z06 Speedlines > C4 saw blades. Wagon wheels aren't even worth listing
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) said:C5 wagon wheels are berkeleying hideous, and the Pep Boys center caps make them even more so.
Preach it brother! \m/
I too am running C5 fronts on all four corners of my mid-engine car! do you have a parking brake of some kind? I'm investigating a few drum in hat options.
From a purely aesthetic standpoint, I like the sawblades, but I'm also kinda into 80's/90's GM junk! lol. but I definitely think the C5 wheels look great as well!
In reply to ejs262 :
No park brake here, just manual in gear.
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