yet another great post jim .........
your discussion on exaust kinda reminded me of a two stroke engine and how much of a difference the exaust pipe makes .......agian i'm not an expert but if you've ever torn down a two strock engine it would seem that the exaust flow actually creats a vacuum that premotes air flow through the engine
........the guy whos gonna build my engine has curruntly been experimenting with the same concept ........him and a friend of mine are curruntly building a sort of experiment ....using the concept of a smalle exaust port +valve with a large intake port+valve to premote a higher velocity of exaust flow ........i don't know all the logistics ......but there basicly planning on a high rpm, high compression set up , the same concept your talking about will come into play with the engine build
i'm not building my engine with plans for high rpms (planing on high gearing and stock ignition).......my plans are to aim for power at 3000 to 6200 rpms .....if all goes well i'll be crossing the 1320 at the top of third at redline ( using 3.27s and 235-15 tires).....my underlying plans are really to make the car into a nice highway car that will double as a fun car to play with at the track........
as for speed secrets ,i'm far from an expert ....my only insight would be to plan on what you want the car to do and what times you want to aim for, before spending any money ......there's like a million different combos that *all work together* to give you the result you want .....make plans , find a combo then ,then build the combo rather then miss matching a combo and bolting on whatever you hear works that week.
ps. jim....i don't care how old you are or if you started building cars in diapers ,you seem to know what your talking about and thats all that matters to me .....your novals are eppriciated and make for interesting reading .......now i'm thinking about different ways to premote higher velocity of ex discharge,a more centered flow of intake air and less obstructions in my cylinders causing turbulance ........all this info will com in handy as i build my moter ...........even if its a mild combo any tricks are helpfull
