You only have to put ONE cylinder value in,
Note from Eliot: The formulas on this page were taken from "Four-stroke Performance Tuning by A Graham Bell". The book was published 25 years ago (and is still published). My dad paid me pocket money to take the formulas and make them into a program on our Sinclair Spectrum, then our Amstrad PCW8512 and then into Java you see here.
If you want to learn more about the subject - search for the above book on google.
Tuned exhaust length start from valve head,this know as "Down pipe"
The induction length start from valve head to end of the belmouth, center line of the port or
as You know it the "Stacks"
For Single engine use:# 1,2,8
For Twin engine use:# 1,2,6,7,8
For Fours use:# 2,3,4,5,6,7,8.......(1)+(6)+(8)
For 4-2-1 use:# (2,5,) (3,4,) (6,7,8,)
Notes 1
For road , you'll be best off with a 4-2-1 system on a four cylinder engine.
For high performance & race use, the only way to go is a 4-1 system.
The 4-2-1 system gives good all-round power, with no special power peaks or dips, while a 4-1 system give the best power at higher revs - At the expense of low end power.
Speaking of 4-2-1 extractors, this is the WRONG WAY to do it on a four cylinder engine! A 4-2-1 system must have cylinders #1 & #4 joined up, and #2 & #3 joined up, then further down those two pipes join into one.
This is because four cylinder engines have a 180° crank, whereas virutally all V-8's have a 90° crank (the angle between the crankpins) and so the order in which the exhaust pulses come down the pipes is different.
Notes 2
A reduction in primary pipe Diameter of 1/8 of an inch
will move the torque peak down by 650-800 RPM.
Conversely an increase in diameter of the header will raise
the engine speed at which max torque occurs,by approx the same RPM,for each
1/8 of increase.
Adding length to the primary pipe will increase low speed and mid-range power,
with corresponding reduction in power at max RPM.
Shorter primaries give an increase in high speed power,
at the expense of reduction in the midrange.
However,there will be little change in peak torque or
the engine speed at which it occurs.
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Tuned exhaust length start from valve head,this know as "Down pipe"
The induction length start from valve head to end of the belmouth, center line of the port or as You know it the "Stacks"
Notes 1
For road , you'll be best off with a 4-2-1 system on a four cylinder engine.
For high performance & race use, the only way to go is a 4-1 system.
The 4-2-1 system gives good all-round power, with no special power peaks or dips, while a 4-1 system give the best power at higher revs - At the expense of low end power.
For high performance & race use, the only way to go is a 4-1 system.
The 4-2-1 system gives good all-round power, with no special power peaks or dips, while a 4-1 system give the best power at higher revs - At the expense of low end power.
Speaking of 4-2-1 extractors, this is the WRONG WAY to do it on a four cylinder engine! A 4-2-1 system must have cylinders #1 & #4 joined up, and #2 & #3 joined up, then further down those two pipes join into one.
This is because four cylinder engines have a 180° crank, whereas virutally all V-8's have a 90° crank (the angle between the crankpins) and so the order in which the exhaust pulses come down the pipes is different.
Notes 2
A reduction in primary pipe Diameter of 1/8 of an inch will move the torque peak down by 650-800 RPM. Conversely an increase in diameter of the header will raise the engine speed at which max torque occurs,by approx the same RPM,for each 1/8 of increase.
Adding length to the primary pipe will increase low speed and mid-range power, with corresponding reduction in power at max RPM.
Shorter primaries give an increase in high speed power, at the expense of reduction in the midrange. However,there will be little change in peak torque or the engine speed at which it occurs.