Hi pete long time no hear hows the gt25 going?? cheers andrew "LIEBIG, Peter" wrote:
> Hi Daniel, > > Yeah, I thought I'd come back and see how the list is going! I was > subscribed on my home address before and it was getting a bit much. This > time I've tried doing it at work, so we'll see how it goes. Between the > Srtransplants list and this one I'm afraid my email volume may be getting a > bit high! > > I'm currently not running a cat (smack smack!), but when I do I guess it > will be in the usual place just after the dump pipe. > > The best dump pipe dia is generally 3". That's pretty much the biggest > you'll fit without hassles. I've made a few now and I'm considering making a > batch for sale to suit SR's into 1600's. I'll send you a photo of one. I've > seen a lot of "professional" dump pipes and I've decided that it wouldn't be > too hard to improve on them myself! > > PL > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Kroehn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2002 18:57 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Exhaust sizes (HELP) > > HOLY SHIT, > > where did you come from Pete, I thought you'd left the list forever? > Anyway, thanks for the advice. The muffler I have coming has a 2.25 inlet > and 4 inch outlet. So I'm still undecided what size to go from the > crossmember back. Up until the crossmember I'm going to use 3 inch for > sure. Where did you mount your cat? The other question I have is what size > dump pipe to use? I want to seperate the internal wastegate gases from the > turbine gases and join them together after the dump pipe exits the engine > bay. The turbine itself is only about 2.25" in diameter so should I use a > 2.25" - 3" reducer/expander and build a 3 inch dumpy with a 1.25" seperate > wastegate pipe? > > Cheers > > Daniel Kroehn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LIEBIG, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 3:15 PM > Subject: RE: Exhaust sizes (HELP) > > > Daniel, > > > > I'm with Geordie - 3" up front with 2 1/2" down back is a good compromise. > > Easier to silence too. And if it's on a 1600 it's heaps easier to get it > > through the rear crossmember. > > > > I'm running that setup with my SR20 and at 14psi boost the exhaust > > backpressure never exceeds 3 psi. > > > > PL > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Geordie Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, 15 January 2002 15:13 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Exhaust sizes (HELP) > > Importance: High > > > > > > 2.5" is generally a lot cheaper and in my opinion there is not a lot of > > benefit to the expense of going to a 3" system. > > If you want the best of both worlds, you can go for 3" off the turbo and > go > > down to 2.5" further back as the gas is cooler and will condense slightly. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel Kroehn > > Sent: Sunday, 13 January 2002 8:36 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Exhaust sizes (HELP) > > > > > > List, > > > > heres a question for all you switched on turbo boys. Following > traditional > > lines for an exhaust, I was going to get a 3 inch system for my turbo > > project. However after reading "maximum boost" by corky bell, it seems > that > > he reckons that for the approximate engine power output of my engine, I > > should use a 2.5 inch system. The book also states that for a turbo setup > > the least exhaust is the best? I'm very confused by now. Anyway back to > > the 2.5 inch set-up, this size comes from a few calculations to do with > > exhaust gas velocities. He recommends that the exhaust gases shouldn't > > exceed ~450 feet per second, and thus a 3 inch system would be capable of > > much more than that, so no good? > > There's a bit more in the book but at this stage I've just become totally > > confused. > > > > Eagerly awaiting some opinions.................. > > > > Daniel Kroehn > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
