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Re: [Healeys] IS Bigger exhaust better

To: Editorgary@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Healeys] IS Bigger exhaust better
From: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:57:20 +0200
Hear, hear.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL


Editorgary@aol.com schreef:
> In a message dated 9/10/09 11:08:18 AM, healeys-request@autox.team.net 
> writes:
>
>
>   
>> I'm pretty sure that in the case of a factory Healey, the added flow
>> is going to give an increase in performance as the stock system--BN4-
>> BJ7--is smaller than the opening allowed by the carbs.
>>
>> Wilko
>>
>>     
> The only way to tell (and the only way to be sure) is to 
> measure/tune/re-measure the car on a chassis dyno ("rolling road" to our 
>European friends). My 
> bet is you'd get a few horsepower just by checking how your timing advance 
> and carb tuning is set, and then with the bigger exhaust you're bound to get 
> a few extra hp past that, just because the system was originally 
> exhaust-constricted.
> But there's no substitute for dyno tuning when making significant changes 
> to intake, ignition, or exhaust.
>
> Best
> Gary
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