[Land-speed] Plenum volume discussion

[Ed Van Scoy]

If you want real excitement, add a hit of NOS...........Newer F-body and Vette LS engines (and others) have compositeintakes...... You can buy a burst panel real cheap....goodinsurance. 

Ed Van Scoy
#128 B/GT Corvette
SCTA-BNI/Gear Grinder





>-----Original Message-----
>From: neil at dbelltech.com [mailto:neil at dbelltech.com]
>Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2008 05:46 PM
>To: ''Parks, David'', ''Greg Meyers'', ''LSR''
>Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Plenum volume discussion
>
>David;
>
>Amen to that!
>
>Early Porsche 911s are notorious for backfiring into their intake plenum
>when started cold. The plenum is made of PLASTIC and it explodes, making an
>expen$ive "bang". Popoff valves were added to later versions.
>
>Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com at autox.team.net
>[mailto:land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
>Parks, David
>Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 5:33 PM
>To: Greg Meyers; LSR
>Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Plenum volume discussion
>
>Air/fuel in the plenum can get exciting if you have a backfire.