[Spridgets] Exhaust concerns?

Weslake1330 weslake1330 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 4 11:35:35 MST 2019


That's idea that could work well, aside from blistering the paint on the
sill!

On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 16:50, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I have a really long megaphone.  :-)
>
> [image: image1.jpeg]
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> Sent from my keyboard
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> On Dec 3, 2019, at 11:29 AM, crusaderchuck55--- via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> My exhaust concerns are based upon hillclimb courses.   I'm quite certain
> I would be fine on a road course with an under car system.  Hillclimbs we
> run here with the PHA ( Pennsylvania Hillclimb Association) are on closed (
> for the event) public roads.  One specific event ( Weatherly Hillclimb) has
> a very noteworthy "jump" with lots of trees and huge granite boulders on
> both sides of the course.  Cars that carry any speed or have enough
> horsepower to accelerate through the right hander that proceeds the jump
> get momentarily airborne off the jump.  I literally hurt my back coming off
> the jump doing "exhibition runs" ( no longer allowed) with my Bugeye years
> ago and the header & exhaust did momentarily make contact upon landing.
> The Bugeye has a Longman LCB header and the entire system is tucked up
> against the floor for the entire length.  Yes the header was sectioned so
> the collector exit wa s about 1/4" away from the footwell underside.
> My side exhaust set up was designed by the person who originally designed
> ( allegedly) the first through the tunnel system used in SCCA competition.
> My next question is using a reverse cone megaphone to improve extraction
> and straight pipe thereafter or like the old days a megaphone .
>  thouggts?   Now no top secret stuff.... LOL!
> Chuck
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