On a performance car with a rather lengthy exhaust system, is it better to place the muffler as close as possible to the engine to allow higher exhaust pressure that far forward to blast past any restriction the muffler might pose?
Or is it better to place the muffler(s) as far to the rear as...
The intake is on top of the engine.
Insulating spacers are part of the overall plan. At a local cruise a Superformance Cobra had a spacer under the carb...the carb was cold to the touch, the engine was hot enough to fry an egg on.
I can get ambient hi pressure air from the base of the...
I'm thinking of a type of plastic box to surround or place the manifold in to isolate it from engine compartment heat. Race cars use carbon fiber, and that's maybe the way to go, depending on how it's constructed and who's doing it.
I can't do CF, so something in flat panels maybe that I can...
