| Re: Few pics.....more later |
Subject: Re: Few pics.....more later by bogus on 2012/3/23 22:53:53 Cloth is always better than leather for traction. It will bond with the fabric of your clothes and really hold you in. The seats look sweet! I hope they are comfortable enough. I am actually surprised that the dynamat actually quieted the interior. Heat, sure, noise? Rather shocked. I have used it before, and all it did was kill the dull resonance, and not even that all that effectively. If you are planning all that work with the intake, you may consider a bottom end upgrade. Something to think about. As for the exhaust, excellent idea to do the bullet cats. Why draw stinky attention, right? I fully like the idea of being responsible, within the spirit of the law. This way, even tho it isn't 100% legal by definition, it is 100% functional and that will avoid potential problems. High flow cats have really changed the game, as NCK said. I hate those damned beaded cats from the 70s... absolute pigs. As for headers, check out this kit: http://www.americanracingheaders.com/C4_Corvette.html From a performance standpoint, true duels are not the best bet. You need some form of a crossover to allow the left to better suck out the gasses from the right and back and forth. This scavenging is very useful... then again, the SAE has a book on exhaust design... some 400 pages and is simply considered a "primer" on the subject. Considering that F1 now uses the exhaust gases (as does Corvette Racing) for aero assistance, that's something more than a little curious. The latest version of the Corvette C6.r dumps the exhaust onto the side splitter to provide more down force! Plus, they have tweaked the plumbing to better manage flow, in turn, effecting torque and drivability. Amazing. I have also found that most smog stations are more concerned with the tail pipe than with how it gets there. If the sniff is clean, then they stop looking. I honestly suspect I could get away with that system as long as the cats did their job. It isn't cheap, but it might prove to be a good value. |
