[Joel5.0]

Originally Posted by Portmaster

Joel, there is more to street cars than Wide Open Throttle. This seems to be where all your misconception generates from. The engine must first get to 6000+rpm. Do you argue that a properly sized header and exhaust system won't out perform one that is too large from 1500 rpm until the limits of the engine? I use the exaggerated generalization because it just takes your way of thinking to the next level of wrong. So in your world you can neither over carb or over size the exhaust? Lets all get a pair of dominators on a tunnel ram and put them on a stock 302 with 2.5 inch header tubes and 4 inch exhaust. Yes it's a bit extreme but compared to what you come up with at times it's just a few levels up on the wrong scale. While my exaggeration may be on level 13 of wrong you are still on about the 8th floor.

Misconceptions?...... let me see.... so it's easier for any engine to rev up to 6000+ rpms by choking it? I thought the more and quicker it flowed in and out = the faster it would accelerate.... .... damn those misconceptions.

A "properly sized" header and exhaust system...... based on? Some HP table generalizations? I guess a 302 with a -6° overlap @.050" has the same exhaust requirements as a 302 with +6° overlap @.050", and anything in between, regardless of the actual valve events timing...... right?

"So in (my) world (I) can neither over carb or over size the exhaust? ..... love those dicto simpliciter conclusions..... anyway, over carbing a 302 is not with a 700 or 750 cfm carburetor, too much exhaust is not a 3" full exhaust system...... why/how do I know it?..... BTSTDT many times. Are they "torqueless turds down low"?.... nope. Do they make anything below 16 MPG when daily used?...... nope. Do they accelerate better than with a 2.5" exhaust system from idle? ... after properly configured and tuned...... yep..... damn those misconceptions. ....You're right, it's definitely better for engine efficiency and performance to restrict the engine flow, rather than optimize the engine to utilize the better flowing components...... Where do I get these "misconceptions"?.......