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well ive already test fitted it and its fine. well sort of all ive got to do is take the slam panel out and bolt a alloy tube going across like dar has done with his. but it just clears at the bottom of the bulk head which is very lucky with about a half ince spare
That's an awesome looking manifold.
Potential for a great car with that.
Nope its going in the bootQuote:
Originally Posted by db_1.2
that manifold is NOT for a reverse head engine... Its probalby an early incarnation of the engine tuning so they could get the engine lower in the car without naffing the exhaust up.
the "ram air" effect dosent really do anything for the reverse head performance, it all came from the better exhaust routing etc.
rad in the boot.... largley futile but hey what ever floats your boat.
IMHO the heat that monstrosity will give off will render its gains largly futileQuote:
Originally Posted by Matt2107
i cant see it giving god gain imo, the angles the exhaust gasses has to pass through aint that best..Quote:
Originally Posted by Last Of The Nova SR'S
only good thing it will be is if you want to dry sump an xe, and have it sitting lower in the car
Really?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
I assumed that with the head facing the 'right way' so to speak more air would enter into the engine.
How little I know lol So forgivr my ignorance, how did the exhaust give performance gains?
Hmm, reverse head. In a word, utterly pointless.
Swindon made these engines that way purely to squeeze as much power from the engine as possible. Flipping the head probably gave them 10 - 15bhp (in a race, thats a lot of power) Basically around 300bhp. But these babys were running when the BTCC was PROPER and actually had mahoosive budgets, and they could afford to replace the engine every race! They were running the poor old XE at pretty much bursting point, much like F1 engines are today.
To do this to a road car or even a hobby track car is pointless on a massive scale, because a)the only way it will be worth the time effort and money would be to build a 300bhp engine, and b) it will probably last about as long as my last engine did anyway lol
You can actually get modified XE sump pans that give you an extra inch+ now, as in a shallower pan so to speak. Mainly for things like XE'd westfield's/locust's etc etcQuote:
Originally Posted by Ste L
But a ?110 a pop, are they really worth it!
Small change to a Westfield owner/builder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Last Of The Nova SR'S