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    Open Header = Burnt Exhaust Valves? Myth?

    Gentlemen, I've been trying to find a reputable source for the cause of this but I'm having little luck. There seems to be a well known idea that running an engine with just open headers or just a collector with no long exhaust will eventually "burn the valves." The idea is that they warp and...
  2. spectreeng

    How to Hold Pipe from Inside?

    Is there a device that can grab a 3" aluminum pipe from the inside? It would be like a chuck that expands to hold it from the inside. The purpose of this is so that we can rotate it and laser etch the outside. Thanks.
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    Air Inlet Sizing Question (Fluids Theory)

    Ignoring pulsation effects and assuming a steady inviscid incompressible flow, old Bernoulli says pressure loss is required to accelerate still air (outside the air inlet) to whatever inlet pipe flow velocity is needed for the engine at a specific RPM. Now I read volumetric efficiency being the...
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    Bolt Hex vs Wrench Size

    When a bolt head hex is designed for a 3/8" wrench - which is supposed to be 3/8" (the bolt hex or the wrench) and what is the standard clearance/tolerance?

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