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thought diesels needed big ex housings compared to petrols?

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Old 30-04-2005, 11:13 AM
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Whats that about then? CAT LeMans Diesel, feckin miniscule ex housings compared to the compresser, even if it was a petrol youd say they tiny, never mind a oil burner

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Old 30-04-2005, 11:23 AM
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alrite.

no always quite small on the old diesels mate
Old 30-04-2005, 11:25 AM
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I always thought they were small on diesels!

A 2ltr diesel runs a T2 sized turbo for instance, whereas a petrol 1.6 will run this.
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A 2ltr diesel runs a T2 sized turbo for instance, whereas a petrol 1.6 will run this.
Thats due to compressor air flow reasons, a 1.6 petrol engine can flow much much greater volume of air than a 2 litre diesel.
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"Think" its becasue you want a fairly narrow power band on CI
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Lower revs? Lower exhaust temps?
Old 30-04-2005, 03:10 PM
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Loveley looking Engine


If my understanding of pulse tuning is correct then:-

exhaust gas are made up of a series of pulses, and the runners on the manifold will have been specifically tuned to allow exhaust pulses to line up and enter the exhaust housing denser.

Denser = more compressed and therefore the lesser the need for size.
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