On Mar 15, 2009, at 9:17 AM, John Callahan wrote:
> > At last, a voice of reason and acuity in this exercise in tedium. > Also I take issue with this statement "the exhaust manifold comes off > the sides of the engine, not down the middle..." Never saw an engine > (V8) with the exhaust down the middle. Mis-statement on my part: "The intake manifold fed both banks from inside the Vee but the exhaust had to pass between the cylinders to reach the outboard exhaust manifolds." From <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Flathead_engine> It's because the valves are in the block, rather than in the cylinder head as on most designs See this photo: <http://tinyurl.com/crgz2v> This meant that not only is precious intercylinder space taken up by exhaust porting rather than cooling channels, heat is transferred from the exhaust back to the block. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---