Will....
Glad to hear from you. To bring you up to date on the Morgan, I
have rebuilt a TR3 engine to SS specs (although my wife balked at
cutting
a hole for Webers so I'm using SUs). I have also modified the frame
for
a OD transmission.
At the end of 99 I intend to retire from the University and have
been
taking classes in welding and machining. Along with that I have been
buying
tools like mad, including a lathe and a milling machine. (my wife has
no idea
what I have spent in the last year). So I feel that anything that
maybe I can
build myself I want to try.
2000 is the year to start on the trike.....
GARY MARQUIS / FAT BASSET GARAGE
chico
california usa
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Zehring [SMTP:zehrinwa@UMDNJ.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 1998 10:15 AM
> To: Marquis, Gary
> Subject: Re: TR headers.
>
> At 08:23 AM 11/23/98 -0800, you wrote:
> > I am giving thought to building my own headers for my 58 Morgan +4
> > (Triumph TR3 powered) and am hoping the wisdom of these groups
> > can help me. The engine has been rebuilt with a big bore kit and a mild
> > street cam. What I want to know is:
> > Which is best a 4 into 1 configuration or a 2 into 1 - 2 into 1?
> > How long should the singles be?
> > I don't have the original headers anyway so I have to make/buy
> something
> > and maybe the gain isn't worth the effort anyway.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Hi, Gary (my first email morgan contact from long ago);
>
> Your local header shop guru will know best, but my guess is that a pair of
> 2 into 1's would be the best. This can all be overridden by consideration
> of the diameter of the piping, tho. I'd guess that a 4 iinto 1 is
> complicated by the desire to have all four travel the same distance
> (starts
> to look like spaghetti). Some headers can get quite elaborate but fail to
> achieve performance goals due to restrictive inner diameters, or so I've
> been told by folks who now and again sound like they know what they're
> talking about...
>
> cheers,
> Will Zehring
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