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Butler
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25th Nov 07 at 11:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What was with these engines. C20XEs I assume? Did they use a reverse head? What sort of power were these engines putting out? Just been watching some old BTCC videos on youtube and it got me curious.
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Video links
SportBoy
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think only the later ones used the reverse head .. might be wrong tho .. and about 300bhp i 'think'
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A pic of the swindon head

Butler
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quote:
Originally posted by P1CK4D
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Butler
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Lazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7NrmvbA0iA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHk3D2XhuTc&feature=related

reminds me of toca 2 lol
Lee Wilson
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Wow, a vauxhall engine thats the right way round
SVM 286
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N'ah, that would have to be a Manta, Kadette, Chevette or MK I Cavalier for that Lee
Matt H
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Im sure Daimo priced up having a swindon head transplant, was a thread about it a while ago
Lucky B
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Why do folk posting up car stuff on you tube and the like spoil it by playing crap music along with the clip!?!?
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The earlier ones had a 'normal' head, the reverse head didn't make a lot of difference to the power apparently.
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pmsl at this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCij9mYIokA
My boss having a good old ding dong with cleland
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Can I be the 1st idiot to ask 'reverse head - what & why?'
Paul H
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induction on the front at a guess more air
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so the only real benefit is for throttle bodies etc? im a bit puzzled by the benefits of this? someone explain
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i belive the reverse heads were fitted to allow better routing of the exhaust and to allow the engine to be mounted lower to the floor. its all down to aerodynamics under the car and handling
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Can I be the 1st idiot to ask 'reverse head - what & why?'


When the exhaust is on the side facing forward it pours hot air over the engine and more importantly inlet manifold as it gathers in the bulkhead area.

Having the inlets facing the bulk head restricts airflow, cold air supply and manifold design.

Facing the inlets forward allows for a greater freedom of angle of mounting and manifold design.
It also allows you to have a lovely great air box mounted directly in the flow of air in front of the vehicle to scoop up buckets of cold, dense air and shovel it into the engine.

Having the exhaust facing towards the bulkhead allows for a simpler, shorter, more efficient exhaust that doesn't have to curve under the engine first, in order to make it's way to the back of the car.

Also, because the exhaust doesn't run under the engine, the engine can be mounted marginally lower in the car to lower the centre of gravity Colin.

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SVM why were crossflow engines ever introduced?
SVM 286
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To ease maintenance and promote better combustion because pre-crossflows tend to suffer with hot spots/heat soak and which can lead to poor running James.

I believe the principles of squish and swirl are better implemented in a crossflow design.

Also, the flow of combusted gases works more naturally in a crossflow design.

That said, there have been some very impressive race tuned Anglia engines.
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25th Nov 07 at 16:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hello, i belive svm has answerd everything in here i was going to, just with longer and correctly spelt words
SVM 286
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Evenin Jimbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul H
pmsl at this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCij9mYIokA
My boss having a good old ding dong with cleland


awesome little vid
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quote:
Originally posted by Butler
Lazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7NrmvbA0iA


Brilliant!

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