Description: Performance Exhaust Systems: How to Design, Fabricate, and Install by Mike Mavrigian This comprehensive book is your guide to achieving ultimate exhaust system performance. It shows you how to fabricate a system for custom applications and to fit the correct prefabricated system to your car. To extract maximum performance, an engine needs an efficient, well-designed, and properly tuned exhaust system. In fact, the exhaust system's design, components, and materials have a large impact on the overall performance of the engine. Engine builders and car owners need to carefully consider the exhaust layout, select the parts, and fabricate the exhaust system that delivers the best performance for car and particular application. Master engine builder and award-winning writer Mike Mavrigian explains exhaust system principles, function, and components in clear and concise language. He then details how to design, fabricate, and fit exhaust systems to classic street cars as well as for special and racing applications. Air/exhaust-gas flow dynamics and exhaust system design are explained. Cam duration and overlap are also analyzed to determine how an engine breathes in air/fuel, as the exhaust must efficiently manage this burned mixture. Pipe bending is a science as well as art and you're shown how to effectively crush and mandrel bend exhaust pipe to fit your header/manifold and chassis combination. Header tube diameter and length is taken into account, as well as the most efficient catalytic converters and resonators for achieving your performance goals. In addition, Mavrigian covers the special exhaust system requirements for supercharged and turbocharged systems. When building a high-performance engine, you need a high-performance exhaust system that's tuned and fitted to that engine so you can realize maximum performance. This comprehensive book is your guide to achieving ultimate exhaust system performance. It shows you how to fabricate a system for custom applications and to fit the correct prefabricated system to your car. No other book on the market is solely dedicated to fabricating and fitting an exhaust system in high-performance applications. Mike Mavrigian is a veteran book author and certified member of the National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence. He is the editor-in-chief of Auto Service Professional. He also owns and operates Birchwood Automotive Group, which assembles project vehicles, builds custom engines, and performs restorations. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments 4 Introduction 5 Chapter 1: Theory, Design and Principles 7 Intake Air 7 Carburetors 8 EFI Throttle Bodies 11 Mass Airflow Sensors 12 Fuel Injector Sizing 13 Intake Manifolds 13 Cylinder Heads 16 Camshafts 19 Special Firing-Order Camshafts 22 Exhaust Manifolds 22 Pumping Loss Reduction 24 The Four-Stroke Engine Cycle 25 Oxygen Sensor Technology 26 Chapter 2: Exhaust System Component Design, Flow and Function 27 Exhaust Manifolds 27 Exhaust Headers 29 Exhaust Manifold and Header Coatings 30 Exhaust Pipes 31 Mufflers 34 Catalytic Converters 36 Chapter 3: Exhaust Pipe 40 Materials 40 Exhaust Pipe Sizing 41 Pipe Bending 43 Pipe Shape 51 Pipe Material and Coatings 51 Crossover Pipes 53 Converting to Dual Exhaust 54 Exhaust System Supports 58 Pipe Connections 60 Sample Exhaust System Installations 62 2014 Chevy/GMC 1500 Cat-Back Installation 63 2011 Ford Mustang GT XO-Pipe Installation 65 Chapter 4: Header Design and Function 70 Selection Considerations 70 Header Styles 72 Materials 73 Header Coatings 75 Primary Tubes 79 Flange Welding 81 Tube Bending 82 Header Fabrication 84 Port Matching and Scavenging 88 Gaskets and Fasteners 90 Design Your Own Headers 94 Chapter 5: Mufflers and Catalytic Converters 99 Mufflers 99 Resonators 110 Catalytic Converters 111 Cat-Back Systems 114 Diagnosing Catalytic Converters 114 Testing the Converter 115 Chapter 6: Supercharged and Turbocharged Systems 119 Supercharging 119 Fuel System 122 Turbocharging 124 Engine High-Boost Upgrade 125 Turbocharger Temperature Management 126 Headers versus Cast-Iron Manifolds 128 Exhaust Pipe Diameters 128 Turbocharger Location 129 Intercoolers 131 Chapter 7: Exhaust System Math 135 Finding Swept Volume 135 Calculating Primary Tube Size 137 Pipe CFM 139 Exhaust Waves 139 Primary Tube Length 141 Collector Diameter and Length 141 Source Guide 142 Softcover. 8 1/2x11. 128 pages. Photographs. BRAND NEW! PLEASE NOTE: PHOTO IN THIS AUCTION IS A STOCK PHOTO OF THE BOOK. YOUR BOOK IS BRAND NEW FROM THE PUBLISHER, NEVER READ, NEVER SHELVED.
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