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Because all the others where 4th gear pulls. That orange trace was 2nd gear, hence boost not as high whilst building up revs.

My assumption is less load on the engine = lower boost build.

I will create a MAP graph for those traces in the morning to confirm

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Edited by Graham T on 4th Jun, 2019.

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MAP Graph to accompany MAF Graph for Road data



Edited by Graham T on 5th Jun, 2019.

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Road MAF Graph from previous page, re-posted just for easier comparision on the same page:



Edited by Graham T on 5th Jun, 2019.

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This is the MAF Comparison graph of Dyno Runs.







I have added the pruple trace, which was a full run @14.5 PSI.

Edited by Graham T on 5th Jun, 2019.

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Corresponding MAP data for the above MAF graph



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how about maf divided by map , to try to get a comparator , or ever sot ...just a line from the date just before cam timing change and a line after ? , just trying to comapre the cam effect .

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Here is MAF Over MAP for the 2nd gear road run a few days back and the last but one good Dyno run, -41.



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so that looks to have added what 1300 ? rpm

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I’m not really sure Robert,

The Dyno trace obviously finishes when the HP stopped rising, so that was at ~5400RPM.
The Road trace stops with the hard rev limiter hitting in at 6200RPM.
I have not got any other traces after the Exhaust was changedm, for up around 6000RPM.

I only ran on the road a few times with the new exhaust before coming back to you for the Feb Dyno session.

So, for MAF, I really have no more data to compare up at the 6200RPM rev limit.

All I can assume is that because I need to add more fuel from ~5200RPM up, the Cam timing change has lifted the power band slightly, but hopefully not too much.
Based on the small amount of AFR data so far, it seems not to have affected mid-range or low end too much.
But there is only one way to actually see the results of the cam timing change…


Also, I thought of interest, overlaying the MAF/MAP for the rod 4th Gear log onto the above graph:




And just as I was in a graphing mood:

The doomed 23PSI run, MAF / MAP







Edited by Graham T on 5th Jun, 2019.

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In the immortal words of the Python boys…


And now for something completely different!



New Inlet runners.



I really could not decide what length to make the new ones. On the one hand, I really want a tad more low down torque, but on the other hand, it would be nice to flatten out the torque curve at the top end also.


So, with that indecision, there really was only one way to move forward…











Lower runner extensions










Upper and lower extensions










Bell mouths












Variable length Runners!!













This will give a minimum total length of ~596mm









And a maximum of ~698mm total length








(at least it would be, if I had had it fully extended for the piccie…)








There is still a lot to do with the assembly before it’s even close to getting on the car, but I realised that there was no point in making a new Plenum to replace the bandaged one currently installed, if it would not fit with future plans.
Hence, get the basics of the runners first and then alter the design of existing plenum around that.

I am aware of course this might all be a big waste of time:
The length of the runners might make the car undrivable
There might even be no benefit to changing the runner lengths, or the range I have chosen might be completely wrong.
The bell mouths moving inside the plenum might have a detrimental effect on the flow of air into the runners.
The assembly might not actually even work at all/ jam or leak through the leadscrew seal.



But as they are all MIGHT’s, no harm in trying.




Control of the runner length will be done via an Arduino.
I actually started this part last Christmas and had it working fairly well.



Runner extension length is primarily based on RPM, which the Arduino gets via the MS2 tach output.
Further, the Arduino compensates for the changes in the speed of sound due to temperature. Input for this is a thermistor, which will be positioned in either the plenum or one of the runners (Yet to be decided).

Also, for testing and set up, there is a push button to turn off the “automatic” length adjustment, so that a length can be set via a POT.
The biggest concern at this point is motor selection. I have an NEMA 17 stepper motor for testing, but I am not sure if it will be torquey enough, fast enough or able to stand the under bonnet environment for long.


I should be in a position soon to test fit all of that on the existing runners, which will be done when I take it apart to to check the head stud torque and adjust the valve clearances.

Edited by Graham T on 6th Jul, 2019.

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That’s great. I started making something similar to test different runner lengths on my 7port, though nowhere near as fancy as yours, mine simply screwed together to allow different runners to be fitted.

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Double post !

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this will be very interesting .

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM


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Cool.

I did some calcs on runner length years ago which were subsequently backed up by some much more complex simulations:

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On 5th Jul, 2019 Turbo Phil said:
That’s great. I started making something similar to test different runner lengths on my 7port, though nowhere near as fancy as yours, mine simply screwed together to allow different runners to be fitted.

Phil.



Phil,
that was my original idea, but then I got involved in helping my 9 year niece with robotics at school using Raspberry PI’s and Aduino’s, which made me think “oooh, now there’s a plan…”



It is certainly going to be interesting to see how this pans out.

My calculations are not as scientific and informed as Paul's, rather more “best understanding” and urm, just a little guess work.
The values I am working off, which may well be based on a completely wrong theory are so different from Paul's above.

For example, I know my full runner length, including the distance from the runner flange to the valve stem is around 407mm. (I say around because it is near impossible to accurately measure the curves)

I also know that this runner length greatly increased efficiency around the 4000 – 4500 RPM range.
So that’s a massive difference to the 400mm at 6037RPM in Paul’s above.

Apart from the obvious considerations of packaging, I calculated 407mm length based on wanting peek torque around 4500RPM, taking an average inlet temperature in the plenum of 23 Deg C and assuming the best timing for the wave to hit the open valve was at, or just before max lift.

To cover the temperature variations I had seen in the plenum, I think it was between 16 Deg C to 35 Deg C, I added 20 Deg advance to my peek lift value, thinking this would ensure the “supercharging” effect kept at around or just before peek lift.







On the car that runner length made an immediate difference: I had to increase the values in the 4000RPM and 4500RPM VE fuel table columns by around 4 and 8 points respectively.

However, what I did not realise until the first Dyno session with the new runners and plenum was that this had also had the effect of dropping my peek power Rev’s from between ~5700 – 5800RPM down to between 5200 – 5300RPM.
We also had to significantly reduce the values in the Fuel VE table’s 5500 and 6000RPM column’s by up to 16 points.

The upshot was that although there was that massive spike in performance around 4000 – 4500 RPM, I was still stuck at a peek power of around 160 – 165 BHP without going mad on the boost controller – and we know where that ended up.

This was the reason I changed the cam timing from 106 to 110 Deg, to try to get the peek power further up the rev range.
To date that change looks positive: I have not had to change the VE fuel values around the 4500 RPM range, but I have had to increase values so far by 5 – 6 points up at 5500 – 6000 RPM and I believe that is still fairly lean.
Once I get brave enough this month, I will get back to the Dyno to check what the differences are.





Now back to runner length calc’s.

My interpretation of the data we got before going boost crazy in Feb suggests that I was wrong with the point at which the shock wave hits the open valve.

In fact it seems, possibly the wave hitting the valve just after overlap gives the boost in efficiency.
2 back to back runs from February’s dyno session








In both cases above, with the big difference in inlet temperature and the difference in peek torgue RPM, it appears that the calculated point at which the returning wave hits the open valve would have been the same.


The other thing I was considering is:
If the wave hits so early in the valve opening cycle, then with the second inlet valve 180 deg behind the first on each runner, this means that a second wave would hit the still open valve at the end of the open window?? ( I think, maybe…)


So that is all my rambling and bumbling theorising which resulted in me using a target of 210 Deg before the valve closes as the point that I want the wave to hit the open(ing) valve.

Thus giving me a range of lengths to fit in:







So with my existing 407mm long runners, it was again a case of packaging and trying to get somewhere close to my theorised numbers with the largest possible extension range.


A graphical representation of the runner movement based on “best fit” does look a little “meandering” though...








Regardless, I guess time will tell…

Edited by Graham T on 6th Jul, 2019.

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graham with the 407 working so well on the dyno at the 4500 area , should there be a 407mm at those rpm in the graph above ?

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The problem is that the existing 407mm is mostly curved. In order to get the extending piece in, I need some straight static pipework, so I needed to extend the static pipework at both the bottom of the runner and the top.
Without a complete redesign of runners and plenum I would not be able to fit it in and keep the 407mm length

Hence what I have opted for is to try to hit the 5th harmonic for 4500RPM at 652mm rather that the 8th Harmonic at 407mm. Because I am limited to somewhere around 102mm of variable extension, it really is a “best fit” scenario.

The goal here is that if this is a complete failure, I can remove the new runner sections and just return to the existing 407mm runner lengths, with a new flange adaptor to suit the slightly modified plenum.


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ah gotcha thank you

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My memory is a bit hazy on all this stuff, it was some years ago now but I do remember running multiple simulations to optimise the inlet and exhaust runners, cam, turbo, head etc. They all played a big roll in where peak torque occured. Biggest players were the turbine and the exhaust pipe.

You could run loads of simulations on runner length and get no meaningful results because the engine breathing only needs to be restricted by one component and runner length makes no difference. Once everything is truly working together then some big changes in peak torque occurance could be found.

I found this chart:


I think this is my latest 998 with a GT1752, LCB style turbo manifold and 300mm manifold runners. Peak torque ocurrs around 6000rpm.

Interestingly, the peak of the inlet pressure wave ocurrs at overlap as you discuss above. This was consitently found to be the best solution for the 5 port. Average VE across all cylinders was 100% or thereabouts, mainly due to the scavenging of the exhaust manifold and the inlet pressure wave. However, the difference in VE on the inner/outers was:


The simulations found that the best solution for the 5 port was to sacrifice the inner cylinders for the sake of the outers. The first chart shows how the outer cylinder fills much faster as it gets a big helping hand from the inner.

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On 6th Jul, 2019 Paul S said:

… Interestingly, the peak of the inlet pressure wave ocurrs at overlap as you discuss above. This was consitently found to be the best solution for the 5 port.

Ok, that’s good.
Thank you, that is now the second confirmation I have had that any efficiency gains that would be expected due to the pulse tuning would happen with the pulse hitting the opening valve on or near to overlap.

On 6th Jul, 2019 Paul S said:

…I think this is my latest 998 with a GT1752, LCB style turbo manifold and 300mm manifold runners. Peak torque ocurrs around 6000rpm.



Interesting.
My little table...




...shows 305mm for 6000RPM on the 8th Harmonic (please correct my terminology if I have it wrong.), that is with a target angle of 210 Deg before valve closing.

If I change the temperature from 23Deg to 21 Deg, then that changes runner length to 298mm.

Bringing the target angle closer into the overlap area reduces the runner length also – for example, setting the target angle to 240 deg, gives me 286mm required runner length.






Yesterday I completed the bearing mount for the rear of the lead screw and bolted the assembly together.
I seems to work perfectly with a dewalt battery drill powering it, even with a bit of warming all over from a blow torch.
I did start the mounting piece for the stepper motor, but that go a bit involved, and so still not completed.




I should soon be able to mount the motor and test, then decide whether I need something with more torque, and / or speed.

It looks like I need to be able to move the runners the potential 100mm in around 2 seconds as a minimum, but trying to find a log file with a clean first gear tickover to 6000RPM is proving difficult…
Also, I cannot remember the time it took for 100mm traverse when I had the stepper motor, lead screw and Arduino set up at Christmas.

Edited by Graham T on 8th Jul, 2019.

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On 8th Jul, 2019 Graham T said:


...shows 305mm for 6000RPM on the 8th Harmonic (please correct my terminology if I have it wrong.), that is with a target angle of 210 Deg before valve closing.



The software that I use is more akin to CFD. It builds a mesh from the inlet and exhaust geometry, uses characteristics for the compressor and turbine, then does an unsteady simulation of the whole engine air flow every 2 degrees of revolution. It does not use harmonics characteristics although the output reproduces the wave forms. So it does not specifically identify harmonics, they're all in there somewhere :)

The other thing to consider is the impact of the exhaust manifold. Another plot I found from years gone by shows how the tuned length of the exhaust is best optimised to deliver lowest pressure at overlap. This is fundemental to a high VE as it promotes effective scavenging.

Edited by Paul S on 8th Jul, 2019.

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where you say exhaust pipe, i presume you mean primary length? or do you mean downstream of the turbine.

this is all rather interesting as Im just trying to decide what to do the inlet length as on my K head set up, currently the exhausts primarys are about 550mm, so a bit longer than ideal... inlets would be easiers to do at about 300mm

on the sliding inlets, are you going to try moging them through the rev range at all? or just move them at a fixed rpm to see what works best?




On 6th Jul, 2019 Paul S said:
My memory is a bit hazy on all this stuff, it was some years ago now but I do remember running multiple simulations to optimise the inlet and exhaust runners, cam, turbo, head etc. They all played a big roll in where peak torque occured. Biggest players were the turbine and the EXHAUST PIPE.

You could run loads of simulations on runner length and get no meaningful results because the engine breathing only needs to be restricted by one component and runner length makes no difference. Once everything is truly working together then some big changes in peak torque occurance could be found.

I found this chart:


I think this is my latest 998 with a GT1752, LCB style turbo manifold and 300mm manifold runners. Peak torque ocurrs around 6000rpm.

Interestingly, the peak of the inlet pressure wave ocurrs at overlap as you discuss above. This was consitently found to be the best solution for the 5 port. Average VE across all cylinders was 100% or thereabouts, mainly due to the scavenging of the exhaust manifold and the inlet pressure wave. However, the difference in VE on the inner/outers was:


The simulations found that the best solution for the 5 port was to sacrifice the inner cylinders for the sake of the outers. The first chart shows how the outer cylinder fills much faster as it gets a big helping hand from the inner.

On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
At the risk of being sigged...

Joe, do you have a photo of your tool?



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On 8th Jul, 2019 Joe C said:
where you say exhaust pipe, i presume you mean primary length? or do you mean downstream of the turbine.



No I do mean exhaust pipe, back pressure at overlap is critical and the turbine and the pipe downstream can be very restrictive. Going from 2" to 2 1/4" on the exhaust made a lot of difference in the simulation.

Getting primary/secondary lengths right is also critical, but it's more important to get the total length right rather than just the primaries. My 1&4 primaries are about 450mm whereas ideally they would be around 300mm.

EDIT: Clarified comment on primaries.

Edited by Paul S on 8th Jul, 2019.

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