<VV> Manifold heat soak

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

By the way, what's this 'aluminum product' you're talking about? 
 
As far as heat goes, pure aluminum melts around 1200 F. All of its alloys  
have lower melting points than that, and it's not unusual to see manifold temps  
on turbo engines in excess of 1600 F. 
 
In a message dated 8/4/2007 10:25:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
crawfordrose at msn.com writes:

Look, if  it doesn't work, then why did the aftermarket supply and market an 
aluminum  product for that purpose? It should work for a normally aspirated 
motor with a  460 valve temps; I don't see why it would "fail".  It might get 
soft; it  might leak; it might corrode quickly. However, this is not to say it 
won't  work to pass exhaust to the muffler. Using that reasoning, my 
turbocharger  bearing housing should be molten scrap, adjacent to the 600 degree turbo  
exhaust, after a hard run.
Crawford Rose
----- Original Message  ----- 
From: JVHRoberts at aol.com 
To: crawfordrose at msn.com  ; virtualvairs at corvair.org 
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 6:58  AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Manifold heat  soak


 



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