Recent content by CaptainofIron

I am working on a home made electromechanical actuator to replace the vacuum actuator on the front axle of my Jeep Cherokee. The vacuum actuator isn't the greatest and I have replaced it and the system lines few times. SO I figure, I know what force the vacuum actuator is putting out, I...

I don't know if its daylight savings or what, but I just can't seem to wrap my head around this analysis. There is a polycarbonate hemispherical head with 8 psi in a near vacuum environment (2.8 torr) Im trying to figure out what the minimum thickness is for the head. The shell is super...

Right on I am originally from Odessa, TX, I lived in Corpus Christi for a while (HUGE mistake) Ill have to look into somebody. I don't go on ls1tech anymore, too many lemmings on there now, it use to be a great forum, but it was slowly overrun with ricers who bought f-bods Lately I have...

Well either way I want to rebuild the system in order to get rid of the cutouts and get some O2 bungs incorporated downstream of the cats hopefully that will also solve my exhaust leak problem which in turn hopefully will solve the EGR Flow code

it wasnt immediate and no I didnt have a serious loss in HP, before I couldn't spin the wheels on dry road because of the traction control, and after the switch it shows the low trac light but I can spin them stopped and even rolling Im fairly certain the culprit is the down stream O2 simulators

No the EGR code started going off about 6 months after I moved to New Mexico from the Texas Gulf Coast, which pretty much coincided with the exhaust leak I can hear and smell, I am thinking that the terrible New Mexico roads vibrated something to the point of either crack propagation or loosened...

Initially I was planning on doing lots of mods to get bigger power, but not really so much anymore. I just wanted to get the better sound, get rid of the crossflow flowmaster, and fix the CES light On one hand the 2.5" system will be cheaper, and it would tuck under the car better, BUT like...

what kind of generator are you using? and what is the optimum rotational speed that it operates at

what field? petro? defense? aero?

This is a good post I would check into ASME BPVC Section II Part D, OR go to Battelle MMPDS-04 In some cases the materials are not very well characterized, or testing hasnt been done, in these cases you will not find any specifications I recently had to calculate an allowable stress (I...

This is true, honestly right now I wouldn't go with a PhD, you will be too specialized, UNLESS you just want to teach. I have seen studies where your salary will increase with an MS, but decrease greatly with a PhD Oh by the way, I am an ME working in the AE industry, ME and AE are very...

Right on man. Well right now the main reason I am trying to rebuild my exhaust is because the one I had fabbed in college is pretty restrictive and it leaks, which brings up the CES light with a EGR flow code, I am pretty sure its because one of my cutouts is leaking OR i have a bad weld...

As stated in the post above, yes it has the stock cam with 1.65 Roller rockers The pictures I posted are a project by Kooks, which make some pretty nice headers for the F-bodies. Yes its stock height, and no I am not going to lower it, it scrapes with the stock exhaust as it is. I have...

yes internally the engine is stock minus the 1.65 roller rockers and beehives the compression is 10.5:1 Valve Duration 279 intake, 276 exhaust (w/1.5 ratio) Valve Lift, degrees .447 intake, .459 exhaust (again w/ 1.5) Valve Overlap, degrees 41 All the following specs are with 1.5...

This is what I was thinking, I didnt want to have a choke point directly after the collector. I am pretty sure I can tuck a 3" system under there I saw a Trans Am with a very nice dual exhaust system, which is the one I wanted to model mine after...