Flathead - Has anyone "split" the center exhaust port?

[JSeery]

Originally Posted by Ziggster

What's a Chebby?

What it looks like with the center port split, LOL.

[jimTN]

IMHO, you would be better off using a wedge splitter in the center port. I have had good luck with the. Will not help the looks but would serve a purpose.

[Ziggster]

Originally Posted by JSeery

What it looks like with the center port split, LOL.

I guess splitting isn't all that it is cracked up to be. I guess I'll stick with one hole.

[JSeery]

Good decision!

[Cool Hand Lurker]

One other thing you might want to consider is the effect that four pipes might have on the flathead sound. In the firing order, cylinders 2 & 1 fire one right after the other while all other cylinders have a non-adjacent cylinder firing so there could be a slightly different sound pattern coming out the pipes. You could lose the unique flathead sound.

[Bored&Stroked]

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Post #23 is the only thing that made my time on this thread valuable! LOL

[Cool Hand Lurker]

Originally Posted by jimTN

IMHO, you would be better off using a wedge splitter in the center port. I have had good luck with the. Will not help the looks but would serve a purpose.

Do you mean to insert a wedge into the port? Wouldn't that restrict the flow?

[tubman]

Originally Posted by jimTN

IMHO, you would be better off using a wedge splitter in the center port. I have had good luck with them. Will not help the looks but would serve a purpose.

Interesting. I would have thought that shoving a chunk of cast iron into an already restricted exhaust passage would restrict it even more.

[jimTN]

The wedge splits exhaust from the two center cylinders and directs it out the port. Some say it is not help. I have had good experience with a cooler running engine.

[aussie merc]

tried it sounded awful [chev] didnt last long pulled it out now it sounds like a flathead should

[flatford8]

Originally Posted by Bored&Stroked

Post #23 is the only thing that made my time on this thread valuable! LOL

I was skipping thru just looking at the pics till I got to that one.....then I went back to find out what the heck was going on!!!!........Mark

[Ziggster]

Originally Posted by aussie merc

tried it sounded awful [chev] didnt last long pulled it out now it sounds like a flathead should

Interesting. I absolutely don't want to do anything that alters the sound of the flathead. That would be sacra religious.