Jerry Bass wrote:

Still havn't gotten address from ED or KEN.  I suppose they are on
Christmas Holiday somewhere.

Sending a sketch of what I need for the next manafold. Hope you can
read it.

Happy new year to ya-all

Jerry Bass
540-932 3124

I built one of these some time ago.  When I  published the photo, a
number of  people whose opinions I respect such a Lynn, said it would
cost me a lot of h.p.  maybe as much as 15 or 20.   It was not easy to
give up.   It fit perfectly inside the cowl and weighed very little.
But  in the end the H.P. penalty was too much.     Jerry

Yes but you don't know for sure. You don't have one running.  Dave Atkins 
has flown one for years. So too Tracy Crook. Tom Jordan, the picture I just 
up loaded has no lack of HP. Porsche and VW used them for 40 years. 

On the other hand you will get more HP out of a tuned version. No doubt about it.
There is a limited amount of room in any pusher for any type of muffler system
let alone pipes that are 32 inches long. Brian Trube came up with the square
tube tuned tangential muffler.

Hopefully we will have some quantitative answers soon when I get the dyno running. 
This week I have been doing family stuff so the dyno completion was delayed. 

Paul Lamar
 
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