Group4 stainless exaust manifolds

[tryphon]

Hello to all,

I don't want to show off or anything but I think you should check the brand new pictures of the Group 4 manifolds.
They're at:
http://www.rallycars.com/Cars/Lancia/Stratos3.html

I find them so beautiful...

There's also an intersting story behind them which I think not a lot of people know:
Lancia were trying to find more torque at low RPM with their engine. It was almost by accident they noticed that by linking one outlet tube to the other they could achieve this goal. Further research allowed them to precisely place each minor tube to an exact place on the manifold. The minor tubes have different shapes and the holes that allow exhaust gasses to pass from one to the other are of different diameters and shapes depending on which tubes they are linking.
A work of art and a well kept secret as only Maglioli knows precisely were to place them and how...

Cheers,
Tryphon

[rutthenut]

Hmm, they do look really neat.

Nice piece of pipework and very intriguing with those small link pipes between the headers.

[chris.richard]

I can't find them at that page - any poiters to where I should be looking?:confused:

[rutthenut]

It does take a while for that page to load, as it has lots of thumbnail images of Tryphon's car.

But if you want to see one of the images, following this link http://www.rallycars.com/_cgi-bin/show-Lancia.cgi?189

[chris.richard]

Found them - my browser was loading an old copy of the page from deep in its innards somewhere!