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Ed Anderson wrote:

> AND give up 15HP?  Nope, besides need some motivation to do some more 
> muffler design work (play).
> I keep thinking about all the power in that exhaust pulse and the 
> potential of doing something? with it {:>)
>  
> Ed


Fry eggs?
(I'm sorry, but it's still early and I had a very light breakfast.)

Maybe consider a turbo that instead of pressurizing the intake, would 
pump air into the exhaust stream just aft of the turbo.  You could try 
playing with this:

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplanes/javplts/engsim6/applet/EngineSim.zip

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