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A couple of posts back you said chevs had a better firing order than Holdens what did you mean by this....?
I thought the Holden V8 with twin system sounded the best.....
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"I thought the Holden V8 with twin system sounded the best....." iv had 253 twin systems, 308 twin systems, and now own a 350 with twin system, and by far, the 350 has the best note. 
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Chev shares the same firing order as Ford and chrysler.
Holden is a one off?
You can always pick a chev from a holden by the note.
In one of my chev performance books, there is a forward written on behalf of the guy who designed the first original 265 |
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A common modification on Chevs and Hemi's is to swap the firing order of cylinder 4 and 7, to move the two cylinders firing next to each other, away from the weight and inertia of the rear of the engine. Ironically enough, this then becomes the same firin
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A common modification on Chevs and Hemis is to swap the firing order of cylinder 4 and 7, to move the two cylinders firing next to each other, away from the weight and inertia of the rear of the engine. Ironically enough, this then becomes the same firing
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Holden is a one off...? what about Audi, BMW, Mercedes..
The fact that some chev engineer wrote that is a chev manual is hardly surprising....? Im sure Mercedes write similar quotes.
Basically you saying in your experience the chev sounds
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Holden is a one off...? what about Audi, BMW, Mercedes..
The fact that some chev engineer wrote that is a chev manual is hardly surprising....? I'm sure Mercedes write similar quotes.
Basically you saying in your experience the chev sounds
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SHift the firing order around?
never heard of it.
Bill Jenkings, John Baechtel,Smokey Yunick and Atherton/Schreib say nothing about this in any of their books.
I personally think the chev runs smoother than a Holden.
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As for picking exhaust notes, well that changes with cam, heads, inlet etc. A perfect example is my Overlander with the engine swap. It was a stock HZ red 308 with cast manifolds and single 2.5" system plus 600 Holley and HEI dizzy. I changed it to a stoc |
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shift the firing order around....they sure do...!!
This has been around for over 10 years....easy...
Im not sure about car makers or trucks, but motor bikes most definitely. Honda had "traction cranks" in 1993 but possibly earlier.
They had a lot o
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shift the firing order around....they sure do...!!
This has been around for over 10 years....easy...
I'm not sure about car makers or trucks, but motor bikes most definitely. Honda had "traction cranks" in 1993 but possibly earlier.
They had a lot
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shift the firing order around....they sure do...!!
This has been around for over 10 ye |
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Does the fact the Holden has a 90 degree V and the Chevs/Fords 60 degrees have more to do with the note (or exhaust rhythm?) Thats what I put the difference down to.
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Hi 81837.
I'm not sure how or where that particular myth started, but most, if not all, American V8s have a 90 degree 'V'.
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Hi 81837.
Im not sure how or where that particular myth started, but most, if not all, American V8s have a 90 degree V.
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