ButterFly Valve for a C3
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Le Mans Master
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From: Tracy California
ButterFly Valve for a C3
What is a Butterfly Valve ?
and how much does it cost ?
can it be put on a C3 ?
will it alter the sound effect of the exhaust ?
Does anyone have any installed ? pics please ..
(learning time for me)
and how much does it cost ?
can it be put on a C3 ?
will it alter the sound effect of the exhaust ?
Does anyone have any installed ? pics please ..
(learning time for me)
Racer
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From: Englewood CO
This is a butterfly valve.
It is just a valve used on various pipes to control the flow of the subtsance in the pipes. From your post I am asuming you are thinking of using it on your exhaust. People can add these to the exhaust so that they could either have the exhaust exit through the muffler or they could open the valve and have the exhaust exit before the muffler reducing backpressure. It will make your exhaust very loud and reduce backpressure. The 06 Z06 uses it to open up the exhaust under hard acceleration.
Here is another picture of it installed in an exhaust. It is hooked up to a Y-pipe so depending on if the valve is open you can have a muffled exhaust or wide open.
It is just a valve used on various pipes to control the flow of the subtsance in the pipes. From your post I am asuming you are thinking of using it on your exhaust. People can add these to the exhaust so that they could either have the exhaust exit through the muffler or they could open the valve and have the exhaust exit before the muffler reducing backpressure. It will make your exhaust very loud and reduce backpressure. The 06 Z06 uses it to open up the exhaust under hard acceleration.
Here is another picture of it installed in an exhaust. It is hooked up to a Y-pipe so depending on if the valve is open you can have a muffled exhaust or wide open.
Last edited by 79corvette; May 23, 2006 at 06:21 PM.
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Butterfly valve
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A Butterfly valve is a type of flow control device, used to make a fluid start or stop flowing through a section of pipe. The valve is similar in operation to a ball valve. A flat circular plate is positioned in the center of the pipe. The plate has a rod through it connected to a handle on the outside of the valve. Rotating the handle turns the plate either parallel or perpendicular to the flow of water, shutting off the flow. It is a very robust and reliable design. However, unlike the ball valve, the plate does not rotate out of the flow of water, so that a pressure drop is induced in the flow.
There are three types of butterfly valve:
Resilient butterfly valve which has a flexible rubber seat. Working pressure up to 1.6 Mpa
High performance butterfly valve which is usually double eccentric in design . Working pressure up to 5.0 Mpa
Tricentric butterfly valve which is usually with metal seated design. Working pressure up to 10.0 Mpa
Butterfly valves are also commonly utilised in conjuntion with carburetors to control the flow of air through the intake manifold and hence the flow of fuel and air into an internal combustion engine. The butterfly valve in this circumstance called a throttle as it is 'throttling' the engines aspiration. It is controlled via a cable or electronics by the furthest right pedal in the drivers footwell (although adaptions for hand control do exist). This is why the accellerator pedal in some countries is called a throttle pedal.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
A Butterfly valve is a type of flow control device, used to make a fluid start or stop flowing through a section of pipe. The valve is similar in operation to a ball valve. A flat circular plate is positioned in the center of the pipe. The plate has a rod through it connected to a handle on the outside of the valve. Rotating the handle turns the plate either parallel or perpendicular to the flow of water, shutting off the flow. It is a very robust and reliable design. However, unlike the ball valve, the plate does not rotate out of the flow of water, so that a pressure drop is induced in the flow.
There are three types of butterfly valve:
Resilient butterfly valve which has a flexible rubber seat. Working pressure up to 1.6 Mpa
High performance butterfly valve which is usually double eccentric in design . Working pressure up to 5.0 Mpa
Tricentric butterfly valve which is usually with metal seated design. Working pressure up to 10.0 Mpa
Butterfly valves are also commonly utilised in conjuntion with carburetors to control the flow of air through the intake manifold and hence the flow of fuel and air into an internal combustion engine. The butterfly valve in this circumstance called a throttle as it is 'throttling' the engines aspiration. It is controlled via a cable or electronics by the furthest right pedal in the drivers footwell (although adaptions for hand control do exist). This is why the accellerator pedal in some countries is called a throttle pedal.
Last edited by c3dreamer; May 23, 2006 at 06:37 PM.
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From: Gig Harbor Wa
I think what you are talking about is a cutout. Only on the C6 Z06 are they computer controlled. The one in the pic actually looks vacuum controlled. You can buy manual ones or electric ones that open with a flip of a switch.
Basically they just give you the sound of open headers when you want it. Pretty cool. Manual ones are about $25 each and electric ones are about $150 each.
Basically they just give you the sound of open headers when you want it. Pretty cool. Manual ones are about $25 each and electric ones are about $150 each.
