ESE's works engine tuner

[lohring]

Sliding pipes are common on racing outboards. See https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=389274510418137 They are a sliding fit without seals. A friend made a sliding pipe with seals that was coupled to the boat's rudder. It lengthened in the turns as the rpm got pulled down. I built a pipe with a manually adjustable baffle cone. It depended on fit for a seal. Pipes are creating shock waves that don't depend on a good seal. Our pipes develop around 100 inches of water or 3 to 4 psi at the large diameter. We water cool the pipe to header connection to save the o rings. Again, we have lots of cold water.

Lohring Miller

[wobbly]

As the 2:1 Y pipe scenario works best with what would be considered " radical " 200* Exhaust duration ( with all the downsides of that ), the thought occurred to me that if you are happy
to go to all the trouble of adding a " third leg " ATAC, then why not arrange a flap valve inside the Y that alternately shuts of the leg to the opposing cylinders in turn.
Sure it has to operate at the crank rpm ( that is relatively low in this case ), but with some lateral thought it may be possible.
EDIT - after a coffee I thought of a pair of inline drum valves driven with a tooth belt off the crank.

The other " cheat " available is to cut the piston skirts slightly short, such that the port, and thus the crankcase, is open to the Y when each piston is at TDC.
This plays absolute havoc with the fueling, but pumpers can be made to work with it, and it increases power everywhere.
Been there, done that, won the " Stock " Jetski Title.

[katinas]

Thank you Frits for the photos, the result is clearly visible in the graph.