Exhaust Tuning

Project Aim

This project aims to tune a KTM 390 engine's performance to achieve peak torque at a low rpm by optimising the runner length of the Exhaust. We intend to use Ricardo Wave to reduce the engine into an engineering model and vary the runner length of the exhaust. The data obtained will be analysed and plotted to ascertain the optimum runner length to achieve peak torque at an rpm close to the idle speed of the engine.

Members

• R Aswin
• Raahul Ravichander
• Karthik
• Rahul Rajesh

Work done

Automobiles are a quintessential mode of transportation, an essential cog, without which the world cannot function. Being an indispensable segment of the human lifestyle, its optimization is a necessity. In today's fast-paced world, people are always looking for ways to further enhance and optimize technology. This is exactly where Exhaust Tuning comes into the picture. Apart from having immense importance as itself, the future scope of Exhaust Tuning lies in its methodology. The software used can be used to analyse the effect of varying various different parameters - not just runner length of the exhaust. This methodology can be used to study the effect of a new intake design or changes in the fuel used and changes in the components associated with the engine.

Now onto the procedure:

The design was done in Ricardo Wave 2019. The software reduces the complicated constituents of an engine into individual 2D elements. The model can be made by a simple mechanism of drag and drop(from the menu on the left) into the Wave environment. Each of these connected by lines which represent ducts. In essence, Ricardo wave 2019 reduces the engine into a line diagram.