Reverse flow conversion
Reverse flow conversion
I have an 84 x 36 offset that I bought cheap that is on its way to a rebuild. Reverse flow conversion. Starting a new firebox tomorrow 30 x 36 x 30. If my air intakes are 3 inch how many do I need? One calc says about 5 the other says 14. Which is right? Also my exhaust is 5.5" diameter. One calc says 23" the other say 60". I'm confused.
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Re: Reverse flow conversion
. Welcome!! This is the numbers that you gave for your build, the fire box is under sized by almost 25% so it’ll probably struggle to maintain temperature. It says you need 9.5 3” intakes and the stack will be 48” tall.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Re: Reverse flow conversion
This would be a better setup based off the pit calculator.
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Re: Reverse flow conversion
My firebox is 30 x 36 x 30. I accidentally typed 25. Sorry. I think I have it straight.
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Re: Reverse flow conversion
My bad I posted it before I changed the stack diameter to shorten some. If you use a 8” stack it’ll only be 30” long or you could use twin 5.5” stacks and they would be 32” tall.
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Re: Reverse flow conversion
Dang it Big T
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Re: Reverse flow conversion
Twin 5.5's would be perfect. As usual something came up today. Start tomorrow hopefully. This site is really great. Thanks again for the help.
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It seems like something always gets in the way of having fun 
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