volumetric efficiency equations

[Land Shark]

At 08:51 3/10/96 -0600, you wrote:
>As mentioned by the guy from Ford, if you really want to accurately calculate
>volumetric efficiency then you must use a sophisticated program such as Ford's
>MANDY (can you send me a copy of that? :-)). 

 Uhh .. what he said ;)

>However the book by Taylor &
>Taylor from MIT Press does have some equations that indicate how various
>changes effect volumetric efficiency.  An example is the equation that shows
>how volumetric efficiency is affected by the ratio of Intake to Exhaust
>manifold pressure.  For some applications that level of sophistication is 
>sufficient.

 Could you give me a cite for said book, and also whoudl you be kind enough
 to summarize (or just dump) that formula ... I'm VERY curious as to the 
 effect of Exhaust backpressure on Ve ...

 Jim (about to supercharge an M3) Conforti