Straight pipes...Power?
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Straight pipes...Power?
So I recently had the local exhaust cut out the mufflers for a better sound (awsome btw) and was wondering if this would give me any increase in rwhp. my thought process was that it was increasing flow so better performance but I dont know much yet soooo?
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More than likely, you will loose power and torque...loud does not mean better... loud only means something to a certain element of our community.. headers are " tuned " to control back pressure and scavenging of the exhaust pulses.. a crossover pipe helps Pull the exhaust gases from your engine...gutting the exhaust is a negative with respect to performance,.If you are looking for noise, gutting the mufflers will do that....but don't think there is any added benefit.
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If they were stock mufflers then yes you will free up some restriction which will increase RWHP (Hidden HP) -
But it will not be a ton or make it a 1/2 second faster in the 1/4 etc
Thanks,Matt
But it will not be a ton or make it a 1/2 second faster in the 1/4 etc
Thanks,Matt
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How much did they charge you? i might do the same
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I left the stock cats and manifolds on so its really not very loud at all below 2k but if im stepping on it its about as loud as my buddys camed z with headers and stingers....it ran me 350 so not to bad.
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More than likely, you will loose power and torque...loud does not mean better... loud only means something to a certain element of our community.. headers are " tuned " to control back pressure and scavenging of the exhaust pulses.. a crossover pipe helps Pull the exhaust gases from your engine...gutting the exhaust is a negative with respect to performance,.If you are looking for noise, gutting the mufflers will do that....but don't think there is any added benefit.
I learned this years ago drag racing my 55 chevy gasser. i had fenderwell headers and very short collectors. the car wasn't making much power on the big end. After making a pass a racer came over to me and advised me to put some tapered extensions on the headers and see how it performed. He turned out to be right as I picked up a halfe second off the E.T. I guess he knew what he was talking about.
P.S. His name was Don Garletts!
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Evi twin is correct, gutting your exhaust probably costs you torque.
I learned this years ago drag racing my 55 chevy gasser. i had fenderwell headers and very short collectors. the car wasn't making much power on the big end. After making a pass a racer came over to me and advised me to put some tapered extensions on the headers and see how it performed. He turned out to be right as I picked up a halfe second off the E.T. I guess he knew what he was talking about.
P.S. His name was Don Garletts!
I learned this years ago drag racing my 55 chevy gasser. i had fenderwell headers and very short collectors. the car wasn't making much power on the big end. After making a pass a racer came over to me and advised me to put some tapered extensions on the headers and see how it performed. He turned out to be right as I picked up a halfe second off the E.T. I guess he knew what he was talking about.
P.S. His name was Don Garletts!
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evil-twin and c5wolfe are correct, anyone thinking straight pipes on a non drag/track car is dreaming and misinformed..don't believe just ask a tuner or reputable shop...loud just makes all those who drive vettes look bad..put mufflers back on and give you neighbors a break and not annoy the police.
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Thanks for the help and opinions guys! And I agree about the straight pipes being a little redneck ...not what im looking for but I only got so much coin so a mans Gota do what a mans Gota do!
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I'll agree with Evil-Twin on this - most likely you'll lose power. Besides, I wouldn't like having a car that is all that noisy.
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Geez... Just get some cut-outs. We've seen actual gains on cut-outs after the header collectors. And at least you can close them so your neighbors don't quarter you.
We don't have any loud cars in my neighborhood, thankfully. But if we did, I'm sure the neighbors here would bleach their lawn.
We don't have any loud cars in my neighborhood, thankfully. But if we did, I'm sure the neighbors here would bleach their lawn.