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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 08:56 PM
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Please advise!!!
I have 433rwh and 407torque with the mod's that I have on...I have the Borla Stinger with the LG Longtubes with no cat's. I am thinking of changing the Borla's for a set of Bullet's and thoughts on loosing back pressure..and this affecting my top-end???

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MTI RACING TUNE
LG LONG TUBES NO CATS
BORLA STINGER
HALTECH STINGER
LG UNDERDRIVE CRANK PULLEY
160 DEGREE THERMOSTAT
TR6 PLUGS WITH LG COATED CONDUCTOR WIRES
LG CAM G5X3 WITH THE SPRINGS, RETAINERS, AND ROD COMBO
3:90 DTE STAGE 2 DIFFERENTIAL

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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 10:12 PM
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By decreasing back pressure you gain high end horsepower at the cost of low end torque.. hope this helps
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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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Back pressure is never good. The lower you can make it, the better the engine becomes as an air pump, and that means more power, up top, down low, everywhere across the power band.
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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Armored Saint
By decreasing back pressure you gain high end horsepower at the cost of low end torque.. hope this helps
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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 10:47 PM
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I use to have a 996 Porsche Carrera 2002 and ran it with mufflers bypass pipes, highflow cats and headers...extremely loud. The car cars top end went down in compared to my friend stock 996 with the stock exhaust set-up. This is my concern.

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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 12:56 AM
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Something else was going on.
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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If you are all about the top-end, your plan is fine. I would like to hear it when you get done. good luck
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