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Old 05-16-2009, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by ForcedInduction View Post
It might work okay on a gasser but on a diesel it would cause high exhaust backpressure.

yep, universal gas law PVT= PVT the reduction in temperature will decrease the volume proportional to the drop in temp, so if the exaust is 500 at the tail and 1500 at the manifold you effectively lose 2/3 of your volume, not to mention the pressure drop through the pipe
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