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Old 09-10-2007, 08:35 PM
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putting a new blower on the skyline at mo and have modded the downpipe to fit already. currently still has a 2.5 inch bore flange where original pipe joined original elbow with rest of system 3 inch i think off top of head. will i notice a worthwhile difference changing the flange or is it minimul?? running around 400bhp at 23psi 2.5 gtst
Old 09-10-2007, 08:45 PM
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Yes m8, but you wont be thinking OMG, but everything count`s
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what sort of losses would we guess at sticking with a 2.5 flange as apposed to 3
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Originally Posted by Danny@RADesigns
what sort of losses would we guess at sticking with a 2.5 flange as apposed to 3
Depends on a lot of things, like backpressure etc but maybe 10-20bhp at your power?
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