will going from a 3" bore to a 2.5" exhaust bore increase backpressure?
17-08-2008 | 05:13 PM
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will going from a 3" bore to a 2.5" exhaust bore increase backpressure?
as title, i know it sounds thick but am extremely hungover today!
17-08-2008 | 05:14 PM
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i would of thought so mate
17-08-2008 | 05:15 PM
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Technically yes, the more relevant question is 'by how much?'
17-08-2008 | 05:16 PM
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Yes, it's when you go the otherway you'd be ok..
17-08-2008 | 05:25 PM
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ive got a straight through mongoose with only back box its 11years old and doesnt have much baffles left in it,its loud as fuck
17-08-2008 | 05:58 PM
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thanks guys just measured my scorpion system with a tape, its roughly 22cm all round, so what bore would it be?
17-08-2008 | 06:18 PM
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2.5" bore then...
17-08-2008 | 06:20 PM
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just measured my standard ford exhaust and thats a 2" bore only!
18-08-2008 | 02:22 PM
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paceo
thanks guys just measured my scorpion system with a tape, its roughly 22cm all round, so what bore would it be?
Diameter = Circumference divided by Pi
22cm / 3.142 = 7.00 cm = 2.75 inches
18-08-2008 | 04:38 PM
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Diameter = Circumference divided by Pi
22cm / 3.142 = 7.00 cm = 2.75 inches
thanks mate, id imagine about 2.6 because i have to take in the thickness of the steel!
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will going from a 3" bore to a 2.5" exhaust bore increase backpressure?
17-08-2008 | 05:25 PM
