best exhaust setup for improving mpg
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Have a good local exhaust shop, with a mandrel bender, make a downpipe with a flex joint and your cat-back system. Shouldn't be anymore than 200, unless you are replacing the cat as well.
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Year: 1999 Sport Road Rash Monstaliner
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I went ahead and ordered these parts from Perf. curve. Everything is 2.5" since I'm starting to join the school of thought that bigger is better! lol. I will go to a shop and have a new downpipe made when I get the old one off. The only thing left is to figure out where to put the 6" flex pipe on that downpipe.
cat link
muffler/tailpipe link
flex pipe link
Can I just weld the entire system together from the downpipe back? Are there drawbacks to that?
cat link
muffler/tailpipe link
flex pipe link
Can I just weld the entire system together from the downpipe back? Are there drawbacks to that?
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I went ahead and ordered these parts from Perf. curve. Everything is 2.5" since I'm starting to join the school of thought that bigger is better! lol. I will go to a shop and have a new downpipe made when I get the old one off. The only thing left is to figure out where to put the 6" flex pipe on that downpipe.
Can I just weld the entire system together from the downpipe back? Are there drawbacks to that?
Can I just weld the entire system together from the downpipe back? Are there drawbacks to that?
(Those kids putting 4" exhaust on Hondas? They do that because they see turbo people doing it - so it must be good, right? Thing is, turbocharger impellers in the exhaust stream change the rules when it comes to cylinder evacuation, and putting a 4" exhaust on a naturally-aspirated - or even a supercharged - engine will actually be MORE restrictive, not less, for reasons previously given. Be careful you don't end up shooting yourself in the foot - 2.5" ID exhaust is borderline for a stocker...)
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I went ahead and ordered these parts from Perf. curve. Everything is 2.5" since I'm starting to join the school of thought that bigger is better! lol. I will go to a shop and have a new downpipe made when I get the old one off. The only thing left is to figure out where to put the 6" flex pipe on that downpipe. cat link muffler/tailpipe link flex pipe link Can I just weld the entire system together from the downpipe back? Are there drawbacks to that?
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Year: 1999 Sport Road Rash Monstaliner
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Be careful with that thinking - as I said, there is very much a point of diminishing returns with exhaust, and you will rapidly pass that point and get to where you're actually causing yourself more trouble than you're trying to correct!
(Those kids putting 4" exhaust on Hondas? They do that because they see turbo people doing it - so it must be good, right? Thing is, turbocharger impellers in the exhaust stream change the rules when it comes to cylinder evacuation, and putting a 4" exhaust on a naturally-aspirated - or even a supercharged - engine will actually be MORE restrictive, not less, for reasons previously given. Be careful you don't end up shooting yourself in the foot - 2.5" ID exhaust is borderline for a stocker...)
(Those kids putting 4" exhaust on Hondas? They do that because they see turbo people doing it - so it must be good, right? Thing is, turbocharger impellers in the exhaust stream change the rules when it comes to cylinder evacuation, and putting a 4" exhaust on a naturally-aspirated - or even a supercharged - engine will actually be MORE restrictive, not less, for reasons previously given. Be careful you don't end up shooting yourself in the foot - 2.5" ID exhaust is borderline for a stocker...)
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haha, Yea I thought about that too. I figure though if they have a muffler and tailpipe kit specifically for an xj AND others on this forum have recommended them... well, it can't be all that bad. The prices were reasonable as well. They gave me 10% off for being a member of the forum.
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(The 4" pipe was more an example - coupled with the fact that these silly kids put 4" pipe on something that has less than half of the displacement of our engines, and wouldn't need 4" plumbing even if it DID have a turbocharger on it, well ...)
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Ask to see their math, or to fully explain their reasoning. If they can't do that, go elsewhere.
(The 4" pipe was more an example - coupled with the fact that these silly kids put 4" pipe on something that has less than half of the displacement of our engines, and wouldn't need 4" plumbing even if it DID have a turbocharger on it, well ...)
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Ask to see their math, or to fully explain their reasoning. If they can't do that, go elsewhere.
(The 4" pipe was more an example - coupled with the fact that these silly kids put 4" pipe on something that has less than half of the displacement of our engines, and wouldn't need 4" plumbing even if it DID have a turbocharger on it, well ...)
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For some riced-out BS import? Anything over 30mm or so is probably stupid big. If you balance it to run 2,000-2,500 past redline, then MAYBE 35mm would be useful, I'd have to check.
But, I have actually SEEN Hondas up on the lift with 4" tube all the way back (!) no turbo, and they wonder why their performance is suffering (this was in automotive class. They hadn't gotten into theory yet...)
I figure this is the same mentality that compels them to mount a 5" Monster Tach - with functioning shift lamp! - when they've got a JATCO transaxle...
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But, I have actually SEEN Hondas up on the lift with 4" tube all the way back (!) no turbo, and they wonder why their performance is suffering (this was in automotive class. They hadn't gotten into theory yet...)/QUOTE]
:| I see.
But, I have actually SEEN Hondas up on the lift with 4" tube all the way back (!) no turbo, and they wonder why their performance is suffering (this was in automotive class. They hadn't gotten into theory yet...)/QUOTE]
:| I see.