Exhaust Question.
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Exhaust Question.
I have been told that changing out the exhaust from the cat back does not increase power. What happens when just the header is replaced? Also what happens if the header and from the cat back is changed out. I was thinking about a DC header.
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It would seem that the DC does very little (or nothing), as is the case with a cat back. So, "very little" + "very little" = very little X 2. The header might be of some use if you are S/C'd. But you would loose some weight and tailor the sound.
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Originally posted by JimmyB
xviper,
Is there any header that would help with gains, or is changing out the exhaust more for sound?
xviper,
Is there any header that would help with gains, or is changing out the exhaust more for sound?
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I have read many posts about the Mugen header reducing peak power, but the increase in power down low giving more "area under the curve".
As Xviper mentioned, there is a lot of weight that can be saved by upgrading your header and exhaust, which is probably more usefull than the few horsepower you might get.
As Xviper mentioned, there is a lot of weight that can be saved by upgrading your header and exhaust, which is probably more usefull than the few horsepower you might get.
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Hopefully this will be my last set of questions on the topic. I have heard that Honda did a good job on the exhaust, so my questions are: Do I gain much in weight reduction and gain anything in hp with doing just a Spoon Header? If I decide to add the exhaust at a later date do I need to change out the cat? As I mentioned I don't care about the sound as much a performance gains. Thanks for all your help.
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what would happen if you removed those two "u-turn" pieces on the back side of the cans, and that dead end pipe under the passenger seat?
What do those do, and will removing them be bad?
What do those do, and will removing them be bad?
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what would happen if you removed those two "u-turn" pieces on the back side of the cans, and that dead end pipe under the passenger seat?
What do those do, and will removing them be bad?
what would happen if you removed those two "u-turn" pieces on the back side of the cans, and that dead end pipe under the passenger seat?
What do those do, and will removing them be bad?
The "U-Turn" pieces are integral to the mufflers. The stock mufflers are reverse-flow which means the exhaust path through them goes in one way and reverses direction one or more times to exit. In our case there are two reverse turns. Each of those should go through baffles.
The stock exhaust weight ~52lbs, which means there is a lot of weigth to be saved. But there is no real power to be gained since the stock piece is properly sized for the stock engine's output.