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iTrader: (24)

Ok i'm building me up a custom setup and was trying to know if having pipes that are squeezed be ok? wouldnt it still techinicall be the same size but spread out over a larger area? TIA

MECHAM

iTrader: (4)

should be ok..as long as the total area is the same..

says 3x3 piping merged with a 4x2.25

same/same total area.

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iTrader: (24)

yeah that was what i was thinking. ok thanks!

DeltaT

iTrader: (5)

MECHAM,

I must be stupid today but I don't understand your answer with the 3x3 and 4x2.25?

Thanks,

Jim

99ssleeper

iTrader: (98)

except a 3" diameter tube has an area of 7.07 in.sq. and a 4"x2.25" tube has an area of 7.914 in.sq.

..because of a little thing called pi, and i don't mean apple.

ChevyChad

iTrader: (50)

doh! you beat me to it 99ssleeper

you could squeeze a 3" pipe to 2.25x3.625 and retain the same cross sectional area

To answer the original question, squeezing it should retain the same cross sectional area unless you squeeze it shut

Dragframe

iTrader: (14)

are you talking about using those cheap bends that are mooshed in the bend or just "smooshing" a pipe in a certain area to gain a little room??

Good luck building a turbo kit with the cheap bends...

Phoenix 5.7

iTrader: (7)

do you mean ovalizing some straight sections or the cheap *** crap non mandrel bends?

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iTrader: (24)

a cheap bend? you mean a crush bend?

i'm talking a squeezed section like on the original Y pipes how it's squeezed on the driver side. i was wondering on how it would do for a turbo set up if it would damage something or somthing like that

DeltaT

iTrader: (5)

This is why I was confused.

Jim

DeltaT

iTrader: (5)

So you mean squeezed as in flattened (or ovalized), not squeezed as in crush-bent for curves?

Jim

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iTrader: (24)

yeah ovalized

longrange4u

iTrader: (2)

That being said... it dosent count for disrupting the airflow if you dont maintain a smooth flow. Oval piping is fine... but if you crimp.. bend.. or distort it in a bender and it has "ripples" in the pipe.... that will disrupt the airflow... thus you will loose efficency.

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iTrader: (24)

yeah ok good, i was asking becuase i have some places where i want to run some pipes but they arnt round enough but wide enough to slip the pipes through

DeltaT

iTrader: (5)

Some clearance 'squishes' you'll never notice. I have seen people hammer a pipe halfway flat and wonder why it wheezed, too. If you need a lot of clearance somewhere, consider going wider in a true oval from Dr. Gas.

Jim