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Dec 17, 2007 | 05:16 PM

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Squeezed pipes ok?

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

Dec 17, 2007 | 05:21 PM

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

says 3x3 piping merged with a 4x2.25

same/same total area.

Dec 17, 2007 | 05:22 PM

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yeah that was what i was thinking. ok thanks!

Dec 17, 2007 | 06:04 PM

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MECHAM,

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

Thanks,

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Dec 17, 2007 | 06:13 PM

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

says 3x3 piping merged with a 4x2.25

same/same total area.

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.

Dec 17, 2007 | 06:18 PM

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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

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Dec 17, 2007 | 07:12 PM

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From: wyoming @ 12000 DA...

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...

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Dec 17, 2007 | 07:15 PM

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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

Dec 17, 2007 | 08:03 PM

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This is why I was confused.

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Dec 17, 2007 | 08:05 PM

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

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Dec 17, 2007 | 08:06 PM

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yeah ovalized

Dec 17, 2007 | 08:10 PM

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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.

Dec 17, 2007 | 08:20 PM

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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

Dec 17, 2007 | 09:17 PM

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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.

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