Question about Exhaust sizes etc...
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Question about Exhaust sizes etc... Ok here's the deal, I had Stainless steel true duals installed about a week ago. I noticed a big diff in bottom end, mid range and I thought top end. I raced a friend of mine and noticed my top end kinda sucks now. Here's my idea of why, I had a 3in y-pipe before well they cut the y-pipe and hooked up the 2 1/2 in duals to where the piping comes off of the headers. On the drivers side there is about 2ft of 3in pipe that connects to 2 1/2in , and about a foot on thd pass side of 3in that connects to the 2 1/2 in. Because the 2 1/2in was inserted into the 3in and then welded could this be causing a big drop in flow. I noticed when revving in neutral that between 4k-redline the engine stumbles and acts like it's hitting the rev limiter. I'm guessing due to restrictive flow. Do you think if I have the cats removed and the 3in pipe removed and have straight 2 1/2in coming off the headers and all the way back that will help? Thanx.
-Sly
-Sly
Yeah something is not right, I would think with the duals you should have gained throughout the entire powerband just not down low. I have read before on here that people running a reducer and not having a smooth transition causes too much turbulance inside the pipes thus causing problems. Maybe someone with firsthand experience will chime in.
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Just a ?, why didn't you go with 3", I think you would of saw a signifigant gain up top but might of lost a tiny bit down low. Of course when are you ever racing in the lower RPM's. Get rid of those cats and tell us whats up. Good Luck
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Wes
The turbulance might be causing the O2 sensor to get false readings since the gases aren't flowing correctly. I'd get a smooth reducer from 3" ro 2.5" welded in since they are pretty cheap.
