Cutout? LOss of power!
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Cutout? LOss of power! I got my cutout installed, My car is way too sluggish off the bottom?? Whats the deal, When I close it, my car can burn them for months, its the exact opposite with it open? BUT...My car is way faster from 70mph+ Can anyone explain this?
Landon
Landon
Originally Posted by 02BlackZZZ
I got my cutout installed, My car is way too sluggish off the bottom?? Whats the deal, When I close it, my car can burn them for months, its the exact opposite with it open? BUT...My car is way faster from 70mph+ Can anyone explain this?
Landon
Landon
A cut-out is almost like running open headers. While you'll get very high flow, there's very little back-pressure. Thus you'll get higher peak HP and lower bottom-end torque. When you close up the cut-outs, you'll get that back-pressure again (less flowing). That's why you have so much more grunt off the line with them closed and much more power at higher speeds (where usually you're in the top part of the powerband) with them open. I'm sure you pull faster through the top end of every gear, it'd just be easier to notice at the higher speeds.
By the way, sweet car
Here's mine: http://www.cardomain.com/id/camtom12
