I give up, what does a downpipe do?!?!
05-30-2002, 05:01 PM
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I give up, what does a downpipe do?!?!
I'm mainly looking at the Milltek exhaust (unless you guys can recommend some others) but what performance does the downpipe actually give me? Could I live without it? or does it really boost performance?
Basically a short explanation of what it does would be great!
-Audiboy-
Basically a short explanation of what it does would be great!
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05-30-2002, 05:07 PM
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The smallest pipe syndrome..
You can have a big 3" exhaust, but if you have a restrictive stock downpipe you're still blowin through a small straw...
So yes, it does improve performance, and probably lowers EGT on the turbo which is a good thing when your overworking the poor k03.
So yes, it does improve performance, and probably lowers EGT on the turbo which is a good thing when your overworking the poor k03.
05-30-2002, 05:07 PM
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So.....
Okay...
So I'm thinking to myself...
If you don't have a downpipe, then that's bad... right?
Since a regular 'ol exhaust system - downpipe is just from the engine manifold to the muffler, but the downpipe takes the exhaust from the turbo + engine to the muffler?
or am I completely messed up in that thinking?
So I'm thinking to myself...
If you don't have a downpipe, then that's bad... right?
Since a regular 'ol exhaust system - downpipe is just from the engine manifold to the muffler, but the downpipe takes the exhaust from the turbo + engine to the muffler?
or am I completely messed up in that thinking?
05-30-2002, 05:10 PM
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Oh gotcha...
So basically make sure ALL your pipe are pushing the same amount of air down the same space to speed up the "sucking in" and "blowing out" cycle?
Oh man that's a bad analogy but I finally get what you guys mean. :-)
Oh man that's a bad analogy but I finally get what you guys mean. :-)
