New exhuast - painting
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Re: New exhuast - painting
kevtherev wrote:both.
I believe one was on a van as it was on a dyno. by coinsidence.
not massive power loss..but it certainly did not help.
The worst thing about them is the alarming rate of rotting
mine kev!
throughout the rev rang it was causing a harmonic imbalance, binned it for a stock one and made 4bhp!!
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Re: New exhuast - painting
Its all a learning curve Kev!!
My first van was a very steep and expensive learning curve!!!
My first van was a very steep and expensive learning curve!!!
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hmmmm.... maybe I will send mine back.
thought I was buying an improvement
thought I was buying an improvement

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Re: New exhuast - painting
Nope! Stock box flows well to 100 bhp or so.
Ditch the power robbing heat exchangers if you want more grunt
See turbo Thomas for replacement j tubes.
Ditch the power robbing heat exchangers if you want more grunt
See turbo Thomas for replacement j tubes.
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Re: New exhuast - painting
jason k wrote:Nope! Stock box flows well to 100 bhp or so.
North of that for the late-style watercooled system. 112bhp from the factory from DJs.
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Re: New exhuast - painting
Good ppint, i should clarify We're talking early systems here as the empi only fits Aircooled or pre 85 systems.
Personally I was talking air cooled where my dyno experience with these empi piles of poo lay!
Personally I was talking air cooled where my dyno experience with these empi piles of poo lay!
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