On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 17:52:34 -0500, Josh Battles <josh@omg-stfu.com> wrote:
>
> droo wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:22:26 -0500, Bill Day <billday@comwares.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Good exhaust setup, Dynomax or so...
>>>
>>> The MAG 3.9s have 195? for GenII The Exhaust system outta put you
>>> right
>>> around 210....
>>>
>>> Bill Day
>>> billday@comwares.net
>>>
>>> A rich man isn't always wealthy, he just has all the love he wants
>>> and can
>>> give..
>>>
>>>
>> The 3.9 has 175 hp stock. And an exhaust system gets more hp to the
>> wheels. Doesn't cause the engine to generate more hp
>
> Please explain how the exhaust helps to get more HP to the wheels
> without helping the engine to generate more.
>
> I thought when you put on a free-er flowing exhaust, you're allowing the
> engine to breather easier, thus freeing up a few horsepower in the upper
> RPM band that were being held back by the high backpressure of the stock
> exhaust. Maybe I'm wrong.
>
I was under the impression that the better flowing exhausts didn't need as
much power from the engine to push the air out. The same idea of using a
smaller pully for the a/c compressor. Apparently I wasn't correct as bernd
has stated.
-- -Droo
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