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Old 03-29-09, 10:09 PM
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Muffler Backpressure

Here is a nifty little graph I found online, measuring muffler backpressure on turboed cars. Thought you guys would like to see it, if you are turboed or not:

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where do the inches of water come into play in back-pressure? just trying to understand the graph a bit better...the bigger the bar, the more back pressure right
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Inches of water is the amount of water the backpressure will consistently suspend above the exhaust. It's the same as inches of vacuum pulled by your engine. A higher absolute value of vacuum is better. Same here, the more inches of water that can be supported in a column, the more backpressure there is.
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Inches would be far more accurate measure than say PSI because of how low it is.
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If this graph teaches us anything, it's that mufflers are for little girls.
On a more serious note, where did you find this? Any notes on how it's being calculated?
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arent some of those straight through? that doesnt seem like it would be able to cause any backpressure..
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You'd be surprised. They still cause a lot of turbulence.
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Originally Posted by jdjl1987
If this graph teaches us anything, it's that mufflers are for little girls.
On a more serious note, where did you find this? Any notes on how it's being calculated?
I was just looking randomly at turboed cars. Found out about a 5th injector trick for 4 cylinders as well:

http://thedodgegarage.com/turbo_exhaust.html
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cool beans. I live in Ontario, so any cars older than 20years no longer need to pass emissions. Straight pipes to glass packs for me
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