New Exhaust System = Not enough pressure to open 5th and 6th ports
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New Exhaust System = Not enough pressure to open 5th and 6th ports
At least this is what I think is going on..
I have a S4 N/A, I know the 5th and 6th ports are operated by exhaust back pressure, When I rev it to redline while looking at the ports the acutators do not move the slightest bit. I just installed a new exhaust system with a 2.5" downpipe from rotary performance with stock Y pipe going to 2 old school greddy pilot mufflers.
I have the vaccume tube hooked up to the nipple on the pipe just after the manifold.
Would they be opening when the engine is under load? also how much horse would I be missing up high? I think I'm just going to wire them open.
Let's just say my friends D15 civic hatch, slightly setup for 1/4 mile was pulling on me just by a little, but thats definatly not right at all!
I have a S4 N/A, I know the 5th and 6th ports are operated by exhaust back pressure, When I rev it to redline while looking at the ports the acutators do not move the slightest bit. I just installed a new exhaust system with a 2.5" downpipe from rotary performance with stock Y pipe going to 2 old school greddy pilot mufflers.
I have the vaccume tube hooked up to the nipple on the pipe just after the manifold.
Would they be opening when the engine is under load? also how much horse would I be missing up high? I think I'm just going to wire them open.
Let's just say my friends D15 civic hatch, slightly setup for 1/4 mile was pulling on me just by a little, but thats definatly not right at all!
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I have an extra electric air pump laying around, I'm going to see about wiring it up the same way the S5 guy's have to do, so I can manually activate it or setup a throttle switch. My car has no low end torque to begin with and it's a bitch to get going from a stop without bogging. I dont want it worse.
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Originally Posted by CompuBob
At least this is what I think is going on..
I have a S4 N/A, I know the 5th and 6th ports are operated by exhaust back pressure, When I rev it to redline while looking at the ports the acutators do not move the slightest bit. I just installed a new exhaust system with a 2.5" downpipe from rotary performance with stock Y pipe going to 2 old school greddy pilot mufflers.
I have the vaccume tube hooked up to the nipple on the pipe just after the manifold.
Would they be opening when the engine is under load? also how much horse would I be missing up high? I think I'm just going to wire them open.
Let's just say my friends D15 civic hatch, slightly setup for 1/4 mile was pulling on me just by a little, but thats definatly not right at all!
I have a S4 N/A, I know the 5th and 6th ports are operated by exhaust back pressure, When I rev it to redline while looking at the ports the acutators do not move the slightest bit. I just installed a new exhaust system with a 2.5" downpipe from rotary performance with stock Y pipe going to 2 old school greddy pilot mufflers.
I have the vaccume tube hooked up to the nipple on the pipe just after the manifold.
Would they be opening when the engine is under load? also how much horse would I be missing up high? I think I'm just going to wire them open.
Let's just say my friends D15 civic hatch, slightly setup for 1/4 mile was pulling on me just by a little, but thats definatly not right at all!
If you still have your air pump, then you can do this:
and they will work fairly close to stock.
Of course if you had searched you would have found that as well.
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If he has a D15B7, it's not too bad. D15B8, Z1, or B2... well, that's bad.
Once upon a time, I had an S4 dyno'ed with the aux ports stuck closed, as well as a crapped out and clogged stock exhaust system. It put down 96whp/105lb-ft.
Once upon a time, I had an S4 dyno'ed with the aux ports stuck closed, as well as a crapped out and clogged stock exhaust system. It put down 96whp/105lb-ft.
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A trick I used to see if they were working on my old S4 was to put some grease on the actuator (piston? the thing that moves) Take it out for a test drive. When you get back, if the grease is moved, they are working, if not...well they aren't.
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Engine needs to be under load for them to work...
One thing I've never seen anyone do on this forum is exhaust backpressure measurement, which is odd considering how easy it is to do and how important it is for S4 NA's. If you measure the pressure required to open the ports, and then measure the exhaust backpressure while driving, you'll know exactly when (or if) the auxiliary ports are opening.
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