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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 08:40 AM
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4" dp/mp

does anyone sell a 4'' downpipe and midpipe?
i was going 2 get it custom made but just thought
i'd ask if you can buy them first.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 08:47 AM
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you would need a customer manifold made to run 4 inches all the way back..and on stock turbos I doubt it would help much (could be wrong)

Would be cool though on a single turbo car..
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 08:57 AM
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well ya i didn't mean for that piping to go on
the twins. when i go single i'm doing it.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 09:01 AM
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but your right the stock manifold is way to restricted
any way.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 09:36 AM
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Single turbo....... The bigger the turbo the bigger the down pipe the better.....(With in measured proportions)

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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 10:17 AM
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gothamracing's single kits come with 4" exhausting

nice eh?
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 10:30 AM
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Actually, a huge downpip wouldn't help much. You want the air to kind of "suck" it self out, like a jet. Small to big. 3" downpipe, custom midpipe, larger diameter cat-back...
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 11:00 AM
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I'd like to see dyno runs comparing the 3" to 4" to see if there is any huge difference in power. I can't really see to much considering the 3" is already pretty big, but it would be cool to see.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 11:52 AM
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4" is not too big. Ari yallon & ray lochhead etc. all use
them. the faster you can get the exhaust out the more
power you are going 2 make. thats why porting works
so well. (not that this is anything new)
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 11:56 AM
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I'm going to place my bet and assume that there are no appreciable differences between a 3 and 4 inch exhaust.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 12:02 PM
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Originally posted by internal comsucktion engi
4" is not too big. Ari yallon & ray lochhead etc. all use
them. the faster you can get the exhaust out the more
power you are going 2 make. thats why porting works
so well. (not that this is anything new)
I think theres a little bit a difference between those two, but I could be wrong.(meaning no camparson)


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I'm going to place my bet and assume that there are no appreciable differences between a 3 and 4 inch exhaust.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 12:03 PM
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I run a 4" downpipe, 4" midpipe, 4" catback.

It was custom made by Marcos Acosta Sr.

Click for picture of the DP:

http://home.comcast.net/~mhaun5/rx7/SideTurbo.JPG

They could assist you for the exhaust. Contact them.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 12:04 PM
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from what ive heard, you wont notice any appreciable gains unless you are above 500+hp. So for anything short of a full on track/drag car, just use 3" and dont worry about it.

-Zach
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 12:15 PM
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I agree.

IMHO, anyone with twins probably won't see any gains except a "deeper" exhaust note.



Nice spoiler...... what's the make?
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 12:35 PM
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Red-Rx7,

That turbo is serious ***** - not to mention the 3-rotor.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 10:06 PM
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Originally posted by clayne
Red-Rx7,

That turbo is serious ***** - not to mention the 3-rotor.
lol. Thanks.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 10:52 PM
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I'm running on the stock twins(non-seq) with a 3in downpipe, 4in midpipe, and 4in re-amemiya exhaust. It works out great and sounds real nice to boot. I agree though that 3in all the way is plenty good for a street driven FD with the stock twins.

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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 11:00 PM
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The hks 4" titanium race exhaust is a midpipe/catback that has 4" piping all the way.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 11:05 PM
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I've got a 4" midpipe and cat-back, sitting in my room that is, still waiting to get it running again
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 11:11 PM
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 11:11 PM
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When you increase diameter of the piping you decrease velocity. Too much of that is not good.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 11:17 PM
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Yup, it works both ways for intake and exhaust.

Only rice logic and physics mandates that it gets bigger and bigger.

at this rate the next gen of exhaust will be able to fit a grown man in it in less than a decade.
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 06:23 AM
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You might make more top end horsepower however you are going to lose midrange torque. For a road race car that's above 5k almost all the time there might be some gains, however your daily streetability would be degraded.
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