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Old 05-02-2019, 02:48 PM   #172 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bullitt5897 View Post
A set 2.25” pipes merging to a single 2.5” pipe isn’t a restriction? So 2 pipes with a 4” cross section each for a total of 8” of cross sectional flow merged to a single 2.5” pipe with a 5” cross sectional flow... what do you call that missing 3” of cross sectional flow? How about the 2 90* bends leading up to it?



Simple math points out to it being an issue. Compare it to a true 3” dual exhaust:



2 tubes with a cross section of 7” each for a combined 14” cross section compared to single 5”cross section... hmmm I wonder which would be more free flowing?

I had the same argument with my fabricator when I went from my Stillen exhaust to my FI exhaust. He had to custom fabricate the connection between FI’s mid-pipe and the turbo 3” DP (single turbo). He kept wanting to neck the 3” down to a single 2.5” pipe and then branch back out to mate to the mid-pipe. Took me awhile to explain to him that he was fabricating a restriction into the system. Finally got him to custom fabricate a 3”to2.5” Y, one 3” inlet and two 2.5” outlets.
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