So KK, made up your mind already?
No la bro, still thinking abt it..saw my mechanic today, he said its possible to do it with a funnel at the end so it looks better..a 3 inch pipe sticking out the back isn't exactly the pretties thing on a car..he said it will be very loud and the sound might get abit anoying after a while..so considering all this also...dun wana get always stopped by the cops for coffee money also rite :hmmmm:
Plus depends on the price also..JFA quoted me 750 just the pipe no funnel...my machanic said he'll get back to me with the price...so we shall see la...kinda 50-50 now
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kk13,
3 inch straight pipes are not road legal in most parts of the world due to noise and emissions. And they are not neighbour friendly - they could hear you a mile away.
Turbo-charged race engines use straight pipes - the lack of back-pressure means that the exhaust can flow freely right through the turbo improving available power at the upper end of the rev range. I am told that low-end torque supposedly suffers but this being a turbo engine, I can't really imagine why.
This is not the same for most NA engines.
Edit: please note that large straight pipes do not increase power. The power output of your engine is still the same. It merely makes more power available as less energy is required to overcome back-pressure - you free up maybe 5HP at most :)
Thanks for the info savahn!
will it have any effect on my engine though? ..eg. will it weaken it or cause problems in the future?
Also, I know a straight pipe would be loud but how would the sound be like?
will it be high pitched or low? don't really want it to sound like those straight piped wira's running around..