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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:35 PM
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is a little bit of backpressure on a truck good for it? or is it better to have none at all?
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:57 PM
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I've heard that some is good for n/a vehicles, the less the better for s/c'ed, and you can't get around having it w/ turbo vehicles. I'm not sure on the soundess of the argument for n/a or s/c vehicles.
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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from what i read, you don't want backpressure. Instead you want scavenging of the exhaust. There is a difference(that of which I could not tell you).
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 10:37 PM
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alright thx for the input
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Old Feb 22, 2007 | 10:41 AM
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you definately dont need backpressure like random hero said you just need good scavaging of the exhaust ive seen it on the dyno makes much better power on n/a engines without back pressure and good scavaging that was with open headers and 20 inches of pipe to allow for better scavaging
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