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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 10:32 AM
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How much would I gain by replacing my factory turn down tube with a larger one?

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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 12:04 PM
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I suppose you mean the exhaust downpipe?

Lower EGT's and a bit more boost...
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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 12:10 PM
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If I can score a mandrel bend I could make one. Is 4" OK, because I don't know if I can get a 5" bend in there without notching the firewall! (I'd do it if I had too)
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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 12:14 PM
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I think 4" would be fine...

the radius of a 5" 90-deg bend would be too much...

If you can get someone to build a mandrel bent 4"...let us know how much it'd cost to produce some of them...I'd sure like a full 4" exhaust.
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I'm on it........
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