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Old 04-24-2009, 11:37 PM   #2 (permalink)
Bicycle Bob
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IMHO, there is no benefit to backpressure except within overall systems that are still tuned to work with it, instead of with free flow. At the RPMs we run, there might be some extra scavenging due to resonance ahead of the cat converter, but I've never seen a system designed for that. I'd look up the standard tables for ductwork losses if I knew the gas volumes and could estimate the temperature changes.
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