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Old 05-01-2011, 11:40 AM   #62 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by arcosine View Post
Yes, a low restriction exhaust saves gas ... Not talking tuned pipes or anything, just putting larger exhaust tube and quiet muffler with larger inlet/outlet when original rusts out.
I've seen plenty of data to refute this claim, but have yet to seea meaningful test which supports it, EXCEPT in the case of a tuned exhaust.
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