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Old 02-25-2012, 08:36 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
About the only application where adding larger pipe and muffler or removing the muffler is going to help will be a turbo diesel.
Turbos like as little back pressure as possible and diesel engines love having their cylinders stuffed with air mass even at light load.
Excellent point. Exhaust effects on turbodiesels can be quite different than on naturally aspirated gasoline engines.
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