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Old 04-18-2014, 11:24 AM   #4 (permalink)
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In the second photo, I have since covered the cat/con from the skid plate to the coroplast with aluminum flashing with no heat problems over the past three years. The pipe insulation on the lower and the intercooler grills on the last photo are only used in the coldest months.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.

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