Tag: automotive performance

EXHAUST SCAVENGING IT THE METHOD OF USING EXHUAST PULSES FROM ONE CYLINDER TO HELP PULL MORE OF THE NEXT CYLINDER. AS YOUR ENGINE IS RUNNING, THE EXHAUST FROM EACH CYLINDER IS COMING OUT IN PULSES- 1 EVERY 2 REVOLUTIONS FOR A 4STROKE ENGINE.AS THIS PULSE IS LEAVING THE CYLINDER PAST THE EXHAUST VALVE, IT HAS…

RESONATORS ARE A SUBCLASS OF MUFFLERS, AND ARE  TYPICALLY FOCUSED MORE ON REMOVING THE HIGH PITCH NOTES FROM THE EXHAUST WHILE NOT REDUCING THE TOTAL VOLUME. RESONATORS WILL STILL LOWER THE MAXIMUM DECIBEL OUTPUT, BUT THE SOUND OF THE ENGINE WILL BE DEEPER AND BE LESS HARSH ON THE EARS. HOW ARE RESONATORS DESIGNED? TYPICAL…

THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY OF CAR ENTUSIASTS, THERE IS WIDESPREAD MISSUNDERSTANDING OF BACKPRESSURE AND HOW ELIMINATING IT MAY HELP OR HINDER PERFORMANCE. What is Backpressure? BACKPRESSURE IS TRULY THE ENEMY OF MAKING POWER AND PERFORMANCE, BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN YOU SHOULD JUST REMOVE ALL OF YPUR EXHAUST.THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT ASPECTS AND PARTS OF THE EXHAUST…

What are Catalytic Converters? CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ARE A HONEY-COMB LIKE STRUCTURE IN YOUR EXHAUST THAT LOOKS LIKE A FILTER, AND THEY HELP TO CONVERT TOXIC GASSES INTO MANAGABLE POLUTANTS. CATALYTIC CONVERTERS WERE STANDARD IN PASSENGER CARS STARTING IN THE 70S, AND THEY HAVE EVOLED MANY TIME TIMES OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE BASICS ARE THE…