To lag or not to lag
To lag or not to lag
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adyw

Original Poster:

388 posts

272 months

Friday 12th January 2007
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Gents,
I'm just in the process of thinking about lagging the exhausts on my 500 to reduce the temperatures and the usual increase in part life under the bonnet, but my question is does this in anyway improve the performance / power output of the engine. Or is this just old wifes tails confused

GreenV8S

31,017 posts

313 months

Friday 12th January 2007
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adyw said:
Gents,
I'm just in the process of thinking about lagging the exhausts on my 500 to reduce the temperatures and the usual increase in part life under the bonnet, but my question is does this in anyway improve the performance / power output of the engine. Or is this just old wifes tails confused



The people who sell the lagging tell you it does, and in principle I guess it's possible that it could in some circumstances, but in practice it doesn't make the slightest difference. Does make it quite a lot quieter though, and that can make it 'feel' less powerful/eager from the driving seat.