Small turbo and exhaust bore

Small turbo and exhaust bore

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steve-V8s

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Wednesday 9th June 2021
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Was encouraged to change the exhaust downpipe and cat on a small engine turbo car for something with a larger diameter to reduce any restrictions. It feels as if the car has lost some low end torque. I was speculating that perhaps with a larger bore pipe the exhaust gas speed will be less resulting in a reduced turbo speed at lower RPM. Is that a valid thought or nonsense ?

steve-V8s

Original Poster:

2,901 posts

249 months

Thursday 10th June 2021
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Ok I will dismiss that idea then.

My thinking was with a larger bore pipe immediately after the turbo the same amount of gas flow would have a lower speed and presumably a higher pressure.

Will look elsewhere for the disappointing loss of torque.