RE: Muffler Customizing

[Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>]

> IMHO... if you're worried only about restriction the best setup is to hang a
> glass pack type muffler right under the driver (at unfortunately the lowest
> point under our LBCs) and then dump it out on the driver side just in front
> of the rear wheel.
> 
> -Drew 

For a race application that is what is often done.  But for a street car,
the right length of exhaust pipe adds torque.

I read in a Mini magazine that even the reduced length of a center exit
vs. a side exit exhaust on a Mini results in a loss of power.
Hard to believe.

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