Originally posted by 94uhkord
Until someone proves me wrong, I am sticking to my guns on this. What affect does turbulence have on the performance aspect of this stuff? I still say that if you take my car and put 2 1/4" crush bent piping on it from the catback and hayame muffler, the numbers would be identical to the same setup but w/mandrel bent piping. No increase or decrease.
I see what you're saying and I agree with part of it. I agree it won't be different, IF you do it from the cat back. But there should be a difference IF lets say for instance you do a straight pipe from the header to the back of the car with no catalytic and possibly muffler.
Fluids(liquids, gases) flow quickest when it is laminar meaning no turbulence. Everything flows nice and smooth. Think of laminar flow as straight parallel likes and turbulence flow as random squiggles(sorry bout the spelling and the terminology:fawk: that flow around, in the turbulence flow, the air gets "in its own way". Most is moving forward while some tries to oppose itself as it swirls.
Simply, laminar = more air out quicker = more power:thumbup: