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Anyone tested the Drag caused by swapping exhaust?

Notice how the Z's exhaust is designed, it's engineered so that the air passing underneath the car curves through the bends of the exhaust through the rear diffuser in a

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Old 04-10-2012, 08:24 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Anyone tested the Drag caused by swapping exhaust?

Notice how the Z's exhaust is designed, it's engineered so that the air passing underneath the car curves through the bends of the exhaust through the rear diffuser in a smooth way. This causes less drag at high speed.

By changing the exhaust to a two piece set up, i.e: Fast Intentions, Berk, etc. you are are creating essentially a parachute on the rear of the car. I would think drag is significantly increased by this design.

When you remove the CAN design, the rear bumper gets exposed and creates a huge gap which traps air underneath the car just as its exiting through the rear.

The better designs would be exhausts similar to the stock setup and/or the nismo setup. Stillen, Greddy have similar designs which leave less of a gap in the rear bumper.

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