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      04-03-2014, 10:57 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by BEM-S4 View Post
To answer your original question though there is a lot of internal technology that has improved over the years. Not sure if I saw it on Top Gear or some other show, but the latest engineering behind the fins and waves and everything inside is crazy. The performance gain from a new muffler is not just better air flow (bigger pipe) but it creates a vortex or vacuum or something and actually pulls gas through like a tornado.
Interesting i did not know the details behind it. Figured with technology today its more then just bigger is better. There is actual research put into it.
Thanks for the info.
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