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Re: Mine scares me, it likes the speed

To: <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>, "Les Myer" <LesMyer@geocities.com>
Subject: Re: Mine scares me, it likes the speed
From: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:25:02 -0800
Reply-to: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
OK, understand.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Les Myer <LesMyer@geocities.com>
To: Mike Gigante <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; spridgets@autox.team.net
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: Mine scares me, it likes the speed


>At 02:02 PM 12/16/98 -0800, Mike Gigante wrote:
>>maybe there is a simpler explanation. The wind noise gets pretty loud,
>>louder than the exhaust and you auditory system effectively scales down
>>the RMS of the total sound. the exhaust then seems quieter.
>
>What I am saying, is that I observed a very noticeable quieting of the
>exhaust after installing an H-pipe on a dual exhaust system with headers,
>and wondered what increasing the pulse frequency in both pipes did to quiet
>the exhaust.  I was speculating that this might be a reason for my 1275 to
>get quieter at high RPM.  I can do this in third gear as well.  Maybe it's
>a characteristic of my particular exhaust system, which is a long center
>branch header - and 2" pipe to a glass pack transversely mounted behind the
>fuel tank.  It is huge diameter for the engine size.  I also know the
>balance pipe is supposed to be a specific length and diameter in order to
>effectively quiet, but I have long lost the information about this.  It is
>also supposed to add a couple of extra ponies.  Just wondered if anyone had
>an explanation.
>
>Les
>


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