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Performance Exhausts 101: Benefits, Materials, Layouts and More

Few aftermarket car upgrades are as convincing as a performance exhaust. Swapping the factory system with wider and straighter performance systems helps deal with the restricted airflow, multiple bends, and subpar builds in mass-produced cars, or the main factors robbing the engine of its full potential. And they have the chops to transform everyday, runaround hatchbacks and sedans into unassuming sleeper cars.

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Exhaust Systems: Rev That Engine Like There’s No Tomorrow

If you are someone who enjoys high-powered vehicles, it is likely that you enjoy every aspect of it. The G-forces as you accelerate, the vibrations, the smell of burning rubber, but what really gets your heart pumping is probably the growling sound when you rev the engine.

The exhaust system is what actually determines how your vehicle sounds. Unfortunately, the factory exhaust systems on vehicles is designed specifically to suppress the the sound as much as possible. This also restricts the flow of gasses from your engine, creating a phenomenon known as backpressure. Although this is necessary for most engines to function properly, it is also responsible for the loss of power. Basically, the engine has to use some of its power to cram some of the gasses instead of driving the vesicle.