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6strngs_2hmbkrs
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09/21/2005 10:33 pm
Originally Posted by: HammurabiIllegal racing exhaust? What?

I don't know anything about engines, why would any exhaust be illegal? I didn't even realize different exhausts did much of anything besides look awesome.

well, the engine creates exhaust fumes, and has to push them out the exhaust pipe, and the smaller around the exhaust pipe is, the harder the engine has to work to do it, so, by installing a larger diameter exhaust system, you can add a couple horsepower, not near as much as, say, adding a turbo (on a car) but still enough to make a difference...

it can be illegal because then your car (or bike) is emitting too much toxic gas, so it's not good for the environment (supposedly, I'm not an environmentalist, and I believe that global warming is unrealistic, I mean, one volcano eruption releases more toxic gas then all of the fumes from all of the cars in the world do in a year!)

or something to that extent anyway, you can correct me if I'm wrong (about exhaust, not global warming)
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