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Tuned Exhaust

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Flyhighdave

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I have been working on the design of exhaust pipes for my Barracuda project - IO540. I have a pvc mock up kit from one of the custom exhaust companies and am trying to achieve equal lengths to the
3 into 1 collectors on either side of the engine. This is a tedious and I believe impossible task given the limited space available for wiggling the pipes around in an effort to get them to be the same length.
The guy at the fabrication shop said that I probably can't get them to be truly equal & that seems to be correct.
This leads to my question of whether it's a worthy undertaking at all. Is the potential increase in power worth it? Will there be a benefit if the pipes are not quite equal in length? Maybe I should just keep it simple & go straight out on either side. It seems that all the extra hot pipe bending around will also add a lot of heat to the engine compartment.
What say ye fellow aeronauts?
Thanks!
 
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