New exhaust installed but,
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New exhaust installed but,
I felt that I lost a lot of low end torque. It's a custom 2 1/4" piping with a stainless Magnaflow muffler installed. Sound is good but like I said I definitely lost a lot of low end torque. Time for the SC i think . Anybody noticed this too? I'll post a pic later.
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You may just need to give the ECU time to adjust, although I'm not sure how it would compensate for this. I took out the fuse for the ECU to speed things up just in case. Does anybody know if this type of mod will result in the ECU making any changes to the mix?
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Birdman is definitely on the right track. Whenever you do any performance mods it's a good idea to clear the ECU so that it can relearn w/ the new settings. Give that a try and see if it works. Best to pull the fuse and let it sit for a few minutes.
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Thanks guys. I did that this afternoon. I haven't driven it yet since pulling out the EFI fuse so hopefully it'll work out ok. I let you all know the outcome.
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I'm almost 100% positive that the 3.4 is supposed to have 2.5" piping not 2 1/4". I've got 2 1/4" pipe for my exhaust. If that is really what you used then I would say that is why you lost power. You increased the backpressure thus losing power.
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Originally Posted by AgRunner06
I'm almost 100% positive that the 3.4 is supposed to have 2.5" piping not 2 1/4". I've got 2 1/4" pipe for my exhaust. If that is really what you used then I would say that is why you lost power. You increased the backpressure thus losing power.
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Originally Posted by george16
The pipe size for the 3.4 is 2.25". It's not 2.5" as a lot of people think. I did the measurements and have the shop verify it to be 2.25". I actually lost backpressure hence the lost low-end torque.
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Originally Posted by AgRunner06
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Last edited by george16; 09-12-2004 at 08:59 PM.
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