Installed Exhaust now my car feels slow

[flclsteve]

Just installed my exhaust and it feels very slow not saying my car was fast before but it just seems to take alot long to climb the rev's when driving any ideas why? its a catback with 3 inch piping on a na ka i know 3 inch is big just didnt think it would affect any thing.
ka24e
cold air intake
cat-back 3 inch pipe

[wickedS14]

And your wondering why it takes long to get up to rev. 3inch on a 24e, thats overkill. You sir need all the back pressure you can get. It's like blowing through a mcdonalds straw to then blowing through a papertowel roll. Put back on your other exhaust and save the 3 inch for a higher hp motor. Just my 2cents!

[apex]

do a tune up

[flclsteve]

Originally Posted by wickedS14

And your wondering why it takes long to get up to rev. 3inch on a 24e, thats overkill. You sir need all the back pressure you can get. It's like blowing through a mcdonalds straw to then blowing through a papertowel roll. Put back on your other exhaust and save the 3 inch for a higher hp motor. Just my 2cents!

still learning makes sense like a dual cam or sr?

[ALEXTHESUS*PECT]

for ka's i would say 2.5" is max for na. sr or turbo ka would be 3". you got no torque, and we all know with that sohc, you got no real top end either. but i'm sure you got a loud fucken car!

[dino6192]

Originally Posted by apex

do a tune up

for what? he needs backpressure! 2.5 is the largest I would have gone on your car. nice exhaust though.

[flclsteve]

Originally Posted by ALEXTHESUS*PECT

for ka's i would say 2.5" is max for na. sr or turbo ka would be 3". you got no torque, and we all know with that sohc, you got no real top end either. but i'm sure you got a loud fucken car!

seriously it sounds fucking crazy i need to post the video

[MTalon]

if he still has the stock dp, hes got back pressure. If he installed headers, and a test pipe and the exhaust then I would say theres not enough back pressure

[jinesz32]

i had a 3" BC exhaust on my na ka24de, feels like it ran better.

then again yours is 24e, not really sure about those. i just heard the ka24de's like to breathe.

[wickedS14]

What were you running before that? stock? I got a custom 2.5 straight piping w/ a glass pack resonator angled out to apexi n1 tip for my bone stock kade. I chirp through 2nd whenever and spin through 3rd if raining "bald tires".

[flclsteve]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amAA-rJhH8A[/ame]
so heres the vid just in case ur wondering so i guess i should just go do a swap now =P or get smaller pipeing

[MTalon]

couldn't even wait to get the car off the jack before starting it.. sheesh.

[Felipe]

hahaha... nice...


just put a silensarrrrrrrr

[apex]

Originally Posted by dino6192

for what? he needs backpressure! 2.5 is the largest I would have gone on your car. nice exhaust though.

shut the f up i got a sohc with headers 3'test pipe and 3' catback
here me gettin sideways

[sunnys14]

For KA's, 3" ftmfw.

Big engines like to breathe, the end.

[Jeezy240]

i feel that 3 inch is too big. your loosing power. theres not enough backpressure. if you were to put a cat in there and a silencer then i think it might help some.

[flclsteve]

there is a cat its a cat back system I'm sure I can ghetto fab some silencers or somthing

[airforceone451]

Obviously with a bigger diameter aftermarket exhaust system you will lose power in the lower powerband, but you also free up space so you gain power in the upper rpms...I don't think 3 inches is overkill for an n/a ka

[5t341tH]

try putting a highflow cat in. i was recommended to do so by a muffler shop.

[bigjacsoc]

if u have a test pipe downgrade to a cat or a resonated test pipe to get ur backpressure back. u can get resonated from www.projectnissan.com

[S14DB]

Originally Posted by wickedS14

And your wondering why it takes long to get up to rev. 3inch on a 24e, thats overkill. You sir need all the back pressure you can get. It's like blowing through a mcdonalds straw to then blowing through a papertowel roll. Put back on your other exhaust and save the 3 inch for a higher hp motor. Just my 2cents!

Originally Posted by ALEXTHESUS*PECT

for ka's i would say 2.5" is max for na. sr or turbo ka would be 3". you got no torque, and we all know with that sohc, you got no real top end either. but i'm sure you got a loud fucken car!

Originally Posted by dino6192

for what? he needs backpressure! 2.5 is the largest I would have gone on your car. nice exhaust though.

Originally Posted by MTalon

if he still has the stock dp, hes got back pressure. If he installed headers, and a test pipe and the exhaust then I would say theres not enough back pressure

WTF are you people talking about back pressure like it's a good thing?

Check for exhaust leaks.

Are we talking ass dyno here? Cause sure it will feel different. Doesn't mean you're loosing power.

[flclsteve]

Originally Posted by S14DB

WTF are you people talking about back pressure like it's a good thing?

Check for exhaust leaks.

Are we talking ass dyno here? Cause sure it will feel different. Doesn't mean you're loosing power.

No we are not talking dyno but ya driving with it its pretty noticable doesnt seem to be any exhaust leaks but i can live i guess

[apex]

u need a tune up of sumthing
there r even dyno sheets posted on here if u search that shows
3" only has gains no loses might feel like it but u gained more topend with 3"

[Mikey213]

im not sure, but i think those dynos are only for the DOHC...

[cornercarver240]

why does everyone keep saying he needs backpressure. no he doesn't, backpressure is bad for performance. the reason it feels slower is because the exhaust is too big, it flows a very large amount of air but the velocity has been reduced a great amount, which reduces scavenging thus lowering torque. it can no longer expel the air out efficiently, and on a car that already doesn't have great volumetric effieciency this will be much more obvious. bigger is not always better, you need to find what's best for your application.

[BoostedCoupe]

wow backpressure this backpressure that. I have 3" headers 3" cat and catback and it fills alot better than stock or anything else. ka's love to breath dont believe me? look at this then
http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=177055&highlight=ka%27s+love

[DohcKA]

sell your exhaust.... dump it into something more worth your money at the time.... stop fart canning down the street

[projectRDM]

What a whole thread of fail.

Backpressure is something some fool made up 60 years ago and people still swear by it. An engine does NOT need backpressure, period. You want to get all the exhaust air out as quick as possible to avoid creating backpressure, which chokes down the engine. A very small amount of lowend torque is lost due to the added flow, but it's hardly noticeable even on paper. There has been TONS of dyno graphs shown for nearly 20 years proving that the bigger the exhaust you have on a KA, the more power you make. Done.

[GeneStarWindGSW]

Originally Posted by projectRDM

What a whole thread of fail.

Backpressure is something some fool made up 60 years ago and people still swear by it. An engine does NOT need backpressure, period. You want to get all the exhaust air out as quick as possible to avoid creating backpressure, which chokes down the engine. A very small amount of lowend torque is lost due to the added flow, but it's hardly noticeable even on paper. There has been TONS of dyno graphs shown for nearly 20 years proving that the bigger the exhaust you have on a KA, the more power you make. Done.

Yea i have a custom 6" exhaust.

I just keep on gaining that power

[GeneStarWindGSW]

Wow guy can't make a joke w/o getting a neg rep? wack ass Z people

well i have a 3" BC Spec II on my N/A KA