Exhaust system includes catalytic converter , straight pipe, muffler and exhaust flexible pipe. You need exhaust systems to remove the gases from the engine that have been caused by combustion. An exhaust system is essentially a length of tube that runs to the back of the vehicle. It includes the ca

We are going to discuss exhaust pipe sizing. When building a custom exhaust system out of miscellaneous components, it is important to understand how the industry sizes different components that are going to be necessary to build that system. Exhaust piping, mufflers, collector reducers all are goin

The other type of connection used in a system is what is known as a butt joint meaning that both components are going to have the same outer dimensions as one another. Exhaust flexible pipe is a common area where you are going to encounter this. This means that when you try to go connect t

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What are Expansion Joints?Expansion joints are used in piping systems to absorb thermal expansion or terminal movement where the use of expansion loops is undesirable or impractical. Expansion joints are available in many different shapes and materials.Bellow you will find a short description of Metallic, Rubber and Teflon® joints.

An intercooler is just another name for a heat exchanger that is used to cool air that has been compressed by either a Super-Charger or aTurbocharger. The intercooler is placed somewhere in the path of air that flows from the turbo/supercharger to the motor. An intercooler is needed because of the physics of air described in the Ideal Gas Law, that is PV=nRT.Explaining the ideal gas law as basic as we can, we can say that because pressure and temperature are directly proportional, as you create more pressure with your turbo or supercharger, you produce more heat as well. At first one might think: “who cares how hot the air is that is going in my motor” , but there are two main reasons why this is a bad thing.1. Hot air is less dense and therefore contains less molecules of oxygen per unit volume. This means less air for the motor in a given stroke and therefore less power produced.2. Hot air also causes a higher cylinder temperature and therefore can aid in pre-detonation of the combus

HistorySpark arresters have been used in the United States since the early 1800s when screens were placed on the stacks of Jupiter locomotives, which were notorious for starting fires. The first legislation requiring spark arresters was passed in 1905 and applied to engines and boilers operated in, through, or near forest-, brush-, or grass-covered lands.The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service effort in combating equipment-related fires started in the 1920s with external combustion engines (steam donkeys) used in logging.In the early 1950s, the USDA Forest Service became interested in reducing the number of fires caused by internal combustion powered logging equipment. This effort was based on the 1934 report by J.P. Fairbanks and Roy Bainer entitled “Spark Arresters for Motorized Equipment,” published by the University of California at Berkeley. The research demonstrated that exhaust particles with a diameter of 0.023 in or larger were responsible for the maj