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Old 11-02-2009, 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by johnyisthedevil View Post
the front and rear head pipes should(in theory) be equal length and join at a place that inhibits reversion of exhaust pulses back into the cylinder. I would think the front head pipe would end up way to long, and the rear you would have to do some serious snaking to get enough pipe in there. kinda like the one version of the rc211v setup where the two rear cylinders joined in the tail, but there was a full 360* donut in there. I'll see if I can find a pic.

i always wondered about this... should the pipes be of equal length with a v-twin firing pattern? i can understand on an i4 but with a v-twin you wouldn't expect identical length pipes to create the same pulse tune... no?


maybe i'm just picturing it wrong...
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