What kind of horsepower from cutout?
#1
What kind of horsepower from cutout?
I have a 97 z and i got it with corsa. I understand corsa is pretty high flowing and can give up to 13rwhp on a stock car. It's tone is amazing but it just wasn't loud enough for my tastes (It is designed to be quiet unless you are wot when it does get loud).
I just had a cutout put on and i was wondering if it would have any benefit to have it open hp wise or would the car be more powerful with it closed? I know it probably would only be a 1-2 rwhp difference but i was just curious
also, about how much fumes are going out the cutout is it even 50/50 out of the cutout and out the muffler or mostly out the cutout, or mostly out the muffler?
I just had a cutout put on and i was wondering if it would have any benefit to have it open hp wise or would the car be more powerful with it closed? I know it probably would only be a 1-2 rwhp difference but i was just curious
also, about how much fumes are going out the cutout is it even 50/50 out of the cutout and out the muffler or mostly out the cutout, or mostly out the muffler?
#2
Re: What kind of horsepower from cutout?
Most would go out the cutout. Because that is the easies way for the exhaust to travel. Your muffler still has some back pressure and the cutout as none because its just wide open.. so its going to travel the way with the less back pressure.. HP I'm not sure about..
#3
Re: What kind of horsepower from cutout?
On my 99 Z28 I installed a cut-out in the middle of the I-Pipe and wanted to see what it was putting out with it colsed versus open so I ran back to back dynos expecting very little difference, but the gains were incredible. The first 2 runs I put out 295 RWHP consecutively, and then popped the plate off of the cut-out. Next 2 runs I put 321 and 323 to the ground. That's right going from closed to open I picked up 28 RWHP just by openning the cut-out. so is having your cut-out closed robbing power? In a word...Yes!
Now I may have only picked up about 10 horsepower going from no cut-out installed to cut-out installed and open, because I believe the turbulence that the closed cut-out caused, made the exhaust flow inefficient, but there was definately a gain never the less.
BTW the only other mods at the time were a lid, a pulley, and free mods.
Now I may have only picked up about 10 horsepower going from no cut-out installed to cut-out installed and open, because I believe the turbulence that the closed cut-out caused, made the exhaust flow inefficient, but there was definately a gain never the less.
BTW the only other mods at the time were a lid, a pulley, and free mods.
Last edited by 97 30TH Z; 01-24-2005 at 09:27 PM.
#8
Re: What kind of horsepower from cutout?
I have actually seen people report worse times and dyno numbers with the cut-out open. Glad I have a GMMG and dont need one Works for some, others it doesnt, I'd rather save the cash and spend it on more reliable power gains.
-Dustin-
-Dustin-
#9
Re: What kind of horsepower from cutout?
ITs cool that you can get hp gains from it. I was wondering if it created any turbulence when closed as well too. I got mine mainly for sound because corsa wasn't loud enough with dual cats in a suburban area. I didn't really get it for hp gains at all but its nice if i got some because it wasn't a terribly expensive investment.
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Re: What kind of horsepower from cutout?
Originally Posted by FlyboyZ28
How can you lose power by running a closed cutout? I'm not saying you are wrong or right. I just dont understand the turbulence thing.
My whole theory though is that once the cut-out was intalled, and closed, that it was causing turbulence/back pressure in the path of the exhaust. What use to be a straight pipe, now has a new path with the cut-out and when some of the exhaust turns to try to escape out of the cut-out, it is running into the plate and has to come back against the flow of the rest of the exhaust, causing back-pressure, thus hindering performance. Not sure if all that made sense or not, some times it's difficult writing my theories out.
#15
Re: What kind of horsepower from cutout?
i have no way of proving what i say, but it feels like I lose a bit of low end power (1500-3000 rpm or so) but gain some on top (3500 and up) with it open.
Last edited by JoeliusZ28; 01-25-2005 at 06:43 AM.