Over exhausted??

Craig S Wolfsburg Wizard

635 posts · joined May 2008 · 25 Oct 2008, 2:11 pm

#676507

Hi All,

Joel said in a post last week (I think):

"vws by nature were undercarbed and over exhausted to give good economy and long life"

Now the undercarbed bit I understand, but from a technical point of view, I don't understand how a engine can be overexhausted. Logically I would have thought that the quicker and more efficiently you remove the exhaust gases from the engine the better, but I take it this is not the case?

Can someone please explain to me why this is so, and how it works??

Thanks for your help.

Craig

1969 Beetle - June
1974 L Bug - Gwendolyn
2002 Bora V6 4Motion - Anita

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 25 Oct 2008, 4:04 pm

#676523

go put ur foot over the tail pipes
thats what a stock exhuast does to an engine

thats how extractors improve performance,
they flow alot more freely and all 4 runners are equal length

take a look at a stock exhaust cut open u'll see why they suck
compare the stock one to a quiet pack

condo008 Casual Dubber

25 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 26 Oct 2008, 9:14 pm

#676778

craig, what joel was saying is that the exhaust system is quite restricted not that it is free flowing, like how you interpreted joel's statment

Craig S Wolfsburg Wizard

635 posts · joined May 2008 · 26 Oct 2008, 9:37 pm

#676787

Thanks guys, that makes sense to me, once Gwendolyns has her Webers in I'll be off to get a new extractors for her.

Cheers

1969 Beetle - June
1974 L Bug - Gwendolyn
2002 Bora V6 4Motion - Anita

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 27 Oct 2008, 5:45 am

#676806

sorry my bad i never mastered the art of explaining things clearly

NuZo Officially Full-On Dubber

286 posts · joined Mar 2008 · 27 Oct 2008, 8:51 am

#676824

lol joel!!! iv also been blessed with that syndrome!! hahah not coolz!!