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07-18-2006 #1
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Turbo piping question
Why to turbo cars run this, check the attached pic, kind of mesh piping? Thanks, David
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07-18-2006 #2
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My guess is that it has some give when it expands & contracts.
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07-18-2006 #3
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It has a lot of uses.
First being that stainless tubing has a very high thermal expansion rate. So when it's 1200F in there it moves around quite a bit. If you don't have some flex sections it will crack and break.
Also on some setups the turbos are not hard mounted to the engine, but to a frame section. In this case (unless you use solid motor mounts) there needs to be some room for movement and flex in the system.
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And even if the turbo(s) are mounted to the motor, you need a flex section since the exhaust is usually mounted to the chassis.
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