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Old 19 March 2009, 11:49 AM
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Hiya

I suspect i will not be taking my car beyond 320ish bhp, so is there any benefit to running a 3"turbo back system? Would it be better to stay 2.5" if poss?
Also there is a great group buy on a 3" sprts cat down pipe, will this be ok with a 2.5" if i get an adaptor or will there be funny turbulence issues as the bore steps down?

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MY97 wrx wagon btw (standard so far...)
Old 19 March 2009, 06:03 PM
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anyone?
Old 19 March 2009, 06:05 PM
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Nothing wrong with keeping a 2.5" system to make the best of that level of power.
Old 19 March 2009, 07:21 PM
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2.5" is fine until you want to get much over 350bhp, I managed to get 394bhp on my H&S 2.5 turbo back system with a 321H but once I went to a 3" system i am now around 415bhp at a lower boost.
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thanks guys

no detramental effects to fitting a 3" bore when i'm only aming for 300bhp? Apart from it being more expensive

And its fine to reduce down from 3" sprots cat to 2.5" cat back?

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