RPI Exhaust - keeping a car for a long time 4--5 years
Not to get into a pissing contest but you're actually wrong. Technically it is dual exhaust, its the tips that everyone references as quad exhaust.
I'm not sure of the main reason, but after creating a thread and west proving gains with his setup, I think people realized the myth that a "quad" or technically a dual exhaust would hinder performance, was false. For more information on this issue you can refer to the thread below and come to your own conclusion:
https://5series.net/forums/topic/985...t-and-fiction/
https://5series.net/forums/topic/985...t-and-fiction/
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From: Originally from Koeln, Deutschland. Enjoying it in Bonita Springs, Florida Now :)
Even though technically it is a dual exhaust, 99% of the people on this forum refer to it as quad. So although it might technically be wrong, it prevents confusion and is much easier to say than "dual exhaust with quad tips"
I'm not sure of the main reason, but after creating a thread and west proving gains with his setup, I think people realized the myth that a "quad" or technically a dual exhaust would hinder performance, was false. For more information on this issue you can refer to the thread below and come to your own conclusion:
https://5series.net/forums/topic/985...t-and-fiction/
https://5series.net/forums/topic/985...t-and-fiction/
Haha, I just want those who are entering this subject to understand in more depth the difference between quad and dual, and thanks for clarifying that. BTW is that the fountain in front of your house
All kidding aside, as for the RPI exhaust (or single-sided) yielding better results than a "quad" exhaust, well that's been proven wrong. Look though the thread and you'll see member west gained just as much power as RPI claims with their exhaust.
All kidding aside, as for the RPI exhaust (or single-sided) yielding better results than a "quad" exhaust, well that's been proven wrong. Look though the thread and you'll see member west gained just as much power as RPI claims with their exhaust.
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From: Originally from Koeln, Deutschland. Enjoying it in Bonita Springs, Florida Now :)
Haha, I just want those who are entering this subject to understand in more depth the difference between quad and dual, and thanks for clarifying that. BTW is that the fountain in front of your house
All kidding aside, as for the RPI exhaust (or single-sided) yielding better results than a "quad" exhaust, well that's been proven wrong. Look though the thread and you'll see member west gained just as much power as RPI claims with their exhaust.
All kidding aside, as for the RPI exhaust (or single-sided) yielding better results than a "quad" exhaust, well that's been proven wrong. Look though the thread and you'll see member west gained just as much power as RPI claims with their exhaust.
If that's the case, lets compare apples to apples and show me some customer dyno graphs of a 550i before and after with an RPI exhaust. Maybe I'm not searching enough but the only graphs I'm finding are two pulls from RPI.
I'm totally open-minded on the matter and would sure as shit replace my dual exhaust with an axle-back rpi if it produced more power, but I haven't seen evidence of this.
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