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Old 12-27-2006, 09:14 AM
bremillard bremillard is offline
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Cobra Make, Engine: shell valley, all aluminum 540 ci chevy
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I've got a 540 Chevy motor that engine dynoed at over 700 h.p. When I installed it in my car using Shell Valley supplied sidepipes the motor would barely run. I cut open the sidepipes and removed everything. I welded in some 3 1/2" CarChemestry baffles and welded the sidepipes back together. This mod allows the motor to breathe but it is much noisier. There really is no free lunch with mufflers. It will either flow real well and be noisy or not flow as well and be quieter. Each person has to weigh what is right for them. I opted for maximizing power in my application. -Bob
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