Downpipe, HUH?

imported_goku

Diamond Member
Mar 28, 2004
7,613
3
0
Whats a downpipe? (Cars) My friend kept referring to it and said it hooked into the exhaust and I asked him if it was the exhaust manifold and he said no... So WTH is it?
 

forrestroche

Senior member
Apr 25, 2005
529
7
81
Originally posted by: goku
Whats a downpipe? (Cars) My friend kept referring to it and said it hooked into the exhaust and I asked him if it was the exhaust manifold and he said no... So WTH is it?

So it sounds like it went like this:

YOU: Hey friend, this downpipe you keep referring to, is it the exhaust manifold?

HIM: No

YOU: Oh. I guess I will go ask on ATOT.

 

jcovercash

Diamond Member
Apr 24, 2001
9,064
0
0
No a downpipe is part of a turbo system.... A downpipe helps the exhaust system flow better and allows the turbo to spool up quicker.... /END of thread
 

deadlyapp

Diamond Member
Apr 25, 2004
6,672
744
126
Wow you guys. Downpipe goes from the end of the exhaust manifold to the cat, then theres the cat-back exhaust system. It is synonomous with N/A And FI cars.

There is also often an uppipe in turbo ssytems that goes from the O2's to the downpipe.
 

Twista

Diamond Member
Jun 19, 2003
9,646
1
0
Originally posted by: deadlyapp
Wow you guys. Downpipe goes from the end of the exhaust manifold to the cat, then theres the cat-back exhaust system. It is synonomous with N/A And FI cars.

There is also often an uppipe in turbo ssytems that goes from the O2's to the downpipe.

:D Learn something new everyday!
 

tfinch2

Lifer
Feb 3, 2004
22,114
1
0
Originally posted by: jcovercash
No a downpipe is part of a turbo system.... A downpipe helps the exhaust system flow better and allows the turbo to spool up quicker.... /END of thread

A downpipe isn't exclusive to a turbo equipped vehicle numbnuts.