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This is actually good to bounce off of you. Think stock: cast iron, pre-cats, bends, poor flow, and small diameter. More material to hold more heat and obviously reduce flow. Non-stock (downpipes and testpipes): steel or some sort, smooth bends and transitions (let's assume this for now), no pre-cats - therefore better heat dissipation or "uncorking the bottle". Although you do want some degree of heat to keep the flow (your scavenging comments ring bells of yesteryear), the added heat retention translates all the way through the system, back up to the turbos. Hot turbos --> decreased efficiency --> hotter inlet temps to IC --> hotter IC outlet temp --> hotter TB air charge --> increase in chance for detonation. Heat and heatsoak increase the risk/probability for detonation with all other factors held constant is my argument. i.e. I wouldn't suggest running MORE boost b/c of a well-designed exhaust, but one could extrapolate that it could be done more safely, stock vs non-stock. Your comments? SS
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