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02-20-2008 | 03:45 PM

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From: Rosh-HaAyin, ISRAEL

RE: tuned pipe on a fox 46

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ORIGINAL: w8ye

It would be just about the same price to buy a more powerful engine.

Jim,

I don't agree!

It will be MUCH CHEAPER to just get a larger, more powerful engine!

Unless your are competing with your plane in a class where the engine displacement is limited, or that the engine you have comes with a tuned exhaust system as a matter of course (at a price comparable to its normal exhaust system, up to, say $30 more), tuned pipes are not the way to go.

If, say, a .50 engine makes comparable power to a .40 with a tuned-pipe, the .40 engine + the tuned exhaust/pipe will cost $60-150 more than the .50 and be 2-8 ounces heavier...

The exceptions are the mousse can (if you fabricate the header by yourself), or the MVVS tuned silencer (ditto)...

So, what gives?

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