ORIGINAL: richardtf
ORIGINAL: Encountr
i agree with torque = short
but it does not end there, obviously.
i have a Losi Aftershock that came with a long fat pipe. they call it a tuned-pipe.
But man does that pipe sucked. no bottom, no top, no middle. The pipe was just killing the engine.
Then i swaped it out for a HPI polished pipe, which is about the same lenght, about the same diameter, but has a real tuned pipe shape.
Man what a differance. The Aftershock now runs like theres no tomorrow. Huge bottom, huge middle, and very good top. Its bassicaly not the same truck anymore.
So, my point, for newbies of course, dont take for granted that a short pipe will give you bottom end and that a long one will give you top end. Ask the guys arround before you buy. The internal construction is the major point there and usually, what you see of a pipe (the exterior) is just the exterior, nothing to do with the performance.
My 2 cents.
iam upgrading my volcano sv which one is better?
team associated torque-tuned pipe or the hpi aluminum tuned pipe 21+polished?
I myself love my team ae torque pipe. I also have it on my volcano, i think it's funner to have that extra little kick on the low end that will get u around off road a little better. But if your a stree driver, or just want as much high end speed as you can get go with an rpm pipe, i'm assuming that the hpi aluminum tuned pipe is and rpm pipe, but u know what assuming does.