[84LX89GT]

Originally Posted by Meotchh

True but that was a turbocharged motor. You want to minimize the BP as much as possible on a forced induction motor. The N/A wants to see SOME back pressure & opening up to dual exhaust, like the SVO, is not a good idea for the N/A 2.3. The most I would do on the N/A is go for a high flow cat, less restrictive muffler, & single 2.5" exhaust is plenty big enough for this motor. Unless you serieously improve the flow through the motor. But this would involve spending quite a bit a cash.

Pipe diameter and length for resonance tuning and scavenging is what is important, backpressure slows exhaust from coming out of the head and diluting the air/fuel mixture on the intake cycle. If he went to 2.5" exhaust it would likely kill bottom end completely. The svo exhaust bolts behind the cat and is 2.25" dual, so it has the same effect as a low restriction muffler even with quieter mufflers. You want to keep diameter smaller near the manifold to increase velocity and the effect of the scavenging exhaust pulses. Once he gets a ways past the 105 horsepower range it might be a good idea to increase pipe diameter.