| If you want to improve car performance there are | | | | resultant energy generates the power. However along |
| several car after market products that help you do | | | | with the energy exhaust gases are also generated |
| that. There are many options you will need to evaluate | | | | when the fuel air mixture is ignited. And before the |
| before you can make a confident choice. | | | | next lot of fuel air mixture can be ignited these |
| Some like a cold air intake do it by improving | | | | exhaust gases have to be removed. Now exhaust |
| combustion other such as some components of body | | | | gases travel out of the engine through a series of |
| kits do so by improving the aerodynamics. Some do it | | | | components such as a silencer and a catalytic |
| by reducing the car weight such as a carbon fiber | | | | converter onto the final exhaust pipe. The resistance |
| hood. Some even do it by reducing component weight | | | | they encounter in leaving the engine creates what is |
| such as light engine pulleys. | | | | known as the back pressure. The lower the back |
| Amongst all these products there is one product that | | | | pressure the faster the exhaust gases can leave the |
| improves engine performance in an elegant manner. | | | | engine. |
| That is a cat-back exhaust. Why is it elegant? | | | | The size and design of the final exhaust pipe impacts |
| Because in improving the cars performance it | | | | the ease with which the exhaust gases can make the |
| doesn’t stress the engine more. Rather it reduces | | | | final exit. In a cat-back exhaust the pipe diameter is |
| the stress on the engine. | | | | larger than normal. Also the bends are designed such |
| To understand how a cat-back exhaust improves | | | | that back pressure is minimized. By allowing exhaust |
| engine performance you must understand in simple | | | | gases to leave quickly a cat-back exhaust enables the |
| terms how an engine generates power. An engine is | | | | next combustion cycle to take place more easily and |
| where fuel is mixed with air and then compressed. | | | | therefore it improves the engine performance. |
| Once it is compressed the mixture is ignited and the | | | | |