straight pipe exhaust is it safe

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Apr 20, 2009 | 03:19 PM

buyingbuyer

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straight pipe exhaust is it safe

I have FI wide glide with 1 3/4 straight exhaust and was wanting to change to 2" straigh back slash cut pipes , harley dealer said pipes I using now is bad for engine ,should have baffles and if I switch to the 2" straight pipe I have to have baffle or good chance of burning valves is this true and can I just put baffles in the 2" pipes and be ok

Apr 20, 2009 | 03:43 PM

maddghost

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If you have straight pipes i imagine you like it very loud-so baffles will make it quieter and you don't want that I think. You just need some type of fuel management device like PCV, pcIII, sert,tts master tune, vance &hines fuel pak.... There are more...

Apr 20, 2009 | 06:11 PM

SC-Longhair

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Doesn't FI require a decent amount of backpressure?

Apr 20, 2009 | 06:13 PM

rockon

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Backpressure = Power

Straight Pipe = Noise

Power = Win

Noise = Fail

Apr 20, 2009 | 06:17 PM

paul s

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http://www.bigcitythunder.com/pages/...rformance.html These should do the trick.

Apr 20, 2009 | 06:49 PM

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It will run like crap with open 2" pipes. Save your money on that BCT crap and just get you a set of 12 buck shorty baffles. If you need to do any "tuning", make a pair of lollipop baffles and put them in either before or a after the shorty baffles.