We Say...
by Frank Markus TECHNOLOGUE
Dec 28, 2017
2 minutes
Did you know exhaust systems function like elaborate organ pipes? I thought they were more like long megaphones or trumpets, transmitting and muting the sound of the explosions happening in the cylinders. Nope. The noise is actually generated by the rush of exhaust gasses passing—sometimes at sonic or supersonic speeds—through an exhaust valve opening, just like compressed air entering an organ pipe. This probably isn’t news to
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