Anyone with experience in exhaust flow know if this seemingly ridiculous 80 degree but weld of the exhaust pipe just beneath the manifold would be causing me a power or economy issue?
Its not a joke, it really is welded like that, due to the steering arm and housing being in the way.
This is the Philippines where quality workmanship is few and far between and I will probably have to spend a week driving around to find someone with the welding ability and ability to move the steering mechanism to make it all line up.
As this is such a mission for me to endeavour to fix, I want to know not opinions, but actual fact, if this would be causing an excessive back-pressure at the exhaust valves.
My gut tells me it would be nothing at idle, but at high RPM when lots of air is flowing through, my uninformed opinion would be that this is a major restriction.
See attachments for photos of this crazy piece of work.
Cheers