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Re: Exhaust Backpressure
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 6/9/1999

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The best way to check backpressure (in the shop) is by doing a snap throttle. A steady state test at idle and 2500 RPM is worthless and will miss most restricted exhaust problems. A snap throttle will... Login to read more.