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Penske X-Pipe and Business Relocation

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Boyd discusses the complex X-pipe design from Penske Racing, featuring a 'three-dimensional merge collector' and a phosphorescent coating for durability. He explains his decision to leave his home-based shop due to city complaints about industrial operations in a residential zone. He moved to an industrial building, allowing for significant expansion and the use of three-phase power.

Goal: Showcase advanced X-pipe designs and discuss business growth.

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You [clears throat] see the see that taper right there? The goal was to make this into a giant three-dimensional merge collector. There's expansion all the way out here. >> Further away from the center. If he gets through three and four, this is going to be an awesome lap for this this team. >> 182 through three and four there. That's the lowest speed right there. 191 at the line and by three full tenths of a second. >> Penske >> [snorts] >> was the most professional, amazing organization to work with. >> [snorts] >> The guy's a scientist. Everything at Penske was just perfect. There's a story with with one of these. I I took one of these back to uh them. >> [clears throat] >> And Rusty went out and drove the car and says, "I don't like the way it sounds." And the and the uh crew chief said, "We don't really care >> [laughter] >> because the car is faster with it." >> He didn't like the way the Y pipe sounded? >> Didn't like the way it sounded. So, he was used to the uh the H pipe sound. And with the change in that, he had to reacquire, you know, what what the because it it revs it it revs so much higher, it sounds that way. >> So, turning one and two. And look at this, the green bubble continues to be >> that you think you need to shift sooner than you do. So, you have to look at the tach. And so, he had he had to learn all over what the uh the the sound, you know, was with the car. And and the crew crew chief just said, "This is the way it is." >> What's the sound difference between that when it's built right versus the uh other two? >> There isn't any. I can I have qualifying videos. I'm I apologize. Um William has them and he uh took it took them down and I don't know where they are. They sound so close that if I didn't know what I because I knew what I'd sold to what team like at Las Vegas I went I listened once once for qualifying I knew that when Jeff Gordon went by they had they had one of those. I knew when Walt when Rusty went by I knew they had one of these and when Michael Waltrip went by they had that. But they're really close really really really close because you're doing the same thing here with a Y pipe >> [clears throat] >> that you're doing with an X pipe. You're just combining the high and low pressure points just putting it back together just like that. And I would lay the pieces out and measure them and cut them so they…

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