mhayes462

What is the difference between the banded pipes and the pipes with no band in the middle like the ones that come on the ProBoats? What are the pros and cons of each? Thanks

Believe It

The noband "RPM" pipes are a peakier pipe... while the band pipes give a broader torque curve throughout the rpm range.

mhayes462

So it seems to me like it would be best to have a banded pipe. Are there any benifits to a noband pipe? I have a 260 powered rigger, which do you think would be a good choice for that? Thanks

jacob711

well riggers i thought are for all out speed so a no band pipe would be the go

mhayes462

Alright, thanks for the reply. I acrually have a noband lying around that came off a proboat.

Scott Schneider

Maybe true ... Maybe not ?

Rigger are by design the Indy cars of the boating world, but to get them going and up to speed with the wild aggressive props they will pull, Low end grunt and a midrange punch is required. RPM pipes are not generally needed because once a rigger gets going is runs so slippery on the water that the engine gets freed up and generally will rev out quite high in spite of what pipes fitted to engine.

If the rigger in question won't pull big knarly props, but instead requires the use of more conservative props, then a banded pipe is not really required.
For a rigger running smaller less aggressive props to compete with one that can run the bigger props it will reqire the engine to spin up a lot tighter to get equal speed.
And sadly in most cases will not & cannot go as fast as a rigger running bigger and higher pitch props.