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      05-24-2018, 04:04 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by nothingman View Post
Nice find, brooke1972!

Why do you suppose they made it taper so drastically and didn't engineer a more gradual reduction in diameter?
I suspect it's just because the pipe is made from extruded Aluminium pipe welded then cleaned up. A cone shape would need to be machined from billet, making it quite a bit more expensive.

It's still quite a bit better than the stock moulded plastic I think:


And here's the Pure part to compare:

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