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Primary Designs 2010 F1 Season

Primary Designs is maintaining it’s position at the forefront of motorsport exhaust technology - producing Grand Prix winning exhausts during 2010

Launch of NEW range of Supercar exhausts

Primary Designs is launching a new range of Supercar exhausts,with help from Buckinghamshire High Performance.

We celebrate 12 year anniversary

Primary Designs celebrates its 12th year as a Leading Race Exhaust supplier to the Motorsports Industry.

During the last 12 years PDL has secured its well respected position as a World leading Race exhaust design and manufacturing company,and continues to do so in 2010.

Supercar Exhaust packages are Primary objective

Primary Designs Ltd based in Thame, Oxfordshire (UK), the world leaders in the design and manufacture of race car exhaust systems, motorsports fabrication services and specialist welding, have revealed their penetration into the Supercar sector.

A Harsh Environment

A Harsh environment

The Formula 1 exhaust has two main functions or components, the first being removal of hot exhaust gases from the cylinders of the high revving V8 engines, which occurs as many pulses of exhaust gas exit the cylinder and flow down the tuned-length Primary pipes into the collector where each bank of four pipes merge (often referred to as a Merge collector)
The second component is the high velocity travel of the Pressure wave down the Primary pipe caused by a positive pressure when the exhaust valve opens and the reflections of that wave.
Taking full advantages of these effects of Physics, can greatly improve the scavenging of waste gases and inducing cylinder filling; thus maximising power/torque.