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Torque tubes increase torque at low revs due to the momentum of the incoming gas ramming extra charge into the cylinders. Kind of like exhaust gas momentum sucking extra charge out.
At high revs the engine is taking the air from the tube quicker than it can be replaced and the volumetric efficiency starts to drop like on a normal setup.
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