if you do it you will hear it rumble a bit at idle and when you back off when it has been reved up it will rumble a bit too. might actually gain a hp or two and maybe a half mile per gal too.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

how much would fabricating a full straight pipe and intalling a universal muffler go for you guys think?

i would expect to pay about 100 to 150 at my indie muff shop.

if you do this get the best pipe they have, prob ss.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I've deleted the rear muffler on my TE and kept the center resonator. It growls pretty deeply, enough that I don't get on it in quiet residential neighborhoods. On the highway it's not that offensive. When you take off it has a drone that crisps up pretty sharp about 3500RPM. If you live in a posh neighborhood I wouldn't recommend it, the neiighbors may start to hate you depending on how early you leave for work.

Its cool. Do you know what size the pipe is though? It sits too low for me to go under and measure the pipe, and I wnted to pull the resonator, and center muffler.

Then perhaps a tip.

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91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

i dont know and i dont recommend removing all muffs and resonators.

i think you will quickly tire of the loudness.

i tried it on my suburban. yikes!

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I removed the center resonator on both 450 SEL 6.9 and 190 E 2.6 and found a deeper sound. No drone at highway speeds or idle. No downside that I could notice at all and particularly in the v-8, the sound to me is proper.

Interestingly to me, after the center was pulled on the 6.9 and after having driven it for awhile, I had an x-pipe grafted in as close as I could get it to the front of the car. The idea is to even out the exhaust pulses and increase scavenging. The effect was that of a small muffler.

I have read and posted such, that the old hot rodders could put in a couple of crossover pipes at different locations and do without mufflers completely.