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Old May 5, 2010 | 05:54 PM
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Uh...I doubt it. A dual exhaust allows the use of smaller pipe for better flow. I made a decent gain going to duals and X.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by trever1t
Uh...I doubt it. A dual exhaust allows the use of smaller pipe for better flow. I made a decent gain going to duals and X.
is it 2.5 or 3 inch duel..?
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Old May 5, 2010 | 06:44 PM
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Made an opp with my exhaust shop tomorrow to get the x-pipe installed and Im heading to the track Friday night. Ill post up the results once I get them.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by trever1t
Uh...I doubt it. A dual exhaust allows the use of smaller pipe for better flow. I made a decent gain going to duals and X.
You have a really nice system Bill, I remember seeing the illusive pics a long time ago (wish I would've right clicked and saved at the time )...equal length pipes meeting into an x, and all this while staying out of the way of the transfer case...very trick
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Old May 5, 2010 | 11:03 PM
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Yeah, Bill's pipes, although they look a bit small do a great job for him. I'm just gonna add a +1 to what everyone else said about the X-pipe and moving it forward!
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Old May 5, 2010 | 11:19 PM
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Thanks but Rick deserves all the fab props for that. He spent hours under there trying to make something to meet my needs.

I deleted everything from my PB account but have them on disc....somewhere, honestly, I'm too lazy to search for them.


Someday I'll open them up to full 3", all I need is another set of mufflers and some pipe.

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Old May 6, 2010 | 07:54 PM
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Just got my truck back for the exhaust shop. I can really tell a differance in the sound. Its a little more mollow. Not quite as much drone as before. Can't really tell a diffarence on the street. The only place they could fit the xpipe was about two feet infront of the mufflers. Eventually I want to redue the exhaust from the headers back and I'll remove the cats and place the x closer to the headers, and use two single in duel out magnaflow 14" with 4 3" tips out the back. We'll see how much it helped tomorrow night.
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