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Old 03-16-2009, 09:38 PM
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I have a dodge ram 1500 reg cab short box with a single exaust i want to leave the caddalic conveter on and put a y-pipe after it. and bring out 2 pipes to the rear end. is there a cheap way to do this or to do it your self. where can i buy pipes that are pre bended for my truck? and will it sound ok i have the 360 motor or the big one lol
 
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Old 03-16-2009, 09:58 PM
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i had a straight pipe on mine (2500 with a 5.9 v-8) and it doesn't sound that good. i would recommend do a 1 in 2 out flowmaster 40 that is like a 3 inch out, so you will still have the duals, and the 02's will be good. when i had mine straight piped, it almost felt like i lost power
 
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Old 03-16-2009, 10:21 PM
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some people lose power, some people dont. it depends on how you have your setup. for something like that, then yea i would imagine you would lose power, but if you ran straight true dual pipes...then i would think it would be a different story
 
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Taking a muffler off or putting a performance one on doesn't do a damn thing. I've had flowmasters and magnaflow and i felt no difference in horsepower or acceleration. took that crap off and left the cadallitic converter on and still didn't feel a difference, actually gained and extra mpg and it sounds flippin sweet. I've never heard our trucks without the cat but if you leave it on it will sound sweet.
 
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Old 03-16-2009, 10:33 PM
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like i said, i believe it all depends on the setup. it varies truck by truck.
 
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Summit has akit thats singlein then dualpipes out the back comes with everything clamps hangers prebent pipes muffler catback system it's on sale right now $149 hard to beat
 
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Summit has akit thats singlein then dualpipes out the back comes with everything clamps hangers prebent pipes muffler catback system it's on sale right now $149 hard to beat

Link please.
 
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Caddalic? ... cadallitic?

Get a Cat-back system, bolt it on and call it a day. There's, like, a thousand to choose from.
 
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Caddalic? ... cadallitic?

Get a Cat-back system, bolt it on and call it a day. There's, like, a thousand to choose from.
im looking at this http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
i guess i really dont understand how it work will they both come out at the rear of the truck under bumper>?
 
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Looks to me like that's exactly what they do.
 


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