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Old Sep 19, 2006 | 06:43 PM
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I had the Flowmaster 50 Delta put on and dumped in front of the axle with 2" outlets on my 3.7L Quad Cab. I'm still trying to decide how it sounds and if I want to keep it. I do however LOVE the sound at startup. Here's the startup and to about 3000rpms. Click here to watch sitting-54

This is what happens when I hit 4000rpms sitting still in park, is this the rev limiter kicking in...losing back pressure...help me out here please. Click here to watch odd-64 This is with the pedal HELD, I am not popping the throttle in this clip.



The distortion in these isn't the exhaust, it's the cheap microphone bottoming out.
 
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Old Sep 19, 2006 | 06:49 PM
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Sounds great, id say keep it. Youll get used to the noise :-) Have any pics?
 
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Old Sep 19, 2006 | 11:03 PM
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No, I don't have pics of anything, not much to see really. Just a base Black Pearl Quad Cab with the rear window tinited and the Flowmaster. I'm putting a CAI on it in the next week and in Feb. or so after taxes I'm going to add a Stage II Chip, black step rails, black Bull bar, new fuel door, tint the front two windows and possibly add wheels and lower the rear about 2 inches to level the truck out. I want something like American Racing black off-road wheels, but I'm not totally against something nicer with a black inside and polished around the edges though. I do want to keep the wheel size at 16 inches, just because I like the way the tires look on the truck now. Basically, I'm aiming for a blacked-out pre-runner look.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 12:36 AM
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if your going for a prerunner look with offroad wheels, why not raise the front to level it out instead of lowering the back?
 
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 01:31 AM
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I thought this one out completely, and came up with a number of cons to only one pro. That pro being looks, there's a list of reason's to lower the back instead

1) I have six year old, an infant and a short wife, and it will make getting in and out easier.
2) Lowering the rear is only sacrificing payload and it won't matter with my uses for the truck.
3) I want to keep the 16" Wranglers on it, I like the way they look so I'm trying to keep the wheels
to 16" also to use the tires, but they don't fill the rear wheel well, lowering the back will close up that space.
Raising the front will make the 16s look more out of place.
4) I want the Pre-runner "look," I don't need the extra ground clearance.
5) The truck is plenty high the way it is, I don't really want it higher.
6) Cost, COST, COST! Lowering the rear will be way cheaper than raising the front.

6/1 in favor of lowering the rear.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 07:36 AM
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I vote leave it the way it is [sm=alcoholic.gif]
 
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 03:58 PM
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I can see your point of wanting to lower the back instead. But if you end up deciding to raise the front, use a 2 1/2 leveling kit, which is nothing but two spacers. That costs I believe around $68. If anybody wants to buy my spacers, they are new, I just decided not to install them, Im gonna sell them on ebay soon.
 
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 03:33 PM
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what do you want for the spacers
 
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