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Old 12-25-2003, 06:02 PM
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I have a nice single in/out muffler that I want to put on my truck with dual tailpipes. I was wondering if anyone here has ever used a single in/out muffler then put a "Y" on it right after the muffler. I don't really understand what would be wrong with it, but my exhaust guy is a little leary of it saying that most of the sound will still come out of one tailpipe. I understand that this will happen a little bit because one of the tailpipes will have to be a little longer for the driver's side, but I don't see how this is any different than the catback systems with 2 tailpipes. Anyways, I was just wondering if anyone had any opinions on this.
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I have seen it done with the stock muffler. This was done just for looks. I see no problems with it. I'd say go for it.
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My corsa duals are like that and sound and perform excellent.
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why don't you just do single in/dual out?
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1.) I already have the muffler from a previous car
2.) They don't make the muffler in a dual out version
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I have a single in/out with a Y and it sounds real good. Both sides are equal.
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flowmaster makes a 3" single in and dual 2.5 out
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Almost all duel outlet pipes are for looks anyways, you aint gonna get any more power, but it would look real good with the pipes sticking out. I wish now I would have done that instead of the turn down hidden pipe. I saw a couple of lowered chevys that had duel 3" tips sticking out the back, and man that just looks cool, even knowing it is still not a true duel.
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I'm doing it with dual tailpipes for looks only. The sound I want is coming from the muffer, but I just prefer to have two tailpipes, each exiting like the stock location, however with angle-cut tips that are sideways and flush with the edge of the body. The muffler I have is a Flowmaster 30-series muffler, single 3" in/out. Flowmaster does not make a dual out 30-series muffler, plus I already have the muffler from a Force II catback that came off of my Firebird. I really enjoyed the sound of it since it is quite mellow for a Flowmaster, and the interior resonance is much less, plus it's just sitting around doing nothing. This muffler seems to have a sound that's noticably different than most other Flows, and I kinda like it.
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i have a single in/out, i'm just going to cut the tailpipe off and convert it into a dump.
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