Re: 2" exhaust system?

From: DesignTech@worldnet.att.net
Date: Thu Feb 06 1997 - 21:36:53 EST


i live in NJ

i think it is illegal, but the guy did it anyway
i am lucky, i guess...

if u have a truck that is over 5 years or 50K then it is totally legal

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> From: Rader <rlr@bbt.com>
> To: Dakota Mailing List <dakota@sseg.ait.fredonia.edu>
> Subject: Re: 2" exhaust system?
> Date: Thursday, February 06, 1997 6:33 PM
>
> DesignTech@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>
> > doesn't anyone out there have a true dual exhaust system like i do??
> >
> > the factory plumbing to the cat is the part you have to get rid of, it
has
> > a kink in it. i trashed the whole system and started over new with two
2.5"
> > pipes, 2 cats and 2 one piece turbos, and to top it off with 2 3"
chrome
> > tips
>
> Where do you live? I assume you are not registering the truck
> in one of the areas that disallow modification of the basic
> stock exhaust configuration. Your exhaust system would be illegal
> here in Durham County, NC. Consider yourself lucky.
>
> Have you integrated an H-pipe in your system? I seem to remember
> that a dual exhaust system without a crossover can introduce some
> nasty harmonics through exhaust pulses, and possibly even increase
> backpressure in some conditions. You might be able to squeeze some
> more performance by adding a crossover.
>
> Isn't there a trick to determine the correct crossover location
> that involves spraying paint at the approximate location, and welding
> the H-pipe in at the first point where the paint burns off? Never
> done it myself.
>
> Ron



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