>>}
>>} I got my MP catalog recently. The MP catback looks suspiciously =
>like
>>} the Gibson. Could be a coincidence, but its possible that the MP is =
>actually
>>} a Gibson. (Anyone know for sure?)
>>
>
>It is a Gibson. Well, at least that's what a dood named Osvaldo told
>me when I called Gibson...
>
>
> Steve
I put the MP system on my '96 last winter. I previously called Gibson
and at the time they did not have the '96 CC 4x4 available. I asked if
they made the MP system and he (don't know who?) said "no way. We
tested their system and it's annoyingly louder".
The MP system uses a 2-chamber muffler and I think the Gibson uses
a 3-chamber, thus the extra loudness of the MP one. Those mufflers
are all a standard size, I forget offhand but I think 7"OD x 30"long
with 3" inlet and outlet. I'm sure they look the same.
Initially I wasn't sure if I liked the MP system, it seemed too loud
at some of the rpm ranges for my taste. But after a while it grew on
me and now I love it. The main snag I had was it had no provisions
for the second O2 sensor, and cutting the existing system after the
sensor would not work because there was a bend in the pipe there (MP
said this would work; the system was actually for pre-96 Dakotas).
I had an adapter welded in at a muffler shop to accept the sensor,
and all's been great since.
Rich
'96 V8 CC 4x4 auto
MP cat-back; K&N drop-in; MP SBEC please!!??
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