Tate,
As a witness to Sam's exhaust (and many other HP ssytems) His is LOUD!! It
sounds like a big block dodge truck with blown out Hemi mufflers and before
the axle dumps. It makes people stare! Sams truck is a "sleeper" and its
definitly strange to hear so much sound out of the truck. It definitely
wasnt that loud with the stock Cat...It was a very surprising result...Then
again I've never seen such a tiny cat with such a big inlet and outlet...I
find it hard to believe theze trucks are so susceptible to "lowering" the
exhaust back pressure. My small block cuda seems to love it...
BKB
-----Original Message-----
From: STRICKLAND, Tate [mailto:tstricklan@shl.com]
Sent: Monday, November 23, 1998 12:20 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: RE: Re: Frank's TB Vol. #1
Sorry to hear you had bad luck with that setup, Sam. My experience has been
the opposite. I dropped about two tenths off of my average 60 foot times
with the exact same setup - and I wouldn't classify it as "VERY" loud. In
fact, I honestly wish it was louder, sometimes. Hope you find the missing
link that will make the exhaust live up to your expectations.
Tate
-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Parthemer [SMTP:srp@home.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 1998 5:10 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Re: Frank's TB Vol. #1
-----*snip*
>My thoughts - more horses could probably be made by those who have
less
>restrictive exhausts. I still have the stock exhaust, except for
my JBA's,
>which are beat up. I'll talk about that in a different post....
>
>Overall I'm very happy with the power increase! I won't metion
fuel
>mileage, cause my right foot has been stuck to the floor!
>
Be carefull with too little restriction though, as I think I've gone
too
far. I've
got one of Frank's Stage II's, DT headers, 3"collector-- 3" pipe, 3"
in/out
CAT, 3" pipe, 3" Ultra FLO (aka Straight pipe w/no packing), and
finally
a 3" tailpipe... VERY loud, and I believe has killed my low end
(1500-2500
rpm)... Best mileage was 16.5 so far, mixed city/hwy driving...
City
driving
now yields 13-14 whereas I got 15.6-16 consistantly previously
(before
the 3" CAT work). The TB works fine, and I've adjusted my driving
for the
off idle surge that occurs....
Sam '95 SLT
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