Hey Dester,
Maybe your cousin was under the impression that he wasn't going to get paid.
Any gain is a real gain. Sometimes you get a little, sometimes you get little
more. ANY reduction in restriction(from stock) will give you more hp. JBA
estimated 5-7 hp from the y-pipe.
Dr. Pat
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>From: Dester243@aol.com
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: Bad gas mileage on trip AND y-pipe ???
>Date: Sat, Mar 20, 1999, 5:57 AM
>
> Okay, on my trip to louisianna from kansas. i recorded that averaging around
> 85 mph, i got (according to the overhead computer) 16.8 miles to the gallon
> then on the way back..
> 17.1 this is bad... and very sad.
> i have a 97 dakota v6, 3.9, auto matic. bug deflector, 10" air cleaner (with
> poor man's ram air tubing) tonneau cover, electricic fans, and 180 degree
> stat. and on the way down to louisianna, i had a dynomax Race magnum muffler,
> but on the way back i got a 2 chamber flow master. MY GOD it is loud under
> 2000 RPM and kinda has an annoying "note" on the highway and when letting off
> the gas .... well, is that piss poor mileage?
>
> ALSO..
> when i was down in louisianna, my coz owns a shop that does mufflers so i told
> me to fabricate me a custom y-pipe (he has a freaking mandrel bender) but he
> told me i'm just wasting my money, since you have to do the WHOLE system to
> get real gains? can some1 prove him or me wrong?
> -Dester
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