I finally got my new exhaust installed today. I wish I had taken my camera with me, as it would have been easier to take pics with it on a lift.

Since I run race fuel in my truck at the track all the time, I kept blowing though cats. So this summer I removed the cats and just welded straight pipes in their place. Well with no cats and the 4x9 Magnaflows it was real real loud.

So I called Magnaflow and asked them if they had any mufflers that were a little quieter. They told me the 5x8's are a little bit quieter, so thats what I decided to do. Well since the magnaflow X pipe is 4 inches center to center I had to find someone to make me a custom X pipe. I looked and looked and only found one place that would do it for me, and that is Dr.Gas

I don't know if it the X Pipe the New wider mufflers or a combination of both, but the new system sounds so awesome. I tell you this is how a Lightning should sound. I will try to get it on a lift next week and take some better pics.

Here is the the Dr. Gas X pipe. It is 4 inches on center on the front side, and 5.5 inches on center in the rear, so it can acept the wide mufflers. I wish I had taken a picture of the inside, as it is totally different than the Magnaflow X Pipe.


Here is a view of the New 5x8 Magnaflows. We had to tilt the mufflers just a little bit so it would clear the heat shield. I could have had them modify the mid pipes, but that would have been a pain in the but.


I have new tips too


Now the truck is about as loud as it was when it had cats, but it is a deeper, smoother, and more powerfull sound, and none of the pulsation you heard with the Magnaflow X Pipe. It is much more of a Big Block kind of sound, which I think the X pipe has a lot to do with.

 

Here is my old system with the 4x9 muffler, you can see that is is not as wide

 

Hey Don what are you doing with the old setup

 

There going on E-luzion's truck.
take a look here and you will understand

http://www.nloc.net/forum/showthread...threadid=78037

hehe

 

That is cool. I def understand why wow he had some bad luck. I was just looking for something to replace my Boral exhaust.

 

Great looking system and a very nice job!



Paul G.

 

Don are you coming to Texas????? BTW nice looking setup .

 

Looooooooooooooking Good Don

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice set up

 

Yes I will be there

and thanks, I think it might be a good choice for those of us who dont run cats and want a civilized sound.

 

don, ever think of welding up qtec's right after your headers now that you got no cats?

 

Don, how would you compare the sound to the 4.6 Cobras? I can't get over how great the deep exhaust sounds on them.

 

I will try to post a sound clip when I get back from Texas

 

See you guys there. I'll be headed out from San Antonio. It's my first FFW...what should I expect?

 

Sweet.