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Old 02-16-2007, 10:02 AM
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Talking Custom 3" over axle duals

After running true duals that dumped out before the axle for about a year I had an "incident" with a steep rising exit to a business. Needless to say the half the exhaust system was left on the sidewalk as I drove off. After a walk of shame back to the exit to collect my parts it came to me this is the chance to get the exhaust system I always wanted.

So off to the local Tooele county shop I went. Cas was able to build a custom dual system that is over axle that I am very happy with. The new system ties into a dual inlet/outlet Flowmaster 80 series street muffler. The sound is bad *** with the MS4 cam in the engine and Pacesetter LT headers.

The biggest problem I had with the old system was clearance. The retards in Utah don’t know about under ground storm drainage so they dig very large and deep trenches in the roads. As you can imagine this is a problem with any vehicle that isn’t a 4X4. The new system has no clearance issues on our horrible streets.

I would like to thank Cas for all his hard work and time he put into this project. Here is a link to a short sound clip of the new system i will post a longer clip a little later today.

http://www.xoonix.com/ShortSound.mp3
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Very nice! I bet you like tha hpipe sound. Nice to see other utilize the dual-in dual-out muffler setup. It's surprising that more aren't using that setup with the packaging constrains we have in the fbody. I bet the sound is very refined.
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sounds great and it does look like you substantial ground clearance... pics from the ground?
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I don't really know anything about mufflers, but is it okay to have the in+out on the same side of the muffler like that?

Usually I see both ins on one side and both outs on the other...
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looks great but the 80 series isnt known for flowing to good
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i see it all welded up.. what if you need to drop your drive line or something.. how are you going to take that apart?
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i love how the piping goes over both sides of the axle. that is the setup im planning on doing expect with flowmaster 1 chamber mufflers before the axle. do you have any closer pics of the pipe going over the driver side axle? thanks
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Originally Posted by Aceldama
I don't really know anything about mufflers, but is it okay to have the in+out on the same side of the muffler like that?

Usually I see both ins on one side and both outs on the other...
It's ok to do that, as long as the interior of the muffler is straight through. I don't know what the interior of FMs muffler is so I wouldn't be able to tell you.
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Sounds good i like it!! give us some clearance pics
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Originally Posted by lsx24
It's ok to do that, as long as the interior of the muffler is straight through. I don't know what the interior of FMs muffler is so I wouldn't be able to tell you.
So for his setup to flow properly the interior would have to be like an X pipe right?
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Originally Posted by Aceldama
So for his setup to flow properly the interior would have to be like an X pipe right?
No, it would have to be straight through on both sides, like this:



If there was an X inside, there would be too much turbulance, and it wouldn't flow well at all.
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I'm really liking that sound!!!

Looks nice too, would almost fool you into thinking it is a standard "F-Body" muffler unless you look close enough to see the 2in/2out setup.

I like!
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I haven’t been able to really start tuning it yet but I do have some more pics including a clearance shot posted on another site. I also posted some new sound clips. If anyone in Utah would like to talk to these guys shoot me a PM.

http://www.xoonix.com/dabird.htm
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looking at hiss pics i dont under stand how the muffler is flowing. If the flow is like the pic below how is it working on his?



Originally Posted by lsx24
No, it would have to be straight through on both sides, like this:



If there was an X inside, there would be too much turbulance, and it wouldn't flow well at all.
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im in utah.. in pleasant grove.. about 20min north of provo, just south of the point of the mountain..

so these guys are in tooele?
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Originally Posted by 88zukon36s
looking at hiss pics i dont under stand how the muffler is flowing. If the flow is like the pic below how is it working on his?
I think thats just a rough pic of the direction of flow. I'm sure there's openings on the inside.
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really like how you were able to get the driver side pipe to go threw there, wonder if i'll be able to do that since my car almost rides on the bumpstops lol
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Looks awesome, but people have gotten really awful HP results with the Flowmaster 80 series.
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its a very nice setup and all, but i just listened to the sound clip and it sounds exactly like my flowmaster 80 series which arent true duals. i would think it should sound different.
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Originally Posted by GR33N GoblinM6
i see it all welded up.. what if you need to drop your drive line or something.. how are you going to take that apart?
I'd like to know as well



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