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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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so my kit that josh at kentucky made me the downpipe goes on the passenger side and dumps after the kmember

Now my question is can i just run this just like that?figure id save some weight not running an exhaust and just let it dump after the kmember.

who has done this?how would it sound?any issues with it like this?im not really worried about the noise its not a daily driver. any body got sound clips also?

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Originally Posted by trans2000am
so my kit that josh at kentucky made me the downpipe goes on the passenger side and dumps after the kmember

Now my question is can i just run this just like that?figure id save some weight not running an exhaust and just let it dump after the kmember.

who has done this?how would it sound?any issues with it like this?im not really worried about the noise its not a daily driver. any body got sound clips also?

thanks

You can run it like that, but the exhaust fumes will get in your car.
You will stir up alot of dust as well.
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by HUNTER02SS
You can run it like that, but the exhaust fumes will get in your car.
You will stir up alot of dust as well.

not really worried fumes it will be a weekend warrior allllottt of streetracing lol, how loud would it be WOT or at idle?or would the turbo quite it down
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 04:46 PM
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yeah you end up stinking like exhaust, but other than that its not that bad. its a little on the loud side but not terrible. the only time mine bothers me is on a longer interstate cruise the droan gets on my nerves
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The turbo will make it quieter, until WOT. The gas smell all over your clothes get's old sometimes!
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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It was loud at idle but now bad while cruising. You can hear the turbo very well from inside the car. I didn't really have a lot of drone, mine dumped right by the oil pan.
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I run the same thing... I dont really care about sound or smell... I just want it to go fast... I have videos on youtube that have my car with the dumped exhaust... Search fad2blk and my turbo ta will come up
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thanks for all the imputs guys
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Tell me how is spooling with ST-80? What A/R? DP size?
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Here is my 5", it is 2 piece, the front part comes out of the turbo and 90's towards the rear, then there is about 3 feet and it dumps after the k-member, in these videos it is just the front, about 1.5 feet of 5" after the turbo, the rear section had fallen off earlier in the day, so I removed it entirely.
I thought it would have been louder. I have street driven it with the full pipe, and it just a touch too loud, but you can have a cell phone conversation. I am going to try to get a muffler on it.


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wow that is super quiet for pretty much open down pipe
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 06:18 AM
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Tell me how is spooling with ST-80? What A/R? DP size?

1.00AR, 3inch dp stock kmember,havent had a chance to run car yet but im sure with the dp with no exhaust it should spool pretty quick,zombie is a rearmount and i do believe he gets full boost by 2700rpms
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