Calling those with dumped Y pipes
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Calling those with dumped Y pipes I have been thinking about running a single chamber Flowmaster directly off the Y pipe with a turn down , I was wondering how bad the interior drone would be with this, ( I have a 2 year old that sometimes rides w me) and will it fit with out adding any more pipe or beating anything in? I currently have BBK longtubes with there Y pipe. I have a TSP Rumbler cat back on it now, and I hate the sound. i have searched and read about 90% of the threads I came up with, but no one has touched on the drone or if the pipe had to be extended or not.
if your going to handle all the noise and clearance with the 1 chamber you might as well upgrade to duals dumped before the axle. best thing about a Y pipe is that its easy to go over axle lol but to each there own. and btw isnt the BBK 2.5 " y? id get a flowmaster merge too.
Go with a Magnaflow #12867, it has a 5" dia. case. and won't be very loud (light throttle or cruising). It'll only require minor clearancing of the underbody sheet metal to tuck up closer the the body.
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Verdad Gallardo if your going to handle all the noise and clearance with the 1 chamber you might as well upgrade to duals dumped before the axle. best thing about a Y pipe is that its easy to go over axle lol but to each there own. and btw isnt the BBK 2.5 " y? id get a flowmaster merge too.
Going with a FM merger will be worth it, if he goes with a larger exit size on the merger (3.5",4"), but if he stays with a 3" exit on the merger there's not much gain to be had by changing mergers. BTW, the 3" merger exit is a restriction way before the two 2.5" pipe are.
cant wait to install it with a 3.5" all the way to the back 
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thanks for the replies guys, the whole reason for the dump was because I did not want to have to take the car any where to get work done. i guess I will just save up and bite the bullet, the only thing that sucks is the exhaust shops around here blow, since I don't have cats on the car nobody wants to touch it. I don't mind the rasp so the fm merge is out, I would love to do a bigger merge but then I would have to redo the exhaust all the way back, no? The Rumbler is just way to quiet! I will check out the x-r1 as well, is it straight through or chambered? I tend to like the sound of chambered stuff more.
thanks for the replies guys, the whole reason for the dump was because I did not want to have to take the car any where to get work done. i guess I will just save up and bite the bullet, the only thing that sucks is the exhaust shops around here blow, since I don't have cats on the car nobody wants to touch it. I don't mind the rasp so the fm merge is out, I would love to do a bigger merge but then I would have to redo the exhaust all the way back, no? The Rumbler is just way to quiet! I will check out the x-r1 as well, is it straight through or chambered? I tend to like the sound of chambered stuff more.
The single chamber flow is loud, mean, nasty, drones, and just outright awesome. My LT/ORY setup goes out the back and when you are cruising, you can definetly hear it, but not like hurt your ears loud (unless you want it to be).
I think the 2 year old will love it, they will also hate riding in Mommy's boring car/van/truck, when daddy has a racecar!
I think the 2 year old will love it, they will also hate riding in Mommy's boring car/van/truck, when daddy has a racecar!
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Lol thanks for the reply Timmy, it's bad enough as it is with him and the bird, he never wants to ride in any of the other cars..Matter of fact, when he gets into my daily driver or my girls car he calls them "slow car". I am going to bite the bullet and have a shop weld the FM in place.
Lol thanks for the reply Timmy, it's bad enough as it is with him and the bird, he never wants to ride in any of the other cars..Matter of fact, when he gets into my daily driver or my girls car he calls them "slow car". I am going to bite the bullet and have a shop weld the FM in place.
Don't weld it in! Use a band clamp-if you hate it, just take it off! You will love it if you like a nice, loud, deep tone.