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Old Nov 30, 2005 | 01:05 AM
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Headers -> custom ORY (3in mandrel bends into a 4" Flowmaster Merge), 4" I-pipe with somthing along the lines of a 26" Powerstick back into 4" -> 2x3" Flowmaster Merge -> XR-1 on each pipe -> exit out the back.

This would be with a loud cammed car.
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Its funny you say that because thats what I was gonna build only with some cheaper mufflers.

I have thought about the same system except using a 4" in/out bullet in the I pipe that way you dont need mufflers in the back. Kinda like a 4" version of a Loudmouth or dynomouth.
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Probably not as loud as true duals!
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Old Nov 30, 2005 | 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Full-Force
Its funny you say that because thats what I was gonna build only with some cheaper mufflers.

I have thought about the same system except using a 4" in/out bullet in the I pipe that way you dont need mufflers in the back. Kinda like a 4" version of a Loudmouth or dynomouth.
let me know if you get this system build soon as I'd like to hear (so to speak) what you have to say about it
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Old Nov 30, 2005 | 11:26 AM
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Probably not as loud as true duals!
Hopefully, that's what I'm shooting for. I'm looking for maximum flow, but I still want to keep it civilized.
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anyone?
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having a 3" Y and a 4" I seems pointless....
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Old Dec 2, 2005 | 09:30 AM
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Two 3" pipes have a cross-sectional area of 2*3^2*pi or 56.5in whereas a single 4" pipe has an area of 4^2*pi or 50.3in. Assuming air flows as an ideal fluid, the 4" pipe is still two small for the dual 3"ers, so why is it pointless?
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you can take true duals out the back and have it be quieter. the exhaust velocity in a smaller pipe size would probably benefit you more anyway.
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Keep in mind as exhaust gasses cool off they condense. I would think stepping down the pipe size would not hurt at all, but maybe even help keep velocity up.
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Originally Posted by Zeus
Headers -> custom ORY (3in mandrel bends into a 4" Flowmaster Merge), 4" I-pipe with somthing along the lines of a 26" Powerstick back into 4" -> 2x3" Flowmaster Merge -> XR-1 on each pipe -> exit out the back.

This would be with a loud cammed car.
Yeah, you've pretty much read my mind too.
I'd love to hear what 2 XR1s sound like.
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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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OOps didn't see the powerstick. I was thinking of wacking
off my XR-1 on my "Borlamouth" and putting 2 in the
stock muffler location, keeping 3" all the way.
Unfortunately, no welder coming for Christmas.
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