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Old Nov 4, 2002 | 01:27 PM
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I have Hooker longtubes, Mufflex y-pipe and a Hooker catback. For some reason, my exhaust is raspy as all hell. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" /> I thought the Hooker catback would take care of that. Anyway, if I keep my exhaust I will be installing a bullet muffler in the I-pipe. But, lately I've been thinking of getting rid of this exhaust and going with true duals. How much weight will I save with turndowns? A substantial bit, I assume. Is there any way to keep duals relatively quiet? Will dual Borla XR1 mufflers do the trick with the turndowns angled toward each other? Thanks a lot for any feedback.
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Old Nov 4, 2002 | 02:16 PM
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We had a customer pick up 17 rwhp over the Hooker Y and Loudmouth cat-back. Gains were even more at 5-5500 rpm.

this is with a Dr. Gas X - all 3", Dynomax bullets.

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Old Nov 5, 2002 | 09:57 PM
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Do you happen to know about how much one of your 3" systems with an x-pipe weighs with the dumps back near the axle?
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Old Nov 5, 2002 | 10:52 PM
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everyone is telling me the Hooker catback doesn't have rasp...even w/ ORY
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by James1:
<strong>everyone is telling me the Hooker catback doesn't have rasp...even w/ ORY</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That is what I was told also. Maybe it is just mine...but I have HORRIBLE rasp on every shift and around town. I feel like I'm driving a jacked up truck.
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