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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 10:52 AM
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I've been in a love/hate relationship with my td's lately. They sound awesome! but they leak, have bad ground clearance, and getting emissions done isn't too fun either. So what do you think? Should i change it up, who here has gone from td's to a Y. How did it go? Was there a noticeable power change? Thanks!
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 11:51 AM
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Took off the TD's and am now running ARH headers w/Y and magnaflow catback, not sure yet if I'll go back to the TD's after inspection, they do sound good though and yes I notice a little bit of differnence nothing that I'm worried about.
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 12:50 PM
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where do they leak?
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 01:01 PM
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Different band clamps every time i try to fix it. And they are the stainless steel clamps not the u-bolts.
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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I went from a Y-pipe to TD's, but for me I would never go back to a Y-pipe setup just because I would miss the awesome sound of the duals too much.
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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I've had both...I prefer the catback, even though I'll admit the duals sounded much better. I run dual cutouts about 8" behind the header collectors now though...true duals on command .
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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Change and dont look back!
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 10:08 PM
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I recently swapped my duals to SLP Dual/Dual with a DMH E-cutout and I love it. I have the best of both worlds now. I didn't notice any difference in power. I haven't been to the track yet, but I don't think there will be much if any difference. My duals sounded good, but it was too loud. Plus, the cam sounds much better through an open cutout than it did with the duals!
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I am having the same problems with my duals. I have also considered switching to an off road y-pipe with a stock catback and a cutout.
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Originally Posted by tylerdj
I went from a Y-pipe to TD's, but for me I would never go back to a Y-pipe setup just because I would miss the awesome sound of the duals too much.
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 06:34 AM
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well i bit the bullet and ordered a kooks ORY and Hooker catback. Looking forward to the new setup for sure.
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