My friend ordered side exhaust from year one. It was supposed to be for a 01cobra but cannot use the stock exhaust hangers for some reason. So until we work out everything and see exactly what is needed, we were just going to leave the exhaust of and leave it at x-pipe. He wouldnt drive it to much and would just go here and there until it is resolved. i assumeit would be ok to just let it run from the x pipe but friends of mine are having there doubts. Correct if i am wrong but would it be ok to just run from x pipe, at least temporarly. Also...on my 04 gt i was curious about cuttin the exhaust off from behind the mufflers and basically running dumps, because im cheap and dont want to get exhaust yet...damn school. it would probably sound better, but would it be bad for it and hurt performance. Thanks guys.