Turndowns

By far the most stupidest thing I have done to my car.

I had turndowns on my flowmasters but wanted to be a little louder and all, plus they were just ugly. They were put on by this muffler shop which just put some bent pipe on there for $40. They kinked down to like 2" in the bend. I never did like them so I got a pipe cutter and went at it. Loosened the catback bolts and angled the flows so they would be a hair lower than the axels. I started it up and it was much deeper, clearer and louder. I can't belive how much differenc a few inches of pipe made. It feels a little stonger, but we all know how SOTP HP is, decibles influince the butt dyno. I have done a few cold starts since then. It used to be hard to keep running when it was cold, now it just purrs strong. The car just seems to run much better.

Backround: I had tailpipes, but had to cut them off when I put on the 17x9" rear wheels. I had turndowns put on because people said if I didn't it would heat up my axels, bla, bla, bla, bs. I really put them on to be "legal". They quieted it down a lot. Well that was before I had LT's and o/r H pipe, so legal went off with the H pipe a while ago.

Chris6050 said:

Wait it sounds better without the dumps now? I have them on my flows and I was also just keeping them on there b/c I heard I would heat up the axels too much if i didn't, so is that not true then?

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It sounds alot deeper, louder and alot better. All the guys at my work were suprised. As far as heating the axel, first of all that is alot of metal to heat. Plus, the mufflers are about a foot from the axle, so there is so much air running under there it is so deluded. Plus, the mufflers are about a foot from the axle. I stuck my hand on there after driving it today and couldn't tell. I angled the flows so the are just slightly lower than the pipes. You can't even see the exaust from behind unless you get way down. Wide open flowmasters sounds mean. No extra exaust smell.