Straight dual pipes

Bill in Al

Bill in Al

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To all who suggested that dual straights wouldn't be too loud--Thanks! They're on and sound great! There's nothing that sounds quiet like it does. I was a little skeptical about installing them but after driving along a farm fence of boards and listening to the reflected noise, I couldn't believe how good that flathead sound was! Thanks again!!(it doesn't hurt that I'm old and can't hear well that makes it sound so good!)
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There not that loud LAWSON,get with the program. Been running like that for 4 yrs now.Dont knock it if you havn't tried it. ken ct.
 
My pickup has headers with two straight pieces of conduit. Has a sound like nothing else (cept maybe another flathead). You need to stand along side the road and have somebody drive it past.
Not load at all. Cops don't ever bother me.
 
Thats the only way to go SP's. Lawson is stuck back in the 40's with his gutted muffler. He dont know what he's missing. LOL ken ct.
 
i have a Friend that had fenton headers and glass packs on his truck it is two quite.
on my 36 i run reads headers and straight pipes i love the sound, i cant get enough of it. their is a section of road that you go under a shopping mall i have fun driving through it , also the sound when i am pulling a grade , i love it!!
 
Brendan said:
AVAPaul used to say in his quote " if it's two loud your to old"[/QU

QUESTION : :confused:If you will, please, for all of you "" WHAT SIZE PIPE, ID ""?? and is it all the way ?? ,, with or without headers ?? AND The tips, maybe 1/4" or 1/2" smaller ?? could make a difference ?? :cool:..OLD....BILL:)
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i run fenton headers on my 35 pickup with dual 2" pipes straight back. i do have short glasspacks called bullets that are 3" through. the larger glasspack gave it a real deep tone.definetly sounds like a flatty!
 
If i remember right from my younger days, the 2" strait pipes are actualy quieter than the glass packs . The straight has a snap when you let off the accelerater and the glass packs rumbles. Marv
 
I've got stock headers and 2" pipe all the way back.No tips. I can hardly hear them in the car untill I drive by something that bounces the sound back at me. Cops don't seem bothered either.No CSB has a sound that compares!!
 
Hey Bill, That is a sweet sound, Reds Headers,Cherry Bombs, and straight pipes all the way back... Sounds better than a small block Ford. Ken
 
I would love to see the hp and trque curves with these different combinations. Straight pipes on a harley run like ****. Leans it out too much in the mid range and a cam makes it worse. Dyno tuned with baffles and added back pressure until the torque line was straight. The quieter exhausts actualy give the best dyno numbers. Straights are good at full rpm.
 
I have dumps that I remove the caps off once in awhile, and an old timer told me that I didn't want to do that for very long. It had something to do with the back pressure (or lack of) effecting the valves or something like that. Is that true, and if so, wouldn't the same effect happen with straight pipes?
 
Ken Crans said:
Hey Bill, That is a sweet sound, Reds Headers,Cherry Bombs, and straight pipes all the way back... Sounds better than a small block Ford. Ken
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Please explain how you run straight pipes using Cherry Bombs [mufflers] ?????????? ken ct.lol:)
 
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