[DetroitDan]

I just got around to cutting my old mufflers and tailpipes off, put on two slip-on 2.5 Thrush glasspacks (same as Cherry Bombs) Sounds wicked at idle, pretty good going down the road and not bad at all at highway speed (55 mph, what can I say I've got 4.10s and a 3 speed) I do have a pretty noisy drone at about 35, which is where much of my driving is done, so I'm looking to add some tailpipes. The mufflers right now exit just before the rear axle, but past the front of the rear tires, so I couldn't 90 them out the sides in front of the tires. I also have some sort of bracket in the way keeping me from going straight back on one side, but I might cut it and adjust it to clear. I don't have the tools to bend a pipe around the bracket, so whatever I have to do is going to be made from off the shelf parts. Advance has 18 inch pieces and 45s or 90s, so depending on how far back the 18 inch gets me I may try for the 45. I don't think 18 will get me far enough to turn 90 and come out behind the rear tires.

Reason I came looking for this thread again was to see if I could figure out which would be the best way to do the tailpipes. Straight back would be easiest amd looks good, but I never liked that because of bashing into frozen snowbanks when backing up plowing, and like someone else mentioned having to shut the truck off to hook up a trailer. I like the 45 degree look, and the 90 also.

I'm wondering if the side exit may sound even cooler at a lopy idle because you're only hearing half the cylinders at once, making an even lopier sound.