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[markeb01]

Okay so I know my truck is done, and there’s no need to keep messing with it- but!

We cruise through parking lots and car shows with the pipes open, and it’s so disappointing closing the cutouts when we head back out on the street. So I’ve been contemplating different mufflers to make it sound better with the exhaust closed, and it dawned on me these are the best sounding mufflers I’ve ever heard. I’ve used them on several cars and my wife’s truck as well as my truck.

What killed how cool they sounded was adding a balance tube when I had the new exhaust done back on 2007. So today, I popped over to my custom muffler shop (Discount Muffler corner of Argonne and Sprague) and had the balance tube (H pipe) removed.

The cool part is Harvey removed the pipe, capped the sides, and then welded the tube back in place for strength so there’s no evidence anything has changed! Except for the sound of course which is much more impressive, especially on full throttle.

The before and after pictures looks the same:



Here’s a short clip of the truck idling after “removal” of the balance tube. And yes it’s a rainy and a very moist day. This isn’t a very good capture as I’m using my cell phone but it sure sounds better in real life:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wdw...ature=youtu.be