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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Dowagiac, MI US
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close call
I just spent 4 and a half hours washing and waxing my '69 ford truck (Yes, I know its a Ford, but I spend most of my money and time on the '69 chevy) and I decided to take it up town for a cruise. However, just yesterday I pulled of the mufflers to see what kind of gas mileage I would get since my current mufflers aren't anything with a lot of flow (Only get less than six miles to the gallon). So, I was cruising down the main street and I went to go around a back drive that goes past Autozone and Sears, and after I turn in I see a cop turn in about a 100 to 150 feet back. You could tell he was staying back to see if I would really get on it. I had to coast at an idle for about 100 yards into a grocery store parking lot to pretend like I was going inside. After I went in and got a pop, I came out and the cop was not in sight. I had no idea how I would get home since I would have to drive directly through town. Luckily, though, I had left the mufflers and the whole back half of the exhaust hanging under the truck and I was able to just move it enough to get it to slide back together. Then all was quiet.
Moral of the story: There's NO better sound in the world than a big block breathing through straight pipes. ![]() |
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Thats just prime!
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: TEXAS
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i know the feeling except it was with my weezing 250, i had a leak between my exhaust manifold and pipes and it sounded mean until i had to step on the clutch to keep it from sounding like it was hicuping, exactly what happens when that occurs?
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Brad, been there, done that.
On the old longhorn (the blue one) I had a screwed up pipe for a while on one side, I had clamped a pipe when I should have pushed it on a but more, anywyays I hade basicly crimped it and then it wouldn't go on all the way. Any time I wound it over 3000 RPM, the pipe would get blown off and I'd have a straight header. I had to put it back on all the friken time. (4.56 gears makes you see 3000 on the tach qute a bit) i only ran it like this for a few days, but I had to take a 125 mile round trip all 3 of those days. Don't worry bout the ford truck, at least it is a 67 - 72 ford which is the best looking ford truck of all times hands down. (IMO anyways) |
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lol id have driven through town and flipped the cop the bird lol with the muffs on
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These cops today just don't have the sense of humor that they
used to have. EdB |
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LOL....you could ask him to check your speed. Tell him your SPEEDO might be off.....*just dont ask at the DONUT shop*
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I had straight exhaust on my Sub when it still had the 250/powerglide combo....that is until my grandmother thought it was a tractor coming up the driveway! I swapped the 'vette 350/th-350 in soon there after.....voila 350 w/ straight pipes! LOL My girlfriend (now my wife) loved it, but the cops disagreed....oh well.
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Do you guys think that if I used a piece of pipe to fill in where the mufflers are it would quiet the truck enough to keep the cops from bothering me? Or should I go to Autozone and get a set of cheapo glasspacks. I am looking at getting better mileage than I am sound. I did see an improvement in mileage with running straight pipes that dump just behind the cab.
thanks for all your help brad |
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its all about the +6 inches
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A pipe won't do anything at all...you need a muffler of some sort...be it a glass pack or something else.
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slightly OT, but the Festiva's whole exhaust fell off of, it rusted out right after the manifold. it actually sounds pretty mean, but no worse than the ricers. I think i'll leave it that way as I picked up some power, and what cop would check a Festiva? I'll still probbaly sling a muffler under it to keep up appearances
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its all about the +6 inches
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LOL...my sister's Festiva just lost its muffler last month. She swears it sounds WAY too loud.
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