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exhaust eye opener
Boy did I just learn a lesson. Last week I put hooker competion headers, 2 1/2 pipes, excelorator mufflers and dumped them in from of the rear axle on my 72 350 truck expecting a world of changes. Boy was I disappointed in them. I about puked. The mufflers were very tinny sounding and the left side sounded like one big exhaust leak. My dad actually called me a stupid#ss. I'm 40, I thought we were through with that. Anyway. I took it back and was going to change mufflers, lengthen the exhaust and hope it got better but before we did, we put an H pipe between in to see how that worked. Needless to say, my world is much happier now. The power is 10 times better, the exhaust leak sound on the left side is gone and the mufflers are alittle (just right) quieter.
Moral of the story: Never ever put exhaust on without an H or X pipe! Here ends the gospel from a parent proclaimed stupid#ss. Rivernut. |
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Good story riv-nut, goes to show ya, no matter how old we get, the "old man" is always gonna be older and wiser.
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Ya I have the H pipe goin on and im happy
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Thats funny........ Sounds like something my Dad would have said.
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heck, I JUST heard that from mine....for over heating the town car...but then again, I just over heated his caravan 100 miles from home yesterday.
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hhmmm this could be it's own thread over in the general forum.
parental abuse. here are some I got from my dad over the years... "You ain't got the good sense God gave a jackass!" "boy I believe you could F$%k up a steel ball!" I am still in therapy... |
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How about this one
Do you have your head up your a$$?!! Must have heard that from my old man about a million times when I was a teenager |
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I've been liking the larger single exaust systems on my trucks lately. Less stuff under the truck and sounds nice.
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![]() Gotta get an H pipe on my 402 w/flows soon too! |
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My dad doesnt call me names, but when I fu@k something up I get that look that can piss you off in no time flat. I'm 35 and we work on projects together and he has helped me learn alot over the years and I appreciate his experience. The "look" I could do without however!
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I used to get the same stuff from my dad for some of the stupid stuff I'd do.
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"You got sh!t for brains, boy?" was one of my favorites.
When ever it was my brother and I doing something he wrong we got the old "you boys look like two monkeys f#$%in' a football!!" I still use that one... only when it's appropriate though ![]() Miss the ol' man alot sometimes ![]() Last edited by screamin_c102; 07-23-2005 at 05:42 PM. |
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“Oh it hurts? Well don’t do that then”
That helped me learn to never complain, which led to my high pain tolerance. Now every time I get hurt I just think well don’t do that again, it hurts. |
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My grandfather's favorite line when I would build something for myself and ask what he thought about my work was, "well, it's good enough for who it's for".
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Just Passin' Thru Some projects are like herding cats; others are like putting out fires; this one was like herding cats on fire..... |
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its all about the +6 inches
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Hmmm, other one's I've heard...
You are as F'd up as a foot ball bat. You are as F'd up as a soup sandwich. You could F up an anvil. (funny thing....I DID end up f'ing one up!!) |
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