Saturday, June 14, 2008

Exhaust and Our Mopars

There has been much controversy over the years on what exhaust combination is best for our rides. What pipe size to use , mandrel or compression bent, which muffler flows best without causing us a headache and are headers worth the cost and agrevation over cast iron manifolds. Magazine articles are not the best source for getting the best answers as advertisers expect their product to be featured in a positive light . Experience has shown that money spent elsewhere will get you the extra power you are after such as cam selection and induction improvements for most street machines. A factory configured exhaust system with improved free flowing reverse flowing mufflers is more than adaquate for most of our Mopars used mostly on the road. We are not talking cars mostly used on the race track here so if you want low and midrange performance and good overall street manners bypass the hype on subjects such as x-pipe technology verses h-pipe controversies. Stick with what is easy to install and to maintain .

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I always wondered why I could feel more power after taking off a 3 inch exhaust system and reinstalling 2 1/2 inch factory system with 2 1/4 inch tailpipes. I took off the noisy race mufflers and installed the proper Hemi mufflers and guess what? I can even hear my stereo now!