Cost of dual exhaust

Will said:

Something to note...

I know people like the look of duals. A 3" single is larger in area than a pair of 2" duals--plus it has much less surface area inside the pipe that the gasses have to scrub along to get out. Considering that area, a 3" single is probably better than a pair of 2.5" duals since it all goes through a single outlet from the cat and you are introducing a bunch of turns and bumps and bruises for the exiting gasses.

The stock exhaust looks and sounds wimpy. But something like a Gibson with a 2.5" or 3" single pipe looks business-like and capable without appearing cheap and excessive. It's a matter of taste really. But adding another pipe that you have to make room for on the other side of the truck...it just doesn't work for me. On an old Mustang--yeah, it fits. A truck that everyone knows has a y-pipe feeding into a single, no. And most of those trucks equipt like that end up with the pipes at weird angles and it doesn't look right--or they are so small it looks like you could snuff the motor with your thimbs over the end. It will look right too.

And one more thing about a real truck--you don't blow exhaust gas straight back because of your trailer.

I would get a Gibson single kit. I know they sound great because I have heard them.

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Will said:

Something to note...

I know people like the look of duals. A 3" single is larger in area than a pair of 2" duals--plus it has much less surface area inside the pipe that the gasses have to scrub along to get out. Considering that area, a 3" single is probably better than a pair of 2.5" duals since it all goes through a single outlet from the cat and you are introducing a bunch of turns and bumps and bruises for the exiting gasses.

The stock exhaust looks and sounds wimpy. But something like a Gibson with a 2.5" or 3" single pipe looks business-like and capable without appearing cheap and excessive. It's a matter of taste really. But adding another pipe that you have to make room for on the other side of the truck...it just doesn't work for me. On an old Mustang--yeah, it fits. A truck that everyone knows has a y-pipe feeding into a single, no. And most of those trucks equipt like that end up with the pipes at weird angles and it doesn't look right--or they are so small it looks like you could snuff the motor with your thimbs over the end. It will look right too.

And one more thing about a real truck--you don't blow exhaust gas straight back because of your trailer.

I would get a Gibson single kit. I know they sound great because I have heard them.

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