Exhaust To Tail Pipe Or Not To Tail Pipe

[Jhussey1280]

Which do you prefer? I've been running turn downs for about 10 years and I had a guy tell me the other day I'm losing about 25hp because of it lol. It said all it is is a crappy sound. Anyway just curious what everyone else thinks.

 

[Noobz347]

The "guy" is full of crap. He's the same type that thinks a fart can is worth 40 HP at the wheels. The only thing I don't like about turn-down is getting exhaust smell at stop lights etc.

 

[Jhussey1280]

I don't have that problem, or if I do, it's been so long I'm used to it and don't notice it haha.

 

[madspeed]

I just put tails back on. tired of smelling like fumes but yeah your guys is full of it

 

[Jhussey1280]

Oh I don't know who the guy I was, I was getting gas after work and he said, "sounds good, but not tail pipes mean your losing about 25 hp or more." I laugh and said, Ok man, well take care and drove off haha.

 

[03_TrueBlue_GT]

I personally like tail pipes so I vote for them, but its your car man do what you want with it!

 

[Jhussey1280]

Oh yeah I know, I didn't want to start a debate (lord knows there's enough of that going on right now) I just wanted to see what other people thought

 

[madspeed]

do you have cats and air pump?

 

[Gearbanger 101]

do you have cats and air pump?

No air pumps on a 4.6L

...and I agree with most. Turn downs are for race cars, not street cars.

 

[madspeed]

pipes definitely with no smog. unless you like smelling shtty all the time

 

[Jhussey1280]

I'm not running any cats on the car.

 

[Rejekt]

I'm a fan of pipes out the back on newer cars. Turn downs are nice on older vehicles.

 

[flstang65]

If your bumper has the openings for the tail pipes, run the tail pipes. If not, do what you want.

 

[txredgt]

If its the 94-98 body style I have mixed feelings with the dumps. I think they actually clutter the rear end of the car up but it can depend on if the exhaust compliments the look or not.

Black wheels/scheme= dumps
Chrome wheels= exhaust tips

Just my .02

 

[95Vert383AOD]

And all this time i thought people got dumps when their exhaust pipe was too large to properly bend over an axle and around a gas tank. Or for ease of removal in race setups. Or maybe even to save a few hundred at the exhaust shop.

Chris

 

[chrisconsin]

If its the 94-98 body style I have mixed feelings with the dumps. I think they actually clutter the rear end of the car up but it can depend on if the exhaust compliments the look or not.

Black wheels/scheme= dumps
Chrome wheels= exhaust tips

Thats exactly how I feel.
I voted for tail downs because I like the sinster look on sn95's

 

[BurningRubber]

I have tails and my car still smells like .

 

[madspeed]

really, never heard that before

 

[Jhussey1280]

I've decided to completely redo the exhaust system on my car anyway. Going to swamp the flowmasters with an SLP exhaust when I put my headers on.

 

[95Vert383AOD]

I have tails and my car still smells like ****.

Cats will stop the smell. I installed the cats because i no longer wanted to smell like tail pipe and chicks dont digg the smell either.