Well I finally got my new 02 sensors installed along with the new pipes and muffler...
It's a really slick configuration now, eliminating the section of pipe under the front sping and just running dual 2 inch pipes down next to each other, no cats, then the 2 pipes into one muffler. It's a straight shot all the way, with the only bends going over the rear diff and out the drivers side rear. My seat of the pants tells me that low end as well as high end is greatly improved but with a surprising nose-dive in the mid range power band. The truck has been missing slightly and I hope that my new cap-rotor-plugs-wires will iron that out when I slap em on Friday. It's strange but it seems like the new 02 sensors helped to correct idle speed, richness, seems to have helped the mileage but the miss became more pronounced after installaion of the sytem. Almost like after the leaks were plugged in the exhaust system and the accurate signal from the new 02 sensors is making the engine run..I dont know..More true? Like the problems are more pronounced as well as the improvements.
I'll post again after the tune up and see if that cures my missing and flat dead midrange, I may need to adjust valves and time her.
All in all Id say that nobody needs to suffer with a pipe running under a leaf spring. There is room for 2 pipes all the way out to the muffler and it looks and flows sweet.
It's a really slick configuration now, eliminating the section of pipe under the front sping and just running dual 2 inch pipes down next to each other, no cats, then the 2 pipes into one muffler. It's a straight shot all the way, with the only bends going over the rear diff and out the drivers side rear. My seat of the pants tells me that low end as well as high end is greatly improved but with a surprising nose-dive in the mid range power band. The truck has been missing slightly and I hope that my new cap-rotor-plugs-wires will iron that out when I slap em on Friday. It's strange but it seems like the new 02 sensors helped to correct idle speed, richness, seems to have helped the mileage but the miss became more pronounced after installaion of the sytem. Almost like after the leaks were plugged in the exhaust system and the accurate signal from the new 02 sensors is making the engine run..I dont know..More true? Like the problems are more pronounced as well as the improvements.
I'll post again after the tune up and see if that cures my missing and flat dead midrange, I may need to adjust valves and time her.
All in all Id say that nobody needs to suffer with a pipe running under a leaf spring. There is room for 2 pipes all the way out to the muffler and it looks and flows sweet.
