Swazo
Hard-core CEG'er
Those crush bends have to be adding a little resonance in the sound, IMO.
There is no reason not to just run high flow cats. You aren't gaining that much more, if anything by NOT running them. Ditch the 60's era glasspacks and replace them with straight pipes. 2 maggy cats and the mufflers you already have will sound great.
With that said, I just replaced my gutted cats on my F150 with 2 high flow magnaflow OBDII kosher cats and it sounds just as loud, but with a much better tone with NO rasp. Before, it almost sounded like it had nothing but straight pipes. Now it sounds damn refined, and it's still a tad loud.
To find the proper place for your x-pipe, I'd hose down the front 1/4 to 1/3 of the exhaust with any rattle can paint. Then, on jack stands or anyway you can get a good look at the exhaust... start 'er up and watch the paint start to sizzle off. The hottest area is where you'll want to put the x-pipe. Where they put it on your system is just waaaaay to far back to do any good.
There is no reason not to just run high flow cats. You aren't gaining that much more, if anything by NOT running them. Ditch the 60's era glasspacks and replace them with straight pipes. 2 maggy cats and the mufflers you already have will sound great.
With that said, I just replaced my gutted cats on my F150 with 2 high flow magnaflow OBDII kosher cats and it sounds just as loud, but with a much better tone with NO rasp. Before, it almost sounded like it had nothing but straight pipes. Now it sounds damn refined, and it's still a tad loud.
To find the proper place for your x-pipe, I'd hose down the front 1/4 to 1/3 of the exhaust with any rattle can paint. Then, on jack stands or anyway you can get a good look at the exhaust... start 'er up and watch the paint start to sizzle off. The hottest area is where you'll want to put the x-pipe. Where they put it on your system is just waaaaay to far back to do any good.