OK, OK, OK! laugh

I like the responses...but they don't answer my question. I'm trying to understand why a set of longer or shorter (I don't know which yet) is better than the other. What are the trade-offs?

I appreciate the suggestion to install true duals. I also like the side exit idea with twin pipes (although I think I would like to keep each pipe truly separate). [I digress, I can't install true duals. I live in California. California's smog laws present too many headaches for me. For now, I would like to stick to cat-back mods.]

So, to express my area of interest (question) differently, what are the trade-offs of a shorter exhaust piping route (side exit) versus the stock path (out back, under the rear bumper)?

Thanks for your responses.

Mike

1996 SE MTX, Desert Violet
Blaupunkt Munchen, Dunlop
Sport 5000s, Ray
McNairy's THFix, custom air filter,
Magnecor wires,
Redline D4 tranny cocktail,
9005 lo-beams
SVT-size front rotors, EBC Greenstuff pads all around