I have an exhaust shop chop my SE's exhaust off about 3 feet from the back, and they replaced it with a "Y" pipe. This was to fit the new SVT rear bumper I got. The exhaust has no mufflers, and the size of the pipes are 1 7/8 inches. (oh yeah it sounds pretty good too laugh ) Now, the problem I'm having is after about 6300 rpm my power dropps WAAAY off, and it even backfired on me at 6700! Is this a case of not enough backpressure, or too much backpressure?? Also how bad is it to run the car this way??


99 Ford Contour SE Sport
Manual V6
SVT front/ rear bumper /w Aussie grille
Jet black
Premier DEH-P740MP head unit
matrix display, plays Mp3s!!
800 watt Kenwood amp
2 12" Polk Audio subs
Blue "euro" headlights
Eibach Pro-Kit springs
17" Enkei RS-5
White Indiglow gages