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Okay, what happens if I split the exhaust in front of the resonator, run dual exhausts from the split on back, use the original muffler on one side of the 'dual' exhaust, and use the resonator on the other side of the exhaust? Actually, I don't even know why I would want to do this, but it's late at night, and I come up with dumb ideas at this time. Anyone ever tried anything like this? 
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it could work, i don't know why you would do it that way or how much of a HP loss you'll have (i doubt it'll gain any). Just for looks?
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Probably would lose some torque, maybe horsepower. 
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Why not keep the res, and split it after the res and run straight pipe to some tips?
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what makes that any different than putting a SVT exhaust on a ZETEC, only where the split begins...
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I guess what my feeble mind was conjuring in the middle of the night was that the resonator seems to be a bottle neck. At least, that's what I've read on a lot of posts. I'm assuming that the resonator and the muffler both impose certain amounts of restriction, otherwise there would be no advantage in running straight pipes. So, if I split the pipe, and allow half of the exhaust gas to go to either side of the duals, I would assume that there would only be minimal restriction that occurred after the split. In order to make the system run quieter than two straight pipes, I would need something on both sides, and since I would have one muffler, and one resonator that had just been removed, I figured what the heck, just stick one on each side. Like I said, my thinking at night sometimes gets me in trouble. I guess that's why I'm now paying alimony and child support. 
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Originally posted by bentleywarren:
Like I said, my thinking at night sometimes gets me in trouble. I guess that's why I'm now paying alimony and child support.
LOL
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Originally posted by carrot_top:
Originally posted by bentleywarren:
Like I said, my thinking at night sometimes gets me in trouble. I guess that's why I'm now paying alimony and child support.
LOL
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