Dual exhaust Side or Rear exit?

[sideoilerfe]

I'd vote for side exit behind the tires.

The reason that I do not like rear exit is we use our trucks as trucks here in Ga. If I back up against a hill or down into a ditch I do not want to plug my pipes with mud.

Exactly why I prefer stock location.I also think rear exit looks dumb.

[R.Smith]

Out of the side in front of the rear wheel. No point having an FE if you can't hear her sing.

[sideoilerfe]

Out of the side in front of the rear wheel. No point having an FE if you can't hear her sing.

I don't need to hear it. I need to feel it when i hit the gas. I don't need to draw attention to myself. You can make any vehicle loud. It doesn't make it any faster. Police cars are fast and quiet.

[70_F100]

Sideoilerfe is right.

Police cars are fast and quiet.

A lot of the "rice burners" sound like "two old men farting in a tin can" and won't hardly get out of their own way...

[wildcard]

I had mine turned out behind the wheels. Mainly because when I back my boat in the water with those 12" wheels, I have to back farther in to float my boat. Didn't want my exhausts under water. I am planning on going to 8" wheels to help solve that problem. Ther are some shallow ramps around here. So with me, it's just a practical purpose.

[Salty]

I like the look of rear exit, but the function of side exit behind the wheel. For my use (hauling) I don't wana have to worry about burning myself on the pipes. More importantly, my wife usually comes a long to help and if she burnt herself I'd be sad and she'd probably turn around and blame the truck, or rather me for making it that way. I can just hear it now "That's stupid because....".

Anyway, I vote rear exit for toy trucks and side exit for work trucks. I wouldn't go side exit before the wheels only cuz I've heard it the fumes reacting badly with some wheel finishes.

For what it's worth, I have a 3" single system right now with a turbo muffler dumping under the bed and it drones quite a bit within certain RPM ranges. Not too bad on the highway, but loud at idle and in the mid RPM range. I don't mind it, but it's not the kinda sound I prefer.

[jcolville]

I have headman headders and flow masters w/ a pretty lopey cam , they dump right behind the rearend..they sound kick a** but sometimes they rattle the rear slider at idle.

[taylor351]

angleing out before the rear tires helps to lessen the expense of the exhaust.

Keith

[fomocoguy]

I have to speak up for a second and say that I have 3.5" tips that exit out the back, I work the crap outta my truck, and I've never burned my legs on the tips. As long as they are not sticking way out past the bumper I can't imagine that being much of a problem for you. Mine are slash cut and stick out about an inch at the top edge. I like the look, and I like that the tips stay nice. If you just have pipe angled out then you won't care, but if you have nice tips and they angle out they will get dirty and scratched MUCH faster than if they go out the back. Some of us work our trucks AND want nice custom touches. It's not so cut and dry.

I also have to say that when it comes to the subject of the sound and hearing the exhaust (for me and most people I know that own a V8 powered anthing) the sound is one of the great benefits. In stock form no engine moves the soul and emits the wonderful growl that a V8 does, let alone with a nice set of pipes. The billion dollar business of aftermarket exhaust is absolute proof of that. Not that any of us need proof; just try driving a mundane 6 cylinder or 4 banger econo-box for a week straight without touching your truck, then try not to smile when you fire it up for the first time in seven days and rumble off down the road. You can't do it!

[sideoilerfe]

A lot of the "rice burners" sound like "two old men farting in a tin can" and won't hardly get out of their own way...

Exactly my point. I've seen a lot of guys who think their trucks are fast because they're loud. They're not, they're just obnoxious.

There are these doochbags around here that make their trucks loud and then come around between 11 and 1 AM and do lawnjobs and such and you can hear them coming 5 blocks away. And They wonder why they get caught.

I also have to say that when it comes to the subject of the sound and hearing the exhaust (for me and most people I know that own a V8 powered anthing) the sound is one of the great benefits. In stock form no engine moves the soul and emits the wonderful growl that a V8 does, let alone with a nice set of pipes. The billion dollar business of aftermarket exhaust is absolute proof of that. Not that any of us need proof; just try driving a mundane 6 cylinder or 4 banger econo-box for a week straight without touching your truck, then try not to smile when you fire it up for the first time in seven days and rumble off down the road. You can't do it!

To each his own. I CAN drive a quiet (and good performing) V8 and be happy. I personally don't want to hear it, nor do I have to.

It's like people who put chrome valve covers and all that engine dress up on their engines. It looks kinda cool but it doesn't make it run better. The chrome exhaust tips and loud pipes are the same thing. Nothing wrong with them or anything anyone wants to do with their trucks but for me, When ever I buy a loud truck, the first thing I do is make it quiet again. But that's just me. That doesn't mean that the performance suffers just because you can't hear it either. The old saying is,"You can polish a turd but you still have a turd." Loud is not faster. If you all like loud exhaust on your rigs, that's cool, just don't hot rod it around my house at 1AM unless you want a rock through the back window.

As for the original post, I prefer the side exits.

[jzjames]

The bend of the tailpipes up and over the rear axles will increase your backpressure and rob you of some of your power. Side.

[Salty]

The bend of the tailpipes up and over the rear axles will increase your backpressure and rob you of some of your power. Side.

You can just as easily use larger diameter pipe if you want rear or rear-side exit exhaust and low back pressure. The larger diameter pipe will compensate for the additional bend.

[papabug71]

I love the sound of any Internal combustion engine. Be it a v-twin harley davidson or a 10k+ cubic inch locomotive prime mover. If it makes noise I want to hear it. But, in a civilized manner.