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Old 11-21-2015, 01:26 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
Looks to me like positioning the three pipes side-by-side ( ooo ) -- rather than in a triangle bundle ( ▲ ) -- all the way back to just past the rear axle is called for. There, the three pipes could triangulated & transitioned directly into a flat muffler, with the "collector" being their transition into the muffler.
I definitely agree that is ideal from a design perspective. I also see that being harder and more costly to fabricate. Engineering is all about trade offs.

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