How would you run the left side of the exhaust (for a dual exhaust) on the 6.5 foot bed on a Screw, with the 35 gallon tank? Wouldn't it have more twists and turns than a Bosnian road?

 

good question...easiest would be to probably throw the spare tire in the bed and route the pipes in it's place

 

Loud 'straight' pipes could be called inconsiderate, but what would you call a harley?
Most motorcycles are a lot louder than trucks, and the motorcyclest doen't seem to take it easy on acceleration.

The 'X' I was talking about meant a x pipe in the system. Not true duals. Which is about what you explained you have.

You can run true duals on these trucks, but it won't be one pipe running along each side of the truck. They will both have to be run on the passenger side, and one crossed back over to the drivers side before the rear axle.
I've seen it does very similar on different trucks.

 

Its my personal tastes, but I prefer a nice sounding mellow rumble you hear up close to the blap blap blap blap blap straight pipe exhaust you can hear a half mile away. It ends up sounding like an old ity car in bad condition, imho. Straight pipe sound great on the track, not running up the street disturbing people.

Folks who straight-pipe their trucks are largely responsible for the laws passed which make it harder on everyone else. At least the bikers have the excuse of safety, they want to be heard because they often can't be seen -- can't say the same for cars/trucks.

Harleys aren't terribly loud from the factory (they must conform to federal standards for noise, 82 db). Unfortunately many people take off the factory pipes on them and straight pipe them as well. Obnoxious bikers give the rest a bad name and I had to deal with that bad rap when I put a lot of miles on motorcylces (never with a loud exhaust).

Those who straight pipe their vehicles ultimately can't complain when some ricer puts a whistler on his muffler and you end up hearing the thing from a half mile away, or when a local politician decides to vote in a sound reduction law.

The unfortunate thing is many people don't know that straight piping it doesn't make it any more powerful than a good set of hi-flow mufflers (they provide very little restriction). Loud doesn't equal power.

 

that's why I have used Magnaflow and Gibson stuff before. they flow really well and sound good.

but some cherrie bombs do sound rather nice

 

I agree completly that loud straight pipes don't equal power.

I like the sound of straight pipe trucks, but it isn't nesseccary for a daily driver.
I have a off road truck that I put true duals on w/ 12" glass packs, and I think it sounds great, and when I wheel it at an event that's what people are there to see.

That is a different story though.
I have a x pipe w/ no muffler on my 04, and it sounds great, but not even close to being as loud as a truely straight piped truck.
I also drive like a grandpa, so it doesn't see 2,000 RPMs very often, so I don't see how I could disturb anyone with my set up/driving.