x2. The Flowmaster b-body 2.5" tailpipes are 26 lbs for the pair according to the shipping weight. If you have 3.5" all the way back it is definitely going to be heavier, but is that worth the tradeoffs for you?

I had tailpipes, then dumps on my '68 Charger, a '68 300, and a '79 Jeep CJ7. I did not mind the drone, but if you were in stop and go traffic you definitely end up smelling like exhaust. The Jeep I gave up and put tailpipes on it. My Charger I just lived with it, but I didn't drive it much either.

My car is heavy, raceweight is 3891lbs. So, that said, I do not think that taking off the tailpipes will do much, probably nothing. But if I dont try it, well then Ill never know.



/Tom

My car went faster because it was lighter. I need more weight on the nose of my car so removing it from the aft end is a bonus.

When I was building my Rampage I was weight conscious
to a extent.. I was shooting for 2800# race ready with
me in it.. but this is also a street rod so the exhaust
was important to me... I wanted the right note and the
right DB level.. so I put the muffs all the way to the
back bumper with 3" all the way... it ended up being 2920#
with me and 18 gals of fuel(on the 2800# I forgot the fuel
weight so I would have been about 20# off of my calculations)
but it is what it is with a full interior and trailer hitch..
if the 3.5" stuff is that heavy that is some THICK wall stuff

I don't think that your situation is typical. It would be interesting to see how many street cars could measure a change in performance by gaining or loosing 50LBS. And most of our cars do not benefit from gaining weight on the nose.

Anything is possible and this is not to doubt what you say, but it certainly isn't what most of us can expect in those situations.

I stand corrected, the rest of the weight was switching from a chambered flowmaster to a bullet muffler.

A little longer then I remembered.

I bought from a truck garage local to me with just plain aluminized 3.5 exhaust tubing.

My entire exhaust system (w/o headers) on my F body weighed 72 lbs. 3 1/2" headers to mufflers, flowmasters, 3" tail pipes. Removing (not disconnecting) the system picked the car up .06
Doug