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Projects One pack and one straight , which cylinders do you run straight?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Hudson52sam, Oct 17, 2015.

  1. Hudson52sam
    Joined: Oct 3, 2015
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    Hudson52sam

    Have read a few forums about the best exhaust for my 52 hudson wasp , allot people say just run em straight , then allot say the old 6 cylinder motors sound best with one glass pack and one straight , get the sounds together , sounds perfect , they say, right now I've got the stock with one straight all the way back , I like the way the one straight sounds, just hear so much about one pack and one straight is the way to go, but do you run the back 3 straight? Or the front , does it matter?
     
  2. I've ever heard of this, but I don't see how it would matter if front or rear. In my opinion, you will only hear the three louder cylinders, so it will sound like it is running half speed.
     
  3. Hudson52sam
    Joined: Oct 3, 2015
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    Hudson52sam

    There where a few forums I read , and they where saying its suppose to sound better then just running straights, it said when you just run straights on a older 6 cylinder that it sounds like a tractor, but if you do one straight and one glass pack it makes the perfect tone together
     
  4. Hudson52sam
    Joined: Oct 3, 2015
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    Hudson52sam

    I disagree about the straight pipe , I've got one straight pipe and it sounds perfect to me
     

  5. jcmarz
    Joined: Jan 10, 2010
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    jcmarz
    Member
    from Chino, Ca

    run 2 mufflers. Your motor will like the back pressure.
     
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  6. Hudson52sam
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    Hudson52sam

  7. Hudson52sam
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    Hudson52sam

    This guy said this about ,
    Chili Phil

    Member

    from Lakewood,CA

    Yes, you will have uneven pressure. But it won't hurt your exhaust valves, if that's your concern. And the pulse is a big part of the cool tone. IMO, just straights sound like a piece of farm equipment. Or like a car with broken exhaust. But, done right, split exhaust manifold with a Glaspac and a straight has the Old Stylie snarl and crackle that the Bombas have perfected.
     
  8. Hudson52sam
    Joined: Oct 3, 2015
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    Hudson52sam

    Here's another one from that forum

    dadseh

    Member

    from Melbourne, Australia

    So whos runnin the old school cast manifold cut and welded?
    It was 2 cylinders on the front pipe and four on the original rear outlet, cant remember which one got the straight thru pipe treatment and the other the glasspack though.
     
  9. 302GMC
    Joined: Dec 15, 2005
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    302GMC
    Member
    from Idaho

    Kids with no money did that stuff, usually flex pipe was involved. People that were serious about the quality of their finished car used a matched, or at least close, pair of mufflers. Keep in mind that in the "old days", trouble with the law prohibited loud ...
     
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  10. I've had the Hudson sixes both ways, straight and one glasspack. My current Super 6 has a single long glasspack and I like it best. Has a nice sound outside but inside the car is quiet.
     
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  11. Hudson52sam
    Joined: Oct 3, 2015
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    Hudson52sam

    What about spliting your cast manifold , by welding on another bottom piece and a plate in the inside , or are you better off to just buy the split headers ?
     
  12. Hudson52sam
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    Hudson52sam

  13. pdq67
    Joined: Feb 12, 2007
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    pdq67
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    261 here, (2) smitties out the back! A classmate's older brother had a '49 to '52 'vert with this in it and I will never forget the sound of it as he pulled away from my '57, 283, 3-speed Chevy back then late one Sat. night as we were leaving town.

    To this day thinking about it stands the hair up on the back of my neck, it was that pretty a sound!!

    pdq67
     
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