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Old Jul 3, 2013 | 11:08 PM
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on my 1997 the outer exhaust are clean and feel like they are sucking in air, what is going on?
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Outer? As in the Tail pipes?
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yes, the tail pipes, if I put my hand over the outer clean ones the exhaust sound lowers and I can feel a vacuum.
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never mind, figured out it has Dynomax mufflers on it and the tail pipe is in a Y shape and the outer tail pipes are out of the direct flow of the gases.
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Doesn't sound like a very efficient system..
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