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Maybe you could just do an LS swap, they have cast steel manifolds that weld nicely... :D

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-694925/overview/ I was happy with this one. You can get it in stainless for $12 more, if that's important to you. The smaller sizes come only in stainless. http://www.mandrelbends.com/v-bands-band-clamps/v-band-assemblies.html These are a bit more pricy...

Yeah, 3/16-1/4 is about right.

I just use Summit or Columbia River brand. Never had any real issues with warping. Just extend the pipe a little bit through the joint as shown below for extra strength and sealing. I've heard of Marman flanges but never used them. I'm sure they are great, but v-band works really well for me.

Speed of sound depends on the temperature in the pipe. Coming out of the head, it will probably be between 300C and 500C. Inside a catalytic converter, the temperature is upwards of 500C. Of course all of this depends on the engine and the exhaust setup. There is no actual flow through the...

Just did a little internet research to find those values. They are based on the physical properties of exhaust gas.

No, it's not a glasspack. It's a Flowmaster Hushpower. I had a glasspack on it previously and it was way too loud. This is not installed, and the reason you can't see through it is because you are looking into a perforated cone, and there is one in each side of the muffler. I get my...

So something like this? This is a picture of the inlet of my muffler. It looks the same in the outlet as well. I'm not sure if you are inferring that my exhaust is really loud. I promise you it's not, at least on the inside, though without the quarter-wave resonator it was loud inside.

Drone isn't something you can necessarily hear from the outside of the vehicle, since it's an interaction between the body and the exhaust. The nice thing is it's not as loud inside as you would think because the drone is gone. Outside, the volume level is about the same as your standard...

Recently I redid my exhaust system, and found that it droned terribly between about 2600-2900 RPM. It was miserable to drive and I felt like an idiot teenager driving around. So I figured I'd try a something I'd read about called a 1/4 wave resonator. It's basically a capped pipe that tees...

JK front shocks are looking like a pretty good option right now. Just looked up some spec on KYBs site. XJ shock 19.96" Ext 12.8" Comp 7.17" Stroke JK Shock 21.57" Ext 13.7" Comp 7.87" Stroke That is 1.6" longer extended and .9" longer compressed. I guess I'll have to make or buy some sort...

Why do you recommend KYBs and which product line?

Hi guys, new member here. I've owned my XJ for 2 years now (just hit 190K), and has had sagging stock springs and shocks the whole time. I'm going to redo the suspension using ZJ upcountry front coils and a new HD leaf pack in the rear, basically following this recipe with a few changes...