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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 11:42 PM
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im cheap, do the muffler tips (universal) do anything bad to the gas mileage or back pressure of the engine?
Old Mar 4, 2004 | 11:51 PM
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If it does, the difference is gonna be so minimal that its not even worth consideration. I'd be more worried about sounding like Uncle Ben's Moped.
Old Mar 5, 2004 | 12:41 AM
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if it is just a tip and not a muffler then there will be no change in anything. changing the uffler only changes the sound.
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alright, im probably not gonna do it anyways
Old Mar 5, 2004 | 07:51 AM
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If you change the tip to one that necks down to the size of a Slurpee straw..........sure.........that'll affect your engine performance..........in a negative way.

Actually.......it would probably just blast your tip off.

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