Project complete. This is my 9th exhaust setup now i could not be happier. I may go thru and do it in 304 or 409 polished and have my mufflers dipped for looks and durability but the sound is amazing.
I was trying to put the cutout in my xmetal catless mids, and the o2 sensors were where i needed to put the cutout. Also there was no clearance for the electric actuators. I then was going to put it in front of my h-pipe where it came together but the weld was too close to the joint to merit cutting it again and have another ugly weld.
So we cut it off I removed the h pipe and put a magnaflow x-pipe right where my mids come together. And to the rear of the x pipe where the pipes are one on top of the other, we welded the cutouts. One facing out and one facing in to blow swirls in my burn outs and make sure people on both sides run in terror. We tack welded the bolts to make them studs, and facilitate easier wing nut removal of the caps, Until i can get my electrics fabbed up.
At idle, you hear every cylinder revealing that cam'ing sound ive been looking for. Deep thumps. There is a real deep resonance at 900-1100 rpm, that you feel in your chest inside and outside the vehicle, it blurs the mirrors. The climb to 5500 rpm is something i have never experience before, drowning out any converstation, radio, wind and road noise. Its deep LOUD and you feel it in your chest. The x takes any rasps out of the sound throughout the range. On cruise the sound is slightly louder but seems to be muffled as it travels through the entire system allowing radio on vol-12 and quiet conversation. At throttle its like someone opened the gates of hell. The popping between shifts and on decel is now deep, quieter, with mellow boom's you can feel and they are far and few between. People come out of the part-store i work at when i pull up. All the cooks come to the drive through window at Arby's. Car alarms set off idling through firestone parking lot. And my wife came outside and looked at the sky thinking it was thundering when i returned home. Its incredible!