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Old 01-05-2019, 02:25 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Leonardo View Post
Back in the day, I had a custom exhaust built with a "butterfly" valve. It was activated by a lever under the driver seat. I could open and close it while driving.
Further back in the day, we called them cut-outs. Cut into the exhaust pipe of a big block Chevrolet V-8 and weld them in.

When you pulled the cables and opened those puppies up, dumping the exhaust right under the car - the lyric from the movie/song "Thunder Road" took on meaning -


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