Did you say joins back in ??? Technically speaking....or should I say in ricer terms, a screamer pipe does not join back into the system, hence the term screamer. When you hit boost the car literally screams. Very illegal and if not done correctly (ie, if you dont seal between the 2 sections correctly, seeing as though we have internal wastegates) it will sound crap. This is one of the problems we had, getting a good seal was difficult, which means on idle, you could pick up a touch of an exhaust leak sound. Personally, I love the sound out of my car (the fact that its loud).....with a quad system (only 1 muffler), straight cut gears, blow off valve, noisy fuel pump etc, I think its in the top 10 of XR's in terms of noise LOL ... however, with this being said, the screamer was just wrong .... the sound that it made...... no words..... loud doesnt cover it .... nor does LOUD!!!!. This thing was deafining with a horrible note. It lasted a couple days on my car for testing then came off (my point here is that I like noisy cars, but not with the screamer) Out of curiosity, has anybody ever tried putting a screamer on their car and what did you think??? (PS, not refering to a split dump pipe that flow back into the system). Black Thunder, ill send you some pics as requested of the pod setup, I just have to take some for you mate.