Ah, I pictured the goop going on prior to installation of the flex pipe, so there is a bunch of it between the two pipes.
At least the flex pipe gives an overall improvement. Also looks much better.
Maxima exhaust saga
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Optimistic thought: maybe the annoying sound at WOT will prevent me from using WOT as much. Last two tanks have been less than 25mpg due to lots of idling and WOT.