Yea when i got mine there was no full system it was only slip on's the full system came out awhile after i had mine.But that dosent matter its good your liking your's anyway's but you are in the few so good luck with it.it dose sund like you have it figured out how to fix it !!!!

 

So where am I going to lose power? Am going to lose power compared to stock or just not have as much power as the endcap? I would sacrifice a little top end gain for sound and a spark arrestor. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to lose power compared to stock.