Double-aught_Z/28

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So I've got about $600 to play with for the next couple months, and I'm looking to do one more mod before Carlisle in a few weeks. I'm down to two options:

1.) Recover my seats and spiff up the interior. Leaning towards black and houndstooth covers.

2.) Install long tube headers and an off road y-pipe. Delete air and egr.

In either case I'll be doing all the labor, so no cost for that. The car is my daily driver all year round. It's a 2000 Z28, loudmouth 1 catback, 3.73 10 bolt rear, SLP lid, 17x9 35thLE wheels. Also contemplating free ram air mod. My seats aren't torn, but are showing their age; bolsters are shot and the leather is cracking in spots. Also the cores could stand to have a little more foam added to them. I don't race, but I do like to go fast and make a lot of noise.

Opinions please:

My6speedZ

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Exhaust

Your car looks clean too man.

1994_383_Z28

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No question go longtubes and ORY. I have seen many clean f-body's ruined by tacky interior. There is nothing wrong with stock interior.

BAT TA

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Another vote for exhaust. It will be faster, sound better, and shave some weight.

Double-aught_Z/28

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Sounds like exhaust is a winner then. I was leaning that way anyway, but needed a push I guess. More noise and power make cruddy seats more tolerable anyway.

OutlawDrifter

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one more vote for exhaust....i like the houndstooth material, but better pipes trump all. save some money for the computer tune to finish it all up.

buellxb12s

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exhaust. if the wheels on your car are the ones you refer to in the post they look like regular 10 spokes and not anniversary wheels.

Double-aught_Z/28

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Old picture. I have anniversary rims now.

Latch

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If you do the exhaust then don't forget to factor in the cost of replacing the LM1 with something else. If your interior is worn out then I would fix that first.

My6speedZ

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I didn't see that he has a LM1, OP you know the loud mouths is not liked by a lot once they go LT/ORY right?

OutlawDrifter

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many have tamed it to their liking with a powerstick.

Double-aught_Z/28

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I am aware. I have a shiney new LM2 muffler sitting in my basement I've been saving to pop in if I do LTs. I've actually heard the LT/ORY/LM1 combo in person, and I don't mind the volume, it just doesn't have any tone. So I'll try the LM2 and if I still don't like it, I'll go the Borla-mouth route.

My6speedZ

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Yeah its defiantly got ALOT of volume, to me the only part I really don't like is when the revs are coming down if that makes sense.

Double-aught_Z/28

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I know what you mean. Even with cats and stock manifolds, the LM1 sounds like a truck when decelerating from highway speed. It backfires on downshifts sometimes too, like a race car.

DeLaRosa25

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BBK LT's, ORY -$360ish

Then you have plenty more money for a different resonator (I paid $60 for my magnaflow bullet), and have just enough for a mail order tune from Frost.