critter

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It has taken a while, but I finally got the duals/x-pipe done. I got an X kit and mufflers from Summit. I bought Hooker mufflers for it based on the comparison posted on this site. The Hookers were supposed to be almost the quietest and almost the best flowing. I have to say I am blown away. These are a straight through muffler, like the bullets are. But they are quiet! Well, relatively quiet. Much quieter than the bullets I had on the car for the track and probably not much louder than the SLP 2OTL cat back that I used for street duty. But it sounds better than the 2OTL. More like a deep rumble, like a good muscle car should. No cackle, no rasp, just cool. It reminds me of my old 409 with turbo mufflers from back in the day. I know that SOTP is very deceptive, but I would swear it pulls harder than with the 2OTL also. Snatched the 10" Hoosiers loose going into third Anyway, I've not found anything about the Hookers online so thought I ought to report how great they sound and perform.

2_wacko

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How is the ground clearance. Any pics?

5POINT7

Yeah, how about some pics. Are you lowered?

2KSSLS1

tell more info .. im about to do the same .. did you have to bend any pipe's for it or did it just bolt up ... thank

critter

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No pix yet, LOL! I just finished in time to run up the road and head off to meet my wife for supper.

No, this wasn't a bolt together operation. It involved a lot cutting and welding. I fabbed up some oval sections for the two spots on the left where they normally just mash the Y. I went 3" to the X and then 2.5" to the mufflers. I'll try to take a picture tomorrow. It isn't particularly pretty - I haven't welded in 30 years or so.

Here is another tip for anyone contemplating this ... I bought U bends from Jegs or Summit, brand was DynoMax. They are mandrel bent, but still shunk enough that a piece of the bend will almost slip inside the straight sections, or a bit less than twice the wall thickness. I've cut up a lot of U-bends building headers in the past, but I have never seen anything like this.

critter

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Ground clearance is adequate. Most is no lower than the catback was and the mufflers are close enough to the axle that they aren't a problem. Here is a picture of the setup .

Hals on front drop it about 3/4" and one coil cut from the rear drops it, but the slicks raise it back up.

2KSSLS1

look's like it's alot of work bro any sound clip for the hooker muffler ..

critter

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Not yet. I haven't had much luck with clips. Seems that most can't view them. My native format is Quicktime (.mov) and even though my brother, who is the most compter illiterate person I know can see them, seems no one else can. I guess my brother somehow has a Quicktime plugin for his browser. I can also generate mpegs (.mp4) but is seems that PCs can't process them, which surprises me. I'm looking for a converter to try some other formats - maybe mp2 will work for PCs.

cyphur

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Just post them up in quicktime.

Also, them be some huge *** mufflers dude.

ls1_doc

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hell yeah they are

critter

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I will do that, after I put the exhaust back on (last trip of the year to the strip yesterday)
I guess it is relative I've seen a lot bigger, and the bullets they replaced are a lot smaller. IIRC, they are no bigger than Flowmasters and some of the other options I looked at. Maybe the size is why they sound so much better than the bullets

critter

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Here is a clip of the car with the X and Hookers. You can also get a better idea of ground clearance. The car has Nittos on now and sits lower than it did with the slicks.

I created and mpeg this time. If the PCs can't handle, post up or PM me and I will try again.

dug

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Sounds good. Is it as quiet as the video? I can hardly hear it. What cam is that?

Full-Force

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I am about to do nearly the same thing any day now. Im going with the 2.5 or 3" Summit brand x pipe kit that comes with the x and four pipes with the elboww bends in them. I will start out by using the dynomax bullets for now.

I am also planning on buying some 90 degree and 45 degree pieces and going over the axle before its done.

critter

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Yeah, it is pretty quiet. It is pretty amazing for a muffler that you can see straight through. It makes more noise at WOT.

Cam is a 232* Comp custom.

critter

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That is almost exactly what I did. I used 3" from the collectors to the X and then reducers to 2.5" to the mufflers. I started out with bullets, but they were too loud for me. I used a couple 180 degree bends of both sized to stitch it all together.

Full-Force

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so you didnt have to have any of the pips bent?

im thinking i will just have to cut some of the pipe and thats it

critter

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No, I didn't get any bent. I just bought a few u-bends and cut an welded. I took smaller pipe from Autozone, split it lengthwise, and welded in strips of tin from Lowe's in to make the two flattened sections for the left side.

Worm

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Wheres the pics?

critter

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Sorry, there is only one - this one here.