Hooker LTs + SLP LM - Cats = Terrible sound
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Hooker LTs + SLP LM - Cats = Terrible sound
My buddy Joe's friend has this '02 WS6 that everybody talks about, it's a bolt-on only car but everybody thinks it's like god.
So I spotted the car in our work parking lot the other day, and talked to him a little about it. Sounded like he knew what he was talking about (for the most part at least, when I asked him about what he ran, he said he didn't remember... who forgets their track time?). He says that he's got Hooker longtubes, !cats, and, and a loudmouth. In the back of my head I thought, must be pretty loud, but remembered that most of you guys say that kind of setup sounds terrible. Well he started it up and pulled out, and I can honestly say it's one of the worst sounding exhausts I've ever heard on that nice of a car. Soooo much rasp. It sounded absolutely terrible... but he thinks it sounds nice. I guess some people like that?
Anyway, this was pretty pointless but thought I'd share anyway (i'm bored)
So I spotted the car in our work parking lot the other day, and talked to him a little about it. Sounded like he knew what he was talking about (for the most part at least, when I asked him about what he ran, he said he didn't remember... who forgets their track time?). He says that he's got Hooker longtubes, !cats, and, and a loudmouth. In the back of my head I thought, must be pretty loud, but remembered that most of you guys say that kind of setup sounds terrible. Well he started it up and pulled out, and I can honestly say it's one of the worst sounding exhausts I've ever heard on that nice of a car. Soooo much rasp. It sounded absolutely terrible... but he thinks it sounds nice. I guess some people like that?
Anyway, this was pretty pointless but thought I'd share anyway (i'm bored)
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i'm fixing to have the same set up as dudeman you spoke of, i'm getting a flowmaster collector for it. some say that will help out with rasp, but i sure hope even with a little bit of rasp she'll sound mean as hell
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Originally Posted by enisguy
My buddy Joe's friend has this '02 WS6 that everybody talks about, it's a bolt-on only car but everybody thinks it's like god.
So I spotted the car in our work parking lot the other day, and talked to him a little about it. Sounded like he knew what he was talking about (for the most part at least, when I asked him about what he ran, he said he didn't remember... who forgets their track time?). He says that he's got Hooker longtubes, !cats, and, and a loudmouth. In the back of my head I thought, must be pretty loud, but remembered that most of you guys say that kind of setup sounds terrible. Well he started it up and pulled out, and I can honestly say it's one of the worst sounding exhausts I've ever heard on that nice of a car. Soooo much rasp. It sounded absolutely terrible... but he thinks it sounds nice. I guess some people like that?
Anyway, this was pretty pointless but thought I'd share anyway (i'm bored)
So I spotted the car in our work parking lot the other day, and talked to him a little about it. Sounded like he knew what he was talking about (for the most part at least, when I asked him about what he ran, he said he didn't remember... who forgets their track time?). He says that he's got Hooker longtubes, !cats, and, and a loudmouth. In the back of my head I thought, must be pretty loud, but remembered that most of you guys say that kind of setup sounds terrible. Well he started it up and pulled out, and I can honestly say it's one of the worst sounding exhausts I've ever heard on that nice of a car. Soooo much rasp. It sounded absolutely terrible... but he thinks it sounds nice. I guess some people like that?
Anyway, this was pretty pointless but thought I'd share anyway (i'm bored)
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Mike, I'm about a month or two away from getting LT's and a GMMG chambered system. Haven't figured out which LT's yet, but thats a different issue. I was thinking of going !cats, why does that sound so bad? If its that much of an issue I'll put hiflow cats in, but I'd like to know why it sounds so horrible. TIA.
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I'm sorry guys but I just LOVE the sound of off road pipes with borla loudmouth or corsa! I've got acouple friends with these setups and it just sounds wicked when cruising around.
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I have the same setup.. except with the Rumbler.
Pacesetter LT's|ORY|Rumbler ---- I can't stand the rasp.. so I'm ditching the setup for a true dual system. True duals maybe loud but they don't have all that damn rasp.
I'm also tired of being told cats, cats, cats... I don't really think they would make that much difference.. This is a terrible sounding system from 2k-3k rpms.
The H/C swap only made it louder.
Pacesetter LT's|ORY|Rumbler ---- I can't stand the rasp.. so I'm ditching the setup for a true dual system. True duals maybe loud but they don't have all that damn rasp.
I'm also tired of being told cats, cats, cats... I don't really think they would make that much difference.. This is a terrible sounding system from 2k-3k rpms.
The H/C swap only made it louder.
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I run a loud mouth with hooker lt and ory pipe and it dont bother me any, to me as long as it flows good i could care less about the noise. i guess its what you like.
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I have close to that same setup...but with SLP LT's and random tech cats!!!....I think it sounds great.....But if you are one of those guys who only rev your motor to 2500-3000 RPMs I could easily see how you could not like this setup. Yea it can be raspy at times but at WOT it's........ Insane....It sounds like rolling sex.......
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does anyone know how Hooker LT's, Catted-Y, SLP loudnmouth (cahnged to dynomouth or borla mouth) would perfrom and sound...which one would soudn nicer borla or dyno...which one would perform better?
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I have Flowtech headers and offroad Y pipe going into a stock exhaust...sorta. There is a cutout in the I-pipe, and it's open. When I did that, I finally realized what *rasp* was. 2-3k gives me a nice dose. Previous to the headers, I did have the stock manifolds, cats, and a cutout. I thought that it sounded good. Mellow....low..and would roar when at WOT. The only when I got rasp was when I was on the bottle. I guess I describe *rasp* as a cackle. Glasspack sound.
Personally, I don't mind it. I would not mind to mellow it out a little, but for the min I have no real desire. It's good enough for me....and wicked enough for me. To each his/her own right?
Personally, I don't mind it. I would not mind to mellow it out a little, but for the min I have no real desire. It's good enough for me....and wicked enough for me. To each his/her own right?
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I agree 100%. I was hanging out with some car buddies at the local place and I heard this most annoying sound drive by but the car had gone by before I could see it. I asked my buddy if he saw what shitbox made that goofy sounding absolutley horrible noise. Turns out is was some guy he new with an LS1 Z28 with LT's, no cats, and Borla wide-open.
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Originally Posted by cyphur_traq
Mike, I'm about a month or two away from getting LT's and a GMMG chambered system. Haven't figured out which LT's yet, but thats a different issue. I was thinking of going !cats, why does that sound so bad? If its that much of an issue I'll put hiflow cats in, but I'd like to know why it sounds so horrible. TIA.
GMMG isn't much different than those without cats IMO. A little better, but still... However, with LT headers and highflow cats, the GMMG is the best (deepest/meanest) muscle car sound I've heard yet out of any cat-back system on an LS1 (absolutely amazing sound quality throughout the entire rpm range). You'll see what I mean shorty...