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Old Oct 5, 2015 | 01:32 PM
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Hey guys i just picked up a nice clean 2002 ss camaro and it came with hooker long tubes and cat back. I want to change the exhaust to my old set up with sweet thunder mufflers. My question is though, the car is lowered on eibach springs and it's already bottoming out on the exhaust. I want to add a x pipe and do dumps. What are your suggestions on whether doing a 2.5" or 3" exhaust system. Is there that much of a difference in sound and performance? Thanks
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Old Oct 6, 2015 | 01:21 PM
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I dont have any performance data, but i would think 2, 2.5" dumps would flow better than a 3" to 3" y-pipe most commonly used.
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Old Oct 6, 2015 | 03:45 PM
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thanks man appreciate the input. anyone else?
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Old Oct 6, 2015 | 04:26 PM
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No input, but pics of the car?!
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Old Oct 6, 2015 | 05:01 PM
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Old Oct 6, 2015 | 08:35 PM
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If you're already bottoming out it would probably be the same, or maybe worse, with 3" dumps. If you did 2.5" it should help with clearance some.
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Old Oct 7, 2015 | 07:16 AM
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I almost bought the same car from that guy in Tampa...Nice!!
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Old Oct 7, 2015 | 01:22 PM
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Nice car man. Bring it out to cars and coffee in palm beach on November 8th. I need more Fbody support
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Old Oct 9, 2015 | 06:06 PM
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AW I def will if im not on shift. PM your number and ill text you. when and where is the meet? I go to the car meets on Friday nights down here in Davie fl
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Old Oct 10, 2015 | 10:06 PM
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My car isn't lowered and a I have long tube headers with an x pipe and it's pretty low but I've never bottomed out.
But my opinion for you is on the dumps, they sounded awesome for about a month and after that they were ridiculously loud( I have a small cam) and annoying, rattled the whole interior and just drove me nuts, so I had under the axle extensions made by a local shop and added to them so they exit regular and I love it. Let me know if you wanna see the set up and hear it.
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Old Oct 13, 2015 | 09:22 AM
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I think we saw your car at the ruby Tuesday show a couple Friday's ago, and I'm fairly sure I saw you driving over on university by NOVA a week or so ago. If you see a pewter SS with black manta stripe and cme, that's me.
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Just saw the car parked outside Costco haha.
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^ you got a tracking device on this fool huh
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Just not many clean, white fbody's around. I take the same route 5 days a week and went to Costco for a cheap slice of pizza lol.
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I have eibach lowering springs as well as 3" X pipe off of longtubes an I bottom out every freakin where! cant even put my bullets on it so jus runnin straight x. u can see pipes in pic ive attached
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hooker just came out with a true dual stainless system thats 2.5in piping. comes out the back, was made for lowered cars so it fits very tight to the underside. maybe something to look into.
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