Inside the stock LS1 muffler
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this also explains why when i shot water in my exhaust it got much louder, i didnt think they had fiberglass packing in a stock muffler.
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Don't think it would be any different. According to my research the WS6 has the same exhaust. I am curious to see how much power I can muster out of mine with the stock manifolds and an NA set up.
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I also believe that the chambers may be a slightly differnet design, but I cannot confirm this as fact.
Overall, the difference in flow between the two will be marginal.
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sorry if this is not exciting for some of you, i just like the look and sound of my current setup, plus don't want to spend the money and chop my car up for no reason, this has been twistin my ***** up for two days now. lol
What my no.1 question is making 380rwhp(homeported heads and cam) with a ws6 exhaust how much of a increase would you guess I would get from going to a magnaflow catback?
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i was pretty set on the stock ws6 exhaust after most of whats posted here and the ancient article on the b&b triflow making 1hp more than a ws6exhaust. now after doing two days of searching through the archives this is the most confusing ****. Especially when someone like Damian is saying theres no difference between the std exhaust and ss/ws6. I love the sound of my stock exhaust with the cam, so my concern is power only.
sorry if this is not exciting for some of you, i just like the look and sound of my current setup, plus don't want to spend the money and chop my car up for no reason, this has been twistin my ***** up for two days now. lol
What my no.1 question is making 380rwhp(homeported heads and cam) with a ws6 exhaust how much of a increase would you guess I would get from going to a magnaflow catback?
sorry if this is not exciting for some of you, i just like the look and sound of my current setup, plus don't want to spend the money and chop my car up for no reason, this has been twistin my ***** up for two days now. lol
What my no.1 question is making 380rwhp(homeported heads and cam) with a ws6 exhaust how much of a increase would you guess I would get from going to a magnaflow catback?
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i was pretty set on the stock ws6 exhaust after most of whats posted here and the ancient article on the b&b triflow making 1hp more than a ws6exhaust. now after doing two days of searching through the archives this is the most confusing ****. Especially when someone like Damian is saying theres no difference between the std exhaust and ss/ws6. I love the sound of my stock exhaust with the cam, so my concern is power only.
sorry if this is not exciting for some of you, i just like the look and sound of my current setup, plus don't want to spend the money and chop my car up for no reason, this has been twistin my ***** up for two days now. lol
What my no.1 question is making 380rwhp(homeported heads and cam) with a ws6 exhaust how much of a increase would you guess I would get from going to a magnaflow catback?
sorry if this is not exciting for some of you, i just like the look and sound of my current setup, plus don't want to spend the money and chop my car up for no reason, this has been twistin my ***** up for two days now. lol
What my no.1 question is making 380rwhp(homeported heads and cam) with a ws6 exhaust how much of a increase would you guess I would get from going to a magnaflow catback?
Overall, you would gain more than 1rwhp with a muffler/catback upgrade on your setup. I have no idea what the situation was with the dyno test you are referring to, but any decent catback will make more than 1hp over the stock WS6/SS system.
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yeah i guess I'm going to have to do it. its perfect timing as my car is 2.5' in the air as my trans is at TDP for a freshening but I wanna run it with this exhaust first so I have a before after comparison. Last time I ran the stock clutch was bellowing smoke so I only got one run in. I would be happy to pick a mph or two.
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If you like the stock setup, why not just get a cutout for power gain when you want it? Or, if you like the look of the stock tailpipes but want a full-time power gain, just get a Magnaflow replacement muffler to weld in.
Overall, you would gain more than 1rwhp with a muffler/catback upgrade on your setup. I have no idea what the situation was with the dyno test you are referring to, but any decent catback will make more than 1hp over the stock WS6/SS system.
Overall, you would gain more than 1rwhp with a muffler/catback upgrade on your setup. I have no idea what the situation was with the dyno test you are referring to, but any decent catback will make more than 1hp over the stock WS6/SS system.
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All V8 models received 2.75" I-pipes. I have a WS6 catback and a Z28 catback in my basement, the only piping difference is the tailpipe diameter (2.5" vs 2.25").
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