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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 12:10 AM
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ok so i already have hooker catback it came witht the car with in the next 2monthes ill have a cam, a stall and some longtubes and a y. my question is my car sits pretty low and i dnt think i could get dualls to fit unless you guys have ideas????? otherwise should i just get a cutout before my hooker catback? what kind of power will i gain/lose between the 2 possabilities?
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ok so i already have hooker catback it came witht the car with in the next 2monthes ill have a cam, a stall and some longtubes and a y. my question is my car sits pretty low and i dnt think i could get dualls to fit unless you guys have ideas????? otherwise should i just get a cutout before my hooker catback? what kind of power will i gain/lose between the 2 possabilities?
thanx guys.
I'm gunna guess you won't be running cats. I can tell you now that with headers and no cats and a cam you will have a horrible amount of rasp with a cutout. I tried several combos to get rid of the rasp but it all failed. I finally went with duals. No more rasp but has a mean sound. Also with my duals I have just as much or more clearance than the single exhaust. If it's done right the lowest part will be where the Y pipe would be. Mine are custom made so I made sure to get them tucked up really well. Now a friend of mine has the Texas Speed duals and his seems to hang alot lower than mine do.
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true duals over rear axle for the win.
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if you take your time with the tsp kit they do tuck up pretty nice and if you have a aftermarket torque arm they tuck up even nicer.
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if you take your time with the tsp kit they do tuck up pretty nice and if you have a aftermarket torque arm they tuck up even nicer.
Will they work or tuck up nice with a Chassis mounted Torque Arm?
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yes. midwest chassis has one that is designed for true duals. i believe umi also makes a chassis mount setup to work with true duals
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true duals over rear axle for the win.
if i do tru duals over the axle what do i put after the headers an x pipe? cuz i think those sit a little lower right? or do you run the tru duals right next to each other till you go over the axle?
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Originally Posted by LS199CAMAROZ28
yes. midwest chassis has one that is designed for true duals. i believe umi also makes a chassis mount setup to work with true duals
Our standard version torque arm, #2205 is designed to clear true duals... if you add a torque arm relocation kit to it.. it then becomes a chassis mounted torque arm. Here is a picture of our torque arm installed with the TSP true duals

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I have the Tunnel Brace mounted T/A..no room for TD's.
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dumped turndowns dumdumdum. ^^^i would like to see that car on the ground for a clearance shot from the concrete.
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dumped turndowns dumdumdum. ^^^i would like to see that car on the ground for a clearance shot from the concrete.
I'll see if we have any... but the clearance is pretty good with it. That is Jerry's car which does a lot of the design work here at UMI... he runs stock height springs in the rear which helps and lowering springs in the front.
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I have the Tunnel Brace mounted T/A..no room for TD's.
Thats What I thought! So I guess now the next question.... is it worth the swap in tq arm style vs exhaust style.
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