Catback or Muffler?
Catback or Muffler? Maybe this has been covered and maybe not. I was up under my car the other day hooking up my exhaust. I have long tubes to cat'd y-pipe to stock catback with a Hooker Aerochamber muffler. I was looking at the catback and it's 3" all the way to the muffler. No flat spots, no kinks, just a perfect 3" round pipe back over the axle to the muffler. I don't really see any restriction in the stock exhaust that an aftermarket catacks would fix.
Am I missing something or is there nothing to be gained by going to an aftermarket catback aside from a different muffler? I'm thinking about saving some money and just buy a different muffler and leave the stock 3" pipe alone. But if it is restrictive in some way I'll just rip the whole thing out for aftermarket.
Am I missing something or is there nothing to be gained by going to an aftermarket catback aside from a different muffler? I'm thinking about saving some money and just buy a different muffler and leave the stock 3" pipe alone. But if it is restrictive in some way I'll just rip the whole thing out for aftermarket.
I don't think it's that restrictive, I'd put the money towards something else.
My car had an aftermarket muffler on it when I bought it and I swapped it out for a full catback system and kinda regretted it. No noticible difference and a $500 lighter wallet.
My car had an aftermarket muffler on it when I bought it and I swapped it out for a full catback system and kinda regretted it. No noticible difference and a $500 lighter wallet.
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Am I missing something or is there nothing to be gained by going to an aftermarket catback aside from a different muffler? I'm thinking about saving some money and just buy a different muffler and leave the stock 3" pipe alone. But if it is restrictive in some way I'll just rip the whole thing out for aftermarket.
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Maybe this has been covered and maybe not. I was up under my car the other day hooking up my exhaust. I have long tubes to cat'd y-pipe to stock catback with a Hooker Aerochamber muffler. I was looking at the catback and it's 3" all the way to the muffler. No flat spots, no kinks, just a perfect 3" round pipe back over the axle to the muffler. I don't really see any restriction in the stock exhaust that an aftermarket catacks would fix.
Am I missing something or is there nothing to be gained by going to an aftermarket catback aside from a different muffler? I'm thinking about saving some money and just buy a different muffler and leave the stock 3" pipe alone. But if it is restrictive in some way I'll just rip the whole thing out for aftermarket.
Am I missing something or is there nothing to be gained by going to an aftermarket catback aside from a different muffler? I'm thinking about saving some money and just buy a different muffler and leave the stock 3" pipe alone. But if it is restrictive in some way I'll just rip the whole thing out for aftermarket.
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Verdad Gallardo Ok, good. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something because it seems like a catback is most people's first mod, not really sure why though. This is my second LS1 and the first came with an SLP catback. This was the first time I actually saw the stock exhaust up close and personal. I was thinking it would be a lot more restrictive but it doesn't really look any different than the SLP catback. I'll just go with a cutout and be done with it.
BTW, the Aerochamber is QUIET! With the windows up cruising around town, I can't hear my exhaust until I get up to about 2.5k RPM. I was thinking the long tubes would increase the loud factor but it sounds almost like it's on stock manifolds.
BTW, the Aerochamber is QUIET! With the windows up cruising around town, I can't hear my exhaust until I get up to about 2.5k RPM. I was thinking the long tubes would increase the loud factor but it sounds almost like it's on stock manifolds.
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Ok, good. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something because it seems like a catback is most people's first mod, not really sure why though. This is my second LS1 and the first came with an SLP catback. This was the first time I actually saw the stock exhaust up close and personal. I was thinking it would be a lot more restrictive but it doesn't really look any different than the SLP catback. I'll just go with a cutout and be done with it.
BTW, the Aerochamber is QUIET! With the windows up cruising around town, I can't hear my exhaust until I get up to about 2.5k RPM. I was thinking the long tubes would increase the loud factor but it sounds almost like it's on stock manifolds.
BTW, the Aerochamber is QUIET! With the windows up cruising around town, I can't hear my exhaust until I get up to about 2.5k RPM. I was thinking the long tubes would increase the loud factor but it sounds almost like it's on stock manifolds.
