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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 09:16 PM
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Default big cubed guys one quick question

what is your exhaust setup. and is mine killing me.
408 with kooks 1 7/8 headers to a 3 inch y to a 4 inch flowmaster merge to a slp loudmouth exhaust. should i get a set of true duals or put a cutout on it after the merge. by the way my applaction is on nos
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 06:34 AM
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2.5 dual exhaust is the way to go if you intent to keep a with sensible sound levels as the dual 3" get much louder, in my case i have four mufflers, 2 rounds and two ovals Magnaflows, and they perform real good and sound great, just adds lots of wight, and yes i have dual 3", and 12.8 compression on e85 441Ci ls7 N-A, the beauty of 4 mufflers is at wide open throttle is really quiet, still, loud in iddle.
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anoyone else wanna chime in please
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 01:55 PM
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There's no way that is holding you back very much at all. Throw in a cutout for max power. Dual 3" pipes can handle a lot and so can a single 4" pipe.
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ok cool
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 08:42 PM
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True duals would be a very good idea. Another suggestion would be to go with 3.5 if you can fit it with ground clearance. Ive got a blown 408 and i run 3.5 with extremly low restriction mufflers. Which is my suggestion number 2. those slps are pretty good but if you dont mind the noise, go with a thinly packed and smalll baffeled glasspack to reduce any possible backpressure. Also i agree with ^, keep what you got and add cutouts for the track. Prob solved!
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Ok cool then that's what ill do
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Originally Posted by zracer323
There's no way that is holding you back very much at all. Throw in a cutout for max power. Dual 3" pipes can handle a lot and so can a single 4" pipe.
That's cool and all except he doesn't have that. He does not have dual 3 inch pipes out the back, and doesn't have a single 4 inch out the back. He has a loudmouth, that's 1 three inch pipe. So that's his restriction, all the other crap in front of it doesn't matter. A 4 inch cutout after the merge solves the neck down issue here.
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^^^^exactly cheapest easiest fix and will still get max power
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