Which true dual setup will be easiest to make work?
I just got Lane's kit, and it comes with quality hangers and everything you need to bolt it on, and it's custom built and welded, no adjusting and tinkering with it like the TSP. Mine fit like a glove and at most I lost maybe an inch of ground clearance where the sagging stock Y pipe used to be mainly because the pipe isn't crushed like the stocker and is bigger. I highly recommend his kit. Plus Lane uses a Dr. Gas X pipe which TSP doesn't. Lane's kit is $495 plus shipping, and since TSP now charges for shipping, there's really not much of a cost advantage anymore with the TSP. Lane is a great guy and very knowledgeable.
But if you decide against Lane's kit, I would just get the universal kit from Summit which will be around $200 when you add in mufflers. It's very similar to TSP's setup and will fit Jet-Hot headers without any changes, and fit Pacesetters with a little tweaking by a shop. There is a huge thread over on www.camaroz28.com in the LT1 section started by "Poorman" that covers this kit. Here's the link. http://web.camaross.com/forums/showt...ght=true+duals
Jason
But if you decide against Lane's kit, I would just get the universal kit from Summit which will be around $200 when you add in mufflers. It's very similar to TSP's setup and will fit Jet-Hot headers without any changes, and fit Pacesetters with a little tweaking by a shop. There is a huge thread over on www.camaroz28.com in the LT1 section started by "Poorman" that covers this kit. Here's the link. http://web.camaross.com/forums/showt...ght=true+duals
Jason
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Any system you buy will require "tweaking" to get it to fit right. It's just part of the process of bolting on an exhaust system. You can't just slap it together and have it magically fit perfectly.
As far as which is better.. I think it comes down to personal preferance. Both kits are very high quality. I would buy whichever one you can afford to buy. TSP costs $419 and the Lanes's cost $495.
As far as which is better.. I think it comes down to personal preferance. Both kits are very high quality. I would buy whichever one you can afford to buy. TSP costs $419 and the Lanes's cost $495.
Originally Posted by LS1Maniac
Any system you buy will require "tweaking" to get it to fit right. It's just part of the process of bolting on an exhaust system. You can't just slap it together and have it magically fit perfectly.
Jason
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Originally Posted by Camaro99SS
My kit from Lane's bolted right up with no tweaking. It is possible.
Jason
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Lane's kit doesn't come in pieces that you clamp together his comes already welded and tucks up much higher than the bolt together TSP ones I have seen. Mine is no lower than my previous Y setup and in some places is actually higher. I would suggest Lane's, but it's your money and your choice.
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Originally Posted by Stang_Killa
thanks guys, would they bolt up to a stock manifold?
Originally Posted by LS1Maniac
Nope. You need long tube headers. Lanes does custom exhaust systems though and I'm sure they could make you a kit for stock manifolds for the right amount of money.
Lane makes duals on a set-by-set basis. I am about 95% certain that it is the same price for manifolds or headers.
His kit ships as a completely welded system and tucks up very well from what I hear. You just tell him what headers you have, and he has a jig to make each one of them fit up to those headers (most brands).
You act like Lane's setup is the same as TSP only more expensive because he uses different materials. Well, this isn't totally the case, as explained in my post.
Originally Posted by LS1Maniac
There is no difference in the way Lane's kit and TSP's kit bolt up. They both have pipes that slide into one another and are held on by clamps. The only difference between the two are the materials used. There's nothing that makes either kit easier to set up than the other. It just comes down to whether or not you want to pay the extra 80 bucks for a Dr-Gas X-Pipe or if you're happy with the ones TSP makes.
Jason
Originally Posted by LS1Maniac
There is no difference in the way Lane's kit and TSP's kit bolt up. They both have pipes that slide into one another and are held on by clamps. The only difference between the two are the materials used. There's nothing that makes either kit easier to set up than the other. It just comes down to whether or not you want to pay the extra 80 bucks for a Dr-Gas X-Pipe or if you're happy with the ones TSP makes.
oops i double posted
I agree with that...TSP has great customer service and I have bought stuff from them in the past. I would also agree that supporting sponsors is important. However, I'm going to go with which product I like best. Lane has gone above and beyond any amount of customer service I could have ever imagined. If you don't believe me, I have close to 10 pages of copy and pasted saved text from talking to him on AIM. Yes, it would be nice if he was a sponsor. But that's not going to stop me from buying his product. I have yet to hear ANY complaints on his duals. That's a big reason I went with them.
no. the bassani hooks to the factory cats and runs all the way out the back. i have it that way on my 00 formula. http://www.stealthram.com/bassanidualexhaust.htm then afterwards, all you would need to do is make some pipe to fit from whatever headers you use to the x-pipe as i did on the wife's car. same would go for the other duals out there.