BULLETS after headers????
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BULLETS after headers???? well im ready for a new set-up.....
i currently run FLP headers, cut-out, and stock cat back......
i was thinking of just bolting a pair of bullets to the collectors....
figured id save about 50-70 pounds and maybe gain a few rwhp?
so which muffler would gain the most HP and be the quietest?
and ideas?
i currently run FLP headers, cut-out, and stock cat back......
i was thinking of just bolting a pair of bullets to the collectors....
figured id save about 50-70 pounds and maybe gain a few rwhp?
so which muffler would gain the most HP and be the quietest?
and ideas?
I know some people have put bullets in place of the cats to kill off any rasp in their exhaust and to trick people into thinking they have cats. Bullets would gain the most hp because they are a stright-through design, but they would not be the quietest by any means.
Originally Posted by Fr33styL3
i think you would make more tq if you had a crossover pipe.
(X pipe) prob wouldnt lose much if any power of straight headers
(X pipe) prob wouldnt lose much if any power of straight headers
as for the torque well we have +5000 stalls so the torque is not a problem.
I LOVE loud cars. That being said, I ran 12" bullets slid onto my headers for a week. It was simply too loud.
I ordered TSP's True Dual kit. Picked up loads of torque and the car sounds much, much better.
The dyno graph in my signature is with the bullets slid onto the headers. I dont recommend this combo.
I ordered TSP's True Dual kit. Picked up loads of torque and the car sounds much, much better.
The dyno graph in my signature is with the bullets slid onto the headers. I dont recommend this combo.
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Originally Posted by M6HuggerSS
i normaly run the car with the cut-out open.... and its damn loud......
i would like a more muffled deeper tone.....
sounds like TSP kit with which mufflers?
i would like a more muffled deeper tone.....
sounds like TSP kit with which mufflers?
everyone who says a set up like mine is too loud must have a heavy foot cause i daily drive my car 90+ miles a day and don't even get looked at by cops. Ofcourse i don't ever get on it on the street but with a 5100 stall its loud leaving a stop light but i leave next to cops all the time and have never had an issue.
I love my exhaust its a DEEP muscle car sound to it. and it will only get better once i throw a HUGE cam in it.
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I have Pace Setter LT's with no cats...(SSSsshh!!) and run 3 inch exhaust with an X pipe. My bullets are huge, they are like 36 inches long....but I had it done so they dump just before the axle...I LOVE THE WAY IT SOUNDS!!!! It's deep, throaty, when ya get on it it is like your favorite heavy metal song 
It makes peple look when your at idle, and stare when your on the loud peddle....
It makes peple look when your at idle, and stare when your on the loud peddle.... 
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If my car (the exhaust set up your talkin about) and a car with either a borla or a cut out drive away at the same time the borla/cut out car is a louder higher pitched rasp
If you look around at the dragstrip you'll notice that putting bullets right after the headers is very common on these cars. Mostly because many classes and or tracks require mufflers so this is the next best thing to header extensions. The biggest problem is that your ground clearance will go to **** esspecially on the drivers side. It's also pretty damn loudand raspy.
The quietest bullet muffler that you'll probrably find is the Pro Flo Twister, they are pretty quiet in the lower rpm range but have a raw open cutout sound when you get on it. If I where you I would do a nice 3" H-pipe set up dumped before the axle, will sound good, be light, and you'll have a better torque arm selection with the H pipe.
The quietest bullet muffler that you'll probrably find is the Pro Flo Twister, they are pretty quiet in the lower rpm range but have a raw open cutout sound when you get on it. If I where you I would do a nice 3" H-pipe set up dumped before the axle, will sound good, be light, and you'll have a better torque arm selection with the H pipe.
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If you look around at the dragstrip you'll notice that putting bullets right after the headers is very common on these cars. Mostly because many classes and or tracks require mufflers so this is the next best thing to header extensions. The biggest problem is that your ground clearance will go to **** esspecially on the drivers side. It's also pretty damn loudand raspy.
The quietest bullet muffler that you'll probrably find is the Pro Flo Twister, they are pretty quiet in the lower rpm range but have a raw open cutout sound when you get on it. If I where you I would do a nice 3" H-pipe set up dumped before the axle, will sound good, be light, and you'll have a better torque arm selection with the H pipe.
The quietest bullet muffler that you'll probrably find is the Pro Flo Twister, they are pretty quiet in the lower rpm range but have a raw open cutout sound when you get on it. If I where you I would do a nice 3" H-pipe set up dumped before the axle, will sound good, be light, and you'll have a better torque arm selection with the H pipe.