True Duals vs Y-pipe, single muffler

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Dec 15, 2005 | 01:25 AM

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You also smell like fuell when you arrive at work in the morning (take that as a good thing or a bad, hehe).

Lol i hear that...literally. No need for cologne anymore.

Eau de TrueDual

Dec 15, 2005 | 01:55 AM

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ive got QTPs with dual cutouts right after them and stock the rest of the way out.

Dec 15, 2005 | 01:56 AM

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That is loud as ***** without any cats.

Dec 15, 2005 | 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Full-Force

i lost 2moh in the 1/8 going from, 3" duals to ory and hooker catback

i knew as soon as i drove down the road for the first time i had made a mistake getting rid of teh duals

my car used to just keep pulling up top but with the y pipe and catback it just gave out early compared to the duals

Yes but that doesn't prove the Y to be inferior. What is fsar more likely is you went from a GOOD dual setup to only an AVERAGE Y setup.

So YES there should have been a loss. The Hooker Catback is not the best flowing out there and will be restrictive on high BHP motors. Also what type of merge Y collector did you have?

A GOOD Y setup will MATCH a GOOD dual setup.

Dec 15, 2005 | 10:03 AM

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a good y pipe may match a good dual setup provided the pipe size after the y is big enough, the problem is 99% of people run a single 3" pipe and that is equal to dual 2.25" pipes

if you run a single 4" pipe then yeah it might just match a set of 3" duals

Dec 15, 2005 | 10:05 AM

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y pipe wont sound as good as duals either

the y pipe has a high pitch sound while the duals have a deeper tone

Dec 15, 2005 | 10:14 AM

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y pipe wont sound as good as duals either

the y pipe has a high pitch sound while the duals have a deeper tone

Yeah, I'm quite swung on duals for the sound. I have a clip of a GTO with headers and a chambered exhaust from Stainless Works. All I can say is it sounds AWESOME. Where as the catback only Fbody sounds lame even though it uses the same mufflers.

But, my TR7 runs a Y pipe and single muffler. I'll admit that idle is nothing special and if you rev it while at standstill it is a bit raspy. But go down the road with some load on the engine and it's totally different. Very LOUD and very very deep toned.

Dec 15, 2005 | 10:39 AM

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true duals are practical, and WILL be less restrictive.Duals will posess more of the "old school" sound. I have Lane's custom 3" true dual with flo-pro twisters and a dr. gas x-pipe. The sound is awesome, but to be honest, my setup and stainless steel lt's cost about the same as a high quality y pipe/catback/header setup. AND WILL flow better. I haven't noticed any low end loss, but the top end sound AND pull have GREATLY increased!

The ONLY reason i can see to not buy duals over a y-pipe is emissions...