View Poll Results: old school?
t/d single chamber flows
32
29.36%
t/d sweet thunder
19
17.43%
gmmg
23
21.10%
magnaflow
9
8.26%
loundmouth
12
11.01%
other
14
12.84%
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old school sound?
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Originally Posted by ChocoTaco369
i disagree. they have never sounded as good as a 5.0. my cousin has an '02 GT and it just doesn't compare. the new mustangs are a disgrace. they sound so shitty.
As far as old school muscle car, im going to have to go with the h pipe, single chambered flowmasters and cam.. because thats pretty much the same set up you see on them
Originally Posted by 300bhp/ton
So the question is "what is old school" once you know the answer then it's a lot easy to define how to acheive something similar with a LS1.
Chambered mufflers like the GMMG should also count as I belive GM used them in 69 on the Corvette.
Originally Posted by nasty99WS6
I dont know how else to say this without spelling it out word for word...CHAMBERED EXHAUST CAME FACTORY ON 1ST GEN CAMAROS, SO SAYING IT IS NOT OLD SCHOOL MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.
I will say this calmly:
Chambered or not, I have heard GMMG and I have heard duals. The GMMG did NOT sound old school and the duals did.
I will never say GMMG is the end all of exhausts, but I like my sound with LT's cats and GMMG.
I think my exhaust is about as "Old School" sounding as you're going to get. I've got a couple of the short Dynomax 3" straight through bullets with a flange bolted directly to the headers. Basically they act just like some extensions on open headers. Even on my bolt on SI car they've got a really nice rumble to them at an idle. They do a nice open header impersonation at WOT too. The left side even has the added benefit of absolutely no freakin' gound clearance whatsoever (maybe 2" max???) just like the header mufflers back in the day. You can cancel going over a speed bump. Not happenin'. You know, "Old School". 
The one thing I have to admit though is that my car runs the same whether the mufflers are on the car or not. Nasty as Hell sounding but ultimately efficient. I put them on the car so I can drive to the track without getting pulled for open headers w/extensions. Imagine my surprise when the car ran the same with them on or off.
The one thing I have to admit though is that my car runs the same whether the mufflers are on the car or not. Nasty as Hell sounding but ultimately efficient. I put them on the car so I can drive to the track without getting pulled for open headers w/extensions. Imagine my surprise when the car ran the same with them on or off.
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I'm not gifted at all with computers or audio/video stuff. I'm lucky to even be able to post on here. I'm sure somewhere on LS1sounds there's a clip of just some bullets on the end of headers though. I can't be the only one that's done this. I will tell you they're deafening.
I just checked out LS1Sounds.com and there are a couple of clips there with LT's and Dynomax bullets. Unfortunately they're equipped with Y pipes and have a single bullet and a turndown. They sound similar to what mine sounds like but they're probably 10 db quieter. I'm not BS'n. Mine is loud.
TSP True Duals with the Moroso's sound old school. http://video.ls1tech.com/video/DA48A...18DCBE8EA8.htm
and here: http://video.ls1tech.com/video/e26bb...1c8936f7cb.htm
and here: http://video.ls1tech.com/video/e26bb...1c8936f7cb.htm
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so im gonna go with dual 10-series flows dumped. im about to get my pacesetter l/ts and do yall think i should run cats or not? i want it to sound good but i still wanna hear the radio.
Originally Posted by silverbandit0996
so im gonna go with dual 10-series flows dumped. im about to get my pacesetter l/ts and do yall think i should run cats or not? i want it to sound good but i still wanna hear the radio.
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Originally Posted by nasty99WS6
again, Ls1's just dont sound old school, but I was refering to your comment about how someone must be young to think a gmmg sounds old school, because they were on 60's camaros. thats not old school?
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I had read earlier where people had commented about why late model V8's don't have the same sound as earlier "old school" engines.
One reason given was the aluminum block. I don't buy that. I have an early style SB Chevy with a Milodon aluminum block and the exhaust still has the "old school" rumble instead of the late model raspy roar.
Another reason given was the firing order. I didn't even know that LS1s had a different firing order than earlier SB Chevys but I am not buying that either. SB Fords have a different firing order than SB Chevys and the earlier models still had the "old school" sound. I had a 1995 Firebird TransAm, which I think had the same firing order as earlier SB Chevys and it didn't have the "old school" sound even after I put a Borla cat-back system on it.
I think it has to be the catalytic converter. That is about the only thing that is different on later engines. But I think it is really a shame the way these late models sound. I have a 2005 Corvette with a Corsa system on it and even though it sounds better than stock, I still don't like it. A late model Mustang sounds better than a stock Corvette. I am amazed that the Corvette engineers couldn't come up with a better sounding stock exhaust.
One reason given was the aluminum block. I don't buy that. I have an early style SB Chevy with a Milodon aluminum block and the exhaust still has the "old school" rumble instead of the late model raspy roar.
Another reason given was the firing order. I didn't even know that LS1s had a different firing order than earlier SB Chevys but I am not buying that either. SB Fords have a different firing order than SB Chevys and the earlier models still had the "old school" sound. I had a 1995 Firebird TransAm, which I think had the same firing order as earlier SB Chevys and it didn't have the "old school" sound even after I put a Borla cat-back system on it.
I think it has to be the catalytic converter. That is about the only thing that is different on later engines. But I think it is really a shame the way these late models sound. I have a 2005 Corvette with a Corsa system on it and even though it sounds better than stock, I still don't like it. A late model Mustang sounds better than a stock Corvette. I am amazed that the Corvette engineers couldn't come up with a better sounding stock exhaust.