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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Nothing say's " OLD SCHOOL " ......like Headers, True Duals, and some Flowmasters. The new Black Case 40's are what you want if going this route. 
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i say do the loudmouth, as you know people say it sounds like **** w/ headers and ORY and all that other ****, but 99% of the people that do have it LOVE it. but its that raw muscle car sound IMO.
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Originally Posted by ChocoTaco369
true duals WITH AN H PIPE and single chamber flowmasters. do not get anything else. it's the only option.
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Originally Posted by INMY01TA
Problem with getting the "old school sound" isn't the exhaust, it's the engine. LS1 just dont sound like that. LT1s get that sound with ANY catback and a y pipe.
But for an LS1, the closest set-up to give that old muscle car sound is easily a LT header & true dual set-up w/ a pair of Flowmaster 1-chambers dumped. An H for the deepest tone, although the X still sounds very deep/old school as well. That's why I'm having my 3" X-pipe TD w/ Flowmasters installed two weeks from today.
As for a cat-back system, I'm sorry, but NO cat-back out there will ever sound "old school" on an LS1. A 4" Mufflex sounds pretty healthy. And the GMMG (what I currently have) sounds very good, but sounds much more like a modern day high performance car then your typical 350 SBC motor...
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Originally Posted by 2000LS1Z28
Exactly...Couldn't have said it better myself...An LT1 w/ the right set-up =
But for an LS1, the closest set-up to give that old muscle car sound is easily a LT header & true dual set-up w/ a pair of Flowmaster 1-chambers dumped. An H for the deepest tone, although the X still sounds very deep/old school as well. That's why I'm having my 3" X-pipe TD w/ Flowmasters installed two weeks from today.
As for a cat-back system, I'm sorry, but NO cat-back out there will ever sound "old school" on an LS1. A 4" Mufflex sounds pretty healthy. And the GMMG (what I currently have) sounds very good, but sounds much more like a modern day high performance car then your typical 350 SBC motor...
Mike
But for an LS1, the closest set-up to give that old muscle car sound is easily a LT header & true dual set-up w/ a pair of Flowmaster 1-chambers dumped. An H for the deepest tone, although the X still sounds very deep/old school as well. That's why I'm having my 3" X-pipe TD w/ Flowmasters installed two weeks from today.
As for a cat-back system, I'm sorry, but NO cat-back out there will ever sound "old school" on an LS1. A 4" Mufflex sounds pretty healthy. And the GMMG (what I currently have) sounds very good, but sounds much more like a modern day high performance car then your typical 350 SBC motor...
Mike
An LS1 with duals, 1 chambers flows and dumped before the axle, sounds likes 60's era cars. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT !! You have to be careful with an LT1, most of the ones I've heard sound like pickup trucks.
How old school do you want to go! I remember dual Hollywoods (ask your Grandaddy ) although I think they sounded pretty shitty. Best sounding car I had was with headers, dual turbo mufflers with turndowns behind a SBC 400. The car was junk, but dammit, it sounded tough.
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) although I think they sounded pretty shitty. Best sounding car I had was with headers, dual turbo mufflers with turndowns behind a SBC 400. The car was junk, but dammit, it sounded tough.Ken
Last edited by Kenova; Jul 6, 2006 at 01:01 PM.
Obviously I'm voting for dumped 1 chamber flowmasters.....I love it when I start my car at a cruise night and people start looking around for the chevelle or 1st gen that's thumping, then they see my car pull out.
Haven't heard TD's w/flows but i have TD's w/flo pro twisters and they have a very muscular sound, alot like an old school smallblock but kinda has a lil of the 5.0 stang kinda sound also.I get tons of compliments on mine all the time from old school rodders.
