FLP header? 3.5 main pipe ?
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FLP header? 3.5 main pipe ?
My car is a 01 SS M6 , i am having a forged 347 installed over the winter ,
with 9.25 compression , and i will be running 15 PSI of boost. I am at 10PSI now on stock motor making 540 to the wheels. (methanol injected)
OK my current exhaust system consist of 1 3/4" Long tube FLP headers with 2.5" Y pipe (no cats) and my stock SLP dual dual Exhaust ( 3" main over the axle pipe and slp dual dual muffler.
I am thinking on having a 3.5" over the axle main pipe made up (I think 4" is over kill )and taper it down to fit my SLP dual dual stock muffler , I dont like the way SLP cushed the 3" pipe where it goes over the axle.
has any one done this? any sound clips , performance difference? etc.
I have been hearing my exhaust would limit my HP and power goals.
I might also have a custom 3" Y made up , the 2.5 FLP is ok but where it meets up a the main 3" over the axle pipe , there is a bottle neck there, i hear one guy that cut this off and replaced a 3" spool piece picked up 14 HP. Thats a lot of HP for removing just the bottle neck.
thank you for your help
with 9.25 compression , and i will be running 15 PSI of boost. I am at 10PSI now on stock motor making 540 to the wheels. (methanol injected)
OK my current exhaust system consist of 1 3/4" Long tube FLP headers with 2.5" Y pipe (no cats) and my stock SLP dual dual Exhaust ( 3" main over the axle pipe and slp dual dual muffler.
I am thinking on having a 3.5" over the axle main pipe made up (I think 4" is over kill )and taper it down to fit my SLP dual dual stock muffler , I dont like the way SLP cushed the 3" pipe where it goes over the axle.
has any one done this? any sound clips , performance difference? etc.
I have been hearing my exhaust would limit my HP and power goals.
I might also have a custom 3" Y made up , the 2.5 FLP is ok but where it meets up a the main 3" over the axle pipe , there is a bottle neck there, i hear one guy that cut this off and replaced a 3" spool piece picked up 14 HP. Thats a lot of HP for removing just the bottle neck.
thank you for your help
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Mine's the same setup as you're looking into. I have a 3" y-pipe into a 3.5" collector catback system with a flowmaster single in/out with a dump on driver side (kinda looks like a V6 on steroids).
I made my whole exhaust setup from scratch and it sounds pretty nice, although the fact that I have twin cats and a muffler kinda robs a lot of power. May sell the setup or hollow out the cats and use a cutout.
Here's how it affected power ... granted my setup isn't optimal right now 'cos of a mismatch of parts ...
TH350 w/3500 stall, true duals with dumps ... 401RWHP
T-56, above exhaust (to make it more family friendly .. ) ... 403RWHP
I made my whole exhaust setup from scratch and it sounds pretty nice, although the fact that I have twin cats and a muffler kinda robs a lot of power. May sell the setup or hollow out the cats and use a cutout.
Here's how it affected power ... granted my setup isn't optimal right now 'cos of a mismatch of parts ...
TH350 w/3500 stall, true duals with dumps ... 401RWHP
T-56, above exhaust (to make it more family friendly .. ) ... 403RWHP
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I did almost the identical thing. Custom Y with a proper merge exiting to a 3.5" intermediate pipe. I also put a 3.5" cutout in just before it went over the axle and narrowed down. Without a 3.5" cut-out you aren't gaining much; you will still have a 3" system when you really need more flow.
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My setup is a custom Mufflex. They do sell 4" systems aswell like you stated, that also fit over the axle.