***My Gathering of QTPs Y Pipe***
Mark my words, Jonas, you're going to regret this 
I was right the first time, and I'm confident I'll be right again. I know what's going to happen. You're going to get the GMMG on and be all excited, you're going to force yourself to like it for a few days or a few weeks and you're going to tell us you like it just because you don't want to admit to yourself the mistake you made, and a few months later you're going to hate it and want TD's back and start from scratch all over again.
All this hassle, wasted money and ruined sound to lower a car that already sits on the ground an inch? I'll never understand why anyone would lower an F-body. It just looks ridiculous. You may as well put a lift kit on an airplane. Like it really matters
Want GMMG? Run straight pipe and take a hammer to it. I'll never understand why people pay so much for that exhaust. It sounds okay, but $700 for "okay" is hard to swallow.
I was right the first time, and I'm confident I'll be right again. I know what's going to happen. You're going to get the GMMG on and be all excited, you're going to force yourself to like it for a few days or a few weeks and you're going to tell us you like it just because you don't want to admit to yourself the mistake you made, and a few months later you're going to hate it and want TD's back and start from scratch all over again.All this hassle, wasted money and ruined sound to lower a car that already sits on the ground an inch? I'll never understand why anyone would lower an F-body. It just looks ridiculous. You may as well put a lift kit on an airplane. Like it really matters
Want GMMG? Run straight pipe and take a hammer to it. I'll never understand why people pay so much for that exhaust. It sounds okay, but $700 for "okay" is hard to swallow.
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I don't think they make one?
I have a 3" --> 3.5" Flowmaster merge sitting in a box in my garage I got for like $45 about a year ago. I was going to sell the thing but I think I may just hold onto it for the future. Who knows, maybe I'll need it in 20 years 
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chaco nice ownage of dex. torched iv read most, if not all, of your threads on exhaust and have seen most, if not all, of your clips, you will come back to us w/ td's and single chambers
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How'd you get a stainless steel Flowmaster merge I don't think they make one?
The QTP y-pipe comes with the cheaper ceramic Magnaflow cats. I have the spun metallic core cats - way better
Yea...I know I have a 3" --> 3.5" Flowmaster merge sitting in a box in my garage I got for like $45 about a year ago. I was going to sell the thing but I think I may just hold onto it for the future. Who knows, maybe I'll need it in 20 years
Yea. Send them to me for free. I'll give you $100 for the shipping
I don't think they make one?The QTP y-pipe comes with the cheaper ceramic Magnaflow cats. I have the spun metallic core cats - way better
Yea...I know
I have a 3" --> 3.5" Flowmaster merge sitting in a box in my garage I got for like $45 about a year ago. I was going to sell the thing but I think I may just hold onto it for the future. Who knows, maybe I'll need it in 20 years Yea. Send them to me for free. I'll give you $100 for the shipping
I forgot to put a coma after that statement. The flowmaster merge is NOT SS it is aluminized....
You want to sell me that merge and save me some shipping
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i mean that in a good way Anthony thanks man, i know i am crazy for changing it yet again.. but maybe one day i will be back Tech Resident
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in my opinion and im sure some will disagree, a y-pipe is a y-pipe. worry about the headers and the cats, if u have them. other then that, all y-pipes have basically the same shape and same gain, if any.
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and do you think that adding the SLP LMI bullet helps with rasp?
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ive posted a lot of comments on exhaust before.. that comes from putting all kinds of systems on all kinds of different cars with different combos...
GMMG catback is one of the most HORRID sounding catbacks ever made for any vehicle. There is a local guy, i installed his GMMG for him, he later threw on a kooks setup with cats, and put a fairly healthy cam in.. his car sounds like crap. its so sloppy and tractor "plop plop" soudning its ridiculous. the ONLY time the GMMG sounds good is WOT in the UPPER RPM ranges. part throttle and regular driving sounds horrible.
nobody asked... i realize that. what im urging the torched red guy to do is spend a little more time thinking it through, come up with your own muffler combo and have that mandrel shop fab it up for you. do some research on what mufflers sound like what, ask around.. whatever - i just cant imagine you liking the gmmg for regular street driving with the occasional romp.
GMMG catback is one of the most HORRID sounding catbacks ever made for any vehicle. There is a local guy, i installed his GMMG for him, he later threw on a kooks setup with cats, and put a fairly healthy cam in.. his car sounds like crap. its so sloppy and tractor "plop plop" soudning its ridiculous. the ONLY time the GMMG sounds good is WOT in the UPPER RPM ranges. part throttle and regular driving sounds horrible.
nobody asked... i realize that. what im urging the torched red guy to do is spend a little more time thinking it through, come up with your own muffler combo and have that mandrel shop fab it up for you. do some research on what mufflers sound like what, ask around.. whatever - i just cant imagine you liking the gmmg for regular street driving with the occasional romp.
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I would buy the bullet if you are unhappy with your exhaust after the installation. Otherwise, you just may wind up with a quieter exhaust than you want. Also, the SLP bullet is kinda expensive compared to other bullets...but is it SS? If it is, it may be worth it...
the slp bullet does help. i put it on when i had the corsa muffler because it was obnoxious. im taking it off now that i have the slp muffler i dont need it anymore. and it is stainless. imo the spiral flow sounded better though. i had that at one point also. and they make one in stainless or mild steel.
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ive posted a lot of comments on exhaust before.. that comes from putting all kinds of systems on all kinds of different cars with different combos...
GMMG catback is one of the most HORRID sounding catbacks ever made for any vehicle. There is a local guy, i installed his GMMG for him, he later threw on a kooks setup with cats, and put a fairly healthy cam in.. his car sounds like crap. its so sloppy and tractor "plop plop" soudning its ridiculous. the ONLY time the GMMG sounds good is WOT in the UPPER RPM ranges. part throttle and regular driving sounds horrible.
nobody asked... i realize that. what im urging the torched red guy to do is spend a little more time thinking it through, come up with your own muffler combo and have that mandrel shop fab it up for you. do some research on what mufflers sound like what, ask around.. whatever - i just cant imagine you liking the gmmg for regular street driving with the occasional romp.
GMMG catback is one of the most HORRID sounding catbacks ever made for any vehicle. There is a local guy, i installed his GMMG for him, he later threw on a kooks setup with cats, and put a fairly healthy cam in.. his car sounds like crap. its so sloppy and tractor "plop plop" soudning its ridiculous. the ONLY time the GMMG sounds good is WOT in the UPPER RPM ranges. part throttle and regular driving sounds horrible.
nobody asked... i realize that. what im urging the torched red guy to do is spend a little more time thinking it through, come up with your own muffler combo and have that mandrel shop fab it up for you. do some research on what mufflers sound like what, ask around.. whatever - i just cant imagine you liking the gmmg for regular street driving with the occasional romp.
I have already once owned GMMG, yes it was stock y and manifolds, but my buddy had Kooks LTs, Kooks Y and GMMG and it was
and it sounds even better with a cam, which i got
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the slp bullet does help. i put it on when i had the corsa muffler because it was obnoxious. im taking it off now that i have the slp muffler i dont need it anymore. and it is stainless. imo the spiral flow sounded better though. i had that at one point also. and they make one in stainless or mild steel.
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EAD Performance sells them. They're a sponsor. They come in a 2-pack. I think at the time they were 2 for ~$20. Flowmaster seems to have upped their prices by about 40% though, so they may be a bit more money now.
I would buy the bullet if you are unhappy with your exhaust after the installation. Otherwise, you just may wind up with a quieter exhaust than you want. Also, the SLP bullet is kinda expensive compared to other bullets...but is it SS? If it is, it may be worth it...
I would buy the bullet if you are unhappy with your exhaust after the installation. Otherwise, you just may wind up with a quieter exhaust than you want. Also, the SLP bullet is kinda expensive compared to other bullets...but is it SS? If it is, it may be worth it...
EDIT: Can not find EAD Performance
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GMMG catback is one of the most HORRID sounding catbacks ever made for any vehicle. There is a local guy, i installed his GMMG for him, he later threw on a kooks setup with cats, and put a fairly healthy cam in.. his car sounds like crap. its so sloppy and tractor "plop plop" soudning its ridiculous.
It took a custom Y with FM merge, cats, a medium powerpack (from EAD), and Hooker resonator tips to clean up the sound. The result is a system that sounds great, but was very expensive and is very heavy.