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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 10:21 PM
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Hey fellas, im thinking about changing up my exhaust to a true dual system with a x-pipe and bullet style muffler. What do you guys think is the best sounding bullet mufffler? Also what kind of ground clearence issues are you guys running into? thanks!
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 10:38 PM
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you will hear many different answers. borla, dynomax, spintech, magnaflow, flowmaster, summit, everyone has their own opinion. most guys will tell you to go to ls1sounds or youtube so be ready for that
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 10:45 PM
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yeah, i figured that much. But anything will help. I also looking for something with decent ground clearance.
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 10:48 PM
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I ran moroso spiral flows for a while. They sounded good at WOT throttle but I switched to flowmaster 1 chambers for better ground clearence and a lot better cruising tone.
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 11:42 PM
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Well if money is not a problem then the decision gets harder. The Borla XR-1's sound great but are like $150 a piece. I really like the way the sweet thunder mufflers sound but I ended up buying the Dynomax ultra flo bullets. $42 a piece and they sound mean.
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 11:44 PM
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pro flow twisters
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flowmaster 1 chambers

everything else sounds the same to me personally
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i have used the flowmaster 1 chambers before, and i had ground clearence issues with them. But i loved the way they sounded.
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i have true duals and powersticks on my car. here is an idle clip for ya. they are actually pretty quiet when your driving around, don't get me wrong it is louder than a regular cat-back but not obnoxious. but when you rail on it man it sounds great! imo of course.

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what do you guys think about this?

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...part=MPE-10416
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...part=MPE-10416
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Originally Posted by Bad_tx_Z28
yeah, i figured that much. But anything will help. I also looking for something with decent ground clearance.
ok here is my 2 cents. My bro has an 02 SS camaro. He has a true dual set- up with an h-pipe. Also LT's. He is running the magnaflow mufflers. And they sound AWESOME...It is loud but sounds great. His ground clearance sucks...bc the shop ran the pipe under the axle...it breaks everytime that you but it on a lift..also the h-pipe hits on railroad tracks and things like that...steep driveways.
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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Im running 3in spiral flows, sound great just too loud for my taste on a street car. On a milder setup than mine I imagine they may tone down a bit. Not a fan of bullet style mufflers anyway, but with our cars cant be too choosy. Good luck.
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 06:59 PM
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anyone ever run the magnaflow round case mufflers like i posted above? i have a magnaflow cat-back now and i love it. I just want something louder.
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3" spiral flows here
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 07:39 PM
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Ive heard the magnaflows on a LS1 car and it sounds great but im a bit biased towards magnaflow, always had them.
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i just had an h-pipe fabbed up with dynomax's dumped right at the rear axle (before the axle). ******** put too big of a kink in the driver's side right after the header, so it's actually lower than my mufflers are. i love the sound at WOT, and at cruising speeds i get a lot of looks

EDIT: forgot to mention, big speed bumps and rough dips are the only problems i have
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by wtomlinson
i just had an h-pipe fabbed up with dynomax's dumped right at the rear axle (before the axle). ******** put too big of a kink in the driver's side right after the header, so it's actually lower than my mufflers are. i love the sound at WOT, and at cruising speeds i get a lot of looks

EDIT: forgot to mention, big speed bumps and rough dips are the only problems i have
u at stock height?
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:50 PM
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why an h-pipe? i thought x-pipes were better for our cars?
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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Here is your final answer: 18" Sweet Thunder Chambered mufllers
http://www.sweet-thunder.com/chamber....html#aluminum
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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would those work well with a true dual dumped system?
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