can't decide True Duals OR y-pipe /catback
Depending on your goals with the car would be the best way to look at it. Im not a big fan of dauls. I dont like the look from behind and they are loud as **** if you ever want to cruise. If your going to be in the hp range to fully use the flow of the true duals you might want to consider the 4"mufflex/y-pipe combo also. I know thats the route im going with mine.
Here's my take on the matter. If your car sees alot of street duty I wouldn't do dumped true duals in any form. It would take an abundant amount of work to make a full size muffler hang high enough to not have clearance issues and be quiet enough to drive daily. So that leaves you with either traditional Y pipe/catback setup or a set of custom bent over the axle duals. I have had (3) 4" mufflex combos and they all sounded good, but I was never able to have enough clearance to fix rattles and rubbing caused by the huge 4" I pipe and over axle pipe. A good Y pipe with an aqeduate merge and free flowing catback and cutout is actually a decent way to go, but the sound is never as good as true duals. Bassani sells a 2 1/2" true duals setup that goes over the axle that looks and sounds nice. That is what I am going to be running.
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i'm not trying to be to much of a dick, but how about you "man up" think for your self and choose, over asking what others think? i'm sure on here you'll get about 100 people saying different things when in the end you need to do what makes you happy... make a decision.. you can always change later...
Now onto the question from pro-built7. I personally went with the ORY and 3" catback. Clearance is generally better and from what Ive seen unless you are a very high horse power application you probably are not going to see much gain with the true dual set up.
There is another option also you could go y pipe to single 3" like I did. I tried a few cat-backs and didn't really like the tips being uneven and the weight, and I also didn't want to lose a bunch of ground clearence to ture d's. Here a couple pics of mine.
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i lost absolutely 0 ground clearance with true duals...actually, i gained some
I'm running 3" true duals from collector to exhaust tip.
I did not lose lowend torque
I did not lose ground clearance
I can let my axle hang fine without dropping the exhaust
I have never once scraped any part of my exhaust besides the header collectors on speed bumps and my car is lowered ~1.2"
As far as the sound I daily drive mine fine, I'm running spiral flows run out the back and its not much louder inside the car than my hooker catback was. I will never go back to a catback again just because of the sound alone.
I went with true duals and they are a side exit just behind the doors...they are 3" stainless with an X pipe and Edelbrock SDT 304s...The sound is sick, but not too loud and there is no drone in the interior so long cruises are no problem...I have 4" minimum ground clearance and they seem to flow very well...Having said that I think a good Y pipe and cat back would do the job for most and there's always the 4" Mufflex stuff, too...
...but I love the sound of TDs...Did I pick up anything with them? I don't know..Unfortunately I made some other changes before I went to the track...
--Alan
...but I love the sound of TDs...Did I pick up anything with them? I don't know..Unfortunately I made some other changes before I went to the track...
--Alan
Wow thanks for all the replies guys much appreciated, Aba- Do you have any pics you could show me i'd love to have mine come out in front of the rear tires wow, I've pretty much decided on duals, but now for the details, should i run an x-pipe like mliers for more hp or not ? thanks for helping me guys, i'm gonna have alot more questions, you guys are much more helpful than other forums i've been on !
Wow thanks for all the replies guys much appreciated, Aba- Do you have any pics you could show me i'd love to have mine come out in front of the rear tires wow, I've pretty much decided on duals, but now for the details, should i run an x-pipe like mliers for more hp or not ? thanks for helping me guys, i'm gonna have alot more questions, you guys are much more helpful than other forums i've been on !
https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-modifications/639256-pix-new-3-stainless-true-duals.html
--Alan
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From: skokie
i have 4" mufflex Y pipe and cat back.. and my car is dropped.. sounds great, but i frickin scrap everything!.. its rather annoying... i think i might switch to something different.. if you stock ride height it shouldnt be to bad
