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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 02:31 PM
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I don't know whats stock on my car so i have a few Q's.



Not a good picture, but the left rear caliper is ground down a little almost as if to make clearance for a wheel or something.


what y-pipe is this?
Here is another

And lastly, is this the stock muffler?



The guy i bought the car from said it had 3" exhaust, but i dont know what exactly he did.
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 02:32 PM
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Wow, those are some big *** pics. Somehow i didnt see it turning out quite like this, anyone wanna shrink some of those bitches down a little.
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 02:35 PM
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Thats definitely not the stock muffler or Y-pipe. Does your car sound stock?

Im not sure about the caliper, maybe it was clearanced for a drag wheel?
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 02:49 PM
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I'm surprised that only one caliper was like that and not both. On the other hand it could have been something weird like one side just had more clearance than the other. I haven't really had the chance to hear a stock ls1 to know so i dont know if it sounds stock. It sounds good, not loud or anything.
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 03:20 PM
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A stock LS1 is pretty quiet. If your able to get peoples attention on the road I'd say its not stock.
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Well if i stand on the gas its loud, other than that it is mild. Do you know what brand any of that stuff could possibly be?

You know whats funny, my exhaust has been sounding better and better since the begininning of this post.
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 10:16 PM
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Does anyone know what brand this stuff is?
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 10:25 PM
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I want to say it looks like the hooker y-pipe.
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Looks like a flowmaster muffler.
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 11:45 PM
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i thought the muffler looked like a flowmaster too.
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 06:45 PM
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I can't make out the caliper, what part is ground down? The front that you see looking straight at the wheel or what would rub the inside of the wheel. My right front caliper shed a bolt going down the road one afternoon and needless to say it is a little worn down.
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 06:54 PM
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Maybe I need glasses or maybe i need better pics but the Cats look similiar to my Mac Cats and the way the driver side sits it may be Mac mids.

As to the muffler, I had the same but painted black when I bought my car, every said it is a Flowmaster or Hooker. Never got a 100% on that one.


The 1st pic I am unable to make out at all.



Hope that helps a little. Better pics would help me more...
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