best exhaust for a ls1?
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i am wondering what the best exhaust for a ls1 is? i have a ls1 in my s10 with TSP stage 2.5 5.3L heads and ms3 cam. i have shorty headers with magnaflow high from cats with a true dual. it doesnt have a H pipe or X pipe. i had a dual in dual out magnaflow on it. then i put a flowmaster dual in dual out. well i had put a ported TB and 36lb injestors and got a retun with the flow on and i lost 23 rwhp
. i am really lost and not sure what to do. the guy that did my tun said it was the flowmaster. so i am prolly going back to the magnaflow but just wondering if there is something better or should do different?
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i am wondering what the best exhaust for a ls1 is? i have a ls1 in my s10 with TSP stage 2.5 5.3L heads and ms3 cam. i have shorty headers with magnaflow high from cats with a true dual. it doesnt have a H pipe or X pipe. i had a dual in dual out magnaflow on it. then i put a flowmaster dual in dual out. well i had put a ported TB and 36lb injestors and got a retun with the flow on and i lost 23 rwhp
. i am really lost and not sure what to do. the guy that did my tun said it was the flowmaster. so i am prolly going back to the magnaflow but just wondering if there is something better or should do different?
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not sure if u can just get it to fit in your s10
by the way how is that beast?
i bet shes alot of fun
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From my understanding, flowmasters are one of the worst exhaust in the market. I would go back to magnaflo or if you want to spend money you can go with corsa. Not sure how much more of a gain you will see with the corsa over the magnaflo though.
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well the ls1 is in a s10 and i got shortys now. they long tubes i have found will not work with my set up. my s10 bagged and when you lay it out the control arms will hit the long tube set up. i have a custon thre dual set up now. i am thinking about do the slp loudmouth resonators. but not sure if i want to keep the true dual and buy 2 of the 2 1/2 ones or get a Y pipe and make where i only need one. that would be a 3 inch
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you need long tubes. you might have to do some good old fashioned searching but i'm sure they are out there. also you need true duals under that beast. do a 3" X-pipe with bullets dumped under the bed. no cats. and it also sounds like you need a better tuner.
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yeah i know i need long tubes. trust me i have been researching like crazy! i know they make them but the problem is getting them to fit on my s10. i have air bags and when i sit the truck on the ground my aarm's go up really high. second i have a custom built steering with a mustang rack. so i dont know the my steering shaft will clear. i havent really seen anyone do a swap like mine. i believe my tune is good. a guy named chuck did it at houston performance
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I say some powersticks from classic chambered. I have them on my LS1 with longtubes and a catted y-pipe. The sound is just unreal, with no drone or rasp what so ever.
Best exhaust I've heard so far. I like it a lot better than my magnaflow.
Best exhaust I've heard so far. I like it a lot better than my magnaflow.
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i don't like power sticks honestly, especially with out cats. and idk what OP's plan is for the cats but i say ditch 'em. my personal favorite muffler would be spintech. i have a 4" spintech in my mufflex catback and it sounds awesome. although some ppl hate spintechs...for dumb reasons...i still like them and my car made great power with a spintech muffler. video's in my sig if anyone's curious.
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well i plan on keeping the cats. when i first built the truck i never really wanted to go fast. i did everything by the books, even keeping all the o2 sim. i didnt plan on doing heads and cam. then i got tired of just showing my truck and started hitting up the track. then i did head, cam and ls6 intake.
i think i am going to run two slp loud mouth resonaters dumped under the bed. if it dont work out how i want it f*** it. this will be the 3rd exhaust i have put on and i am tired of welding and fabing them up
i think i am going to run two slp loud mouth resonaters dumped under the bed. if it dont work out how i want it f*** it. this will be the 3rd exhaust i have put on and i am tired of welding and fabing them up