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Not sure. Does the Bassani come with a lifetime warranty? Kooks does. Also if the Bassani has a 2.5" inlet it isn't going to work with headers with a 3" outlet without an adapter. These are just some things to think about especially if you already have headers as well if you don't since it will determine what you get.Quote:
Originally Posted by 98ramairguy
With a real dual exhaust system, unless you are building 500+ cubic inches and making big HP, a 2 1/2" system will do you just fine. 3" is overkill for anything less. We are talking street cars here that see a little track use for fun.
^^ truth....
Kooks headers and TD's here. PITA install, but I (we) had to negotiate around a FAB9, fit issues at the inner fender and system length (too long) - ended up cutting 1-1/2" off to fit the "right way".
Sounds incredible though....
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KsJ5FFXGmQs
Attachment 25736I am going probably a different route than anyone has. My aftercat system will be very simple. I am taking one used stock Y pipe as a donor and simply dumping the exhaust out the sides of the car under the doors. No mufflers = good ground clearance and it is not that loud going through the stock cats. Should have it completed in about 2 weeks if any of you want actual pictures. This is the cheapest way to do a low restriction catback......IMO. If you can weld and find a Y pipe for free it gets real cheap, haha. I am fabricating a support for the driver's side pipe, an extension of the support that is on the passenger side. The attached drawing was my first idea, which as I go along gets modified a little as I go.....
Don't take this the wrong way, but that sounds like something you would do to a pickup truck :D
As cheap as a simple 3" catback is nowadays, and as easy as they are to bolt on, I'm not sure why people resort to unorthadox methods.
If you can get away with that in Canada then give it a shot. Around here that would attract too much attention with the noise police, and if the exit of the pipes isn't placed behind the passenger compartment of the car, that's another ticket. It has to at least reach the rear axle.
That is a loud setup for sure, there is a fellow running around here with this setup and it's a cop magnet. Those bullet mufflers don't deaden much noise, you can't even sneak around with it. I run a 4" mufflex on my wifes car and it's the same way, with a Magnaflow on it even. It gets compliments all the time on the sound every where you take it, but frankly I'm sick of it and my wife just down right hates it now. Sometimes I think she enjoys the attention once in a while though :D but you can't even be quiet when you want to be with that thing. I can hear her coming home from work when she's still a 1/2 mile from the house, and I'm inside the house! The guys at work know when she is rounding the corner before she gets in the lot :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by xssv
Okay for a weekend fun car, my chevelle is loud but it's not driven much so it's not a concern. But my wife driving hers daily has worn on her (and me).
I like trying things that others do not think of. I do not take any offense to what you said, as some of what you say is valid. I am not a kid anymore and it doesn't matter much to me what others think of what I do. To me this is a fun experiment to see first if there is a power gain to be had, and second to hear how it will sound.Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebirdjones
I have run the car minus muffler when switching to a single pipe exhaust and it sucked sound wise, bad drone at 2000rpm or so when going into the single pipe over the axle. I like to think of this as going back to what hot rodding was, fabricating the simplest way to do something without spending lots. Sure we have laws in Canada about exhaust....to keep ignorant people from hurting themselves, etc. I know to keep moving and not breathe in the exhaust....this is no worse than having to sit in traffic at a light with another car's exhaust just beside me pointing my way...
In our town we do not get pulled over unless we are doing something wrong, drive sane and they leave you alone. I drove at one time a 'bad' looking and loud (louder than what I am doing here will be) Camaro with no front licence plate for 4 years here and never got pulled over. If for some reason I do get stopped and told to fix it, ( they will not be obvious unless a person looks under the car, I am not having them visible to the casual observer) no biggie I have all the regular exhaust ready to go back on.
This is a post on going true duals and so posted what I am doing, I know it can be a bit of an eye opener, haha....at 59 as I said some may not like it and I am ok with that...I think some will like it too...it really doesn't matter to me.....I do not fit the mould that most would think of....Bible believing Camaro owner who does this to his car, :) This is part of the fun of being semi-retired. Hopefully this explains why someone would go to unorthodox methods even when catbacks are less expensive...mine beats them all in price and is less restrictive to boot when using the stock cats.
I have not driven the car with it yet and hope it will be a bit quieter outside the garage...I would post pictures of the finished product, but....
There is something not right with the photo loader or I would add pictures....I mentioned this before but no one got back to me. I am unable to remove previous photos from your File Upload Manager, thus I can not add any more...I am at my photo limit. I have some computer skills and can not find any way in that loader to deal with this.....there is no remove photos action I can see anywhere....help.
If you sign up for a photobucket account you can upload the photos there and copy the [img] link associated with that picture to the forum.
OK, lets see if this works...
My 2002 Z28 Photos by Pentax007 | Photobucket
Close, just post the link in the IMG box
Here ya go
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f...P1100723_1.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f...8/P1100721.jpg
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tatertot91
That looks like it could be a little loud!
Maybe raise the passenger footwell floor to make undercar clearance for the muffler?
not mine just posted the pics for the guy above me
Lol, yep. The cats won't drown out that much noise, and it exits right under the passenger seats = fumes. Laws here prohibit that. But he said he could get away with it where he is :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Vexzer
Drove it for the first time and yes it is louder than I would like.....Raise the floor? Yeah right, what it comes down to is keeping it simple, and tucked in nicely....no room for mufflers doing that, haha. More noise than I wanted, but it is dual exhaust with what has to be the least restriction for the stock cats. Hope to make a trip to the track soon to see if it helps ET....The key to not being ticketed is to not hit the loud pedal in a lot of traffic, etc. Drive sensibly and for the most part the police ignore you. Fumes are not a problem really, I often am stopped at a light with other car exhaust pointing right at me with no problems......anyway this is what old fashioned hot rodding is like, make it yourself...