I have a 00 ws6 thinkin of doin straight pipes will I lose or gain power. Any opinions help
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I have a 00 ws6 thinkin of doin straight pipes will I lose or gain power. Any opinions help
no you wont lose power, depending what you have now you might not gain any either.
Its all in how your car is tuned
power isn't lost... it's just moved... and like bouigha123 said it's about the tune...
i was thinking of doing a custom straight x pipe set up and wondered the same question. current set up is lts, oryp, hooker catback
Just buy a loudmouth 1
why that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike0202
They are very cheap and its pretty much the same thing as straight pipes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lunatikgixxer
thats a y pipe though not an x pipe
You can run lm1 resonators on a xQuote:
Originally Posted by Lunatikgixxer
Personally I would get the loudmouth2 resonators a little more expensive but no where near the rasp of lm1 setup if you have or get long tubes.
Youll gain some power for sure, but what you need to ask yourself is the extra power vs. cost worth it to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lunatikgixxer
extra power vs cost & difficulties of having it.Quote:
Originally Posted by nhraformula
very true
Wat difficulties
^^^all the difficulties of the noise (I mean V8 unmuffled music!). Attention from the wrong people (cops). Things like that.
Go kooks lts and true duals itd b hardcore
A few years back (around 2001) , Car Craft actually looked into the "straight pipe vs catt'ed" debate. They noted that with a good high flow converter design , you actually GAINED torque over a straight pipe exhaust. They mentioned that it actually "straightened" airflow (reduced turbulence) in the exhaust.
I would like to see that article if you have it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whamhammer
I'll try to look for it. Only problem is I tossed a bunch of magazines when I moved two years ago. I'll see if I can turn it up.
Yeah, I just went upstairs in to my magazine boxes and can't find it. Once I got rid of my '89 and got my '02 I pretty much ditched anything that didn't directly involve an LS series engine. I knew I shoulda kept that stuff. DOHT!!!
:sillyme: :sillyme:
you probably wont loose power but it will sound like shit IMO i tried it on mine and hated it
Well I just ran into an issue of not being able to pull my trans back off and down without some serious fanagling.Quote:
Originally Posted by k-hobbs-ws6
Basically they just need a little more attention than a y setup as thats what our cars were designed with.
And straight pipes sound pretty bad. Im going to be putting mufflers on mine here soon to try and add some tone to it.
Now its just loud as fuck, which is fine, but there is no tone/depth/goodness to it.
That's my setup. LT/TSP TD's into SLP LM resonators. Pics are in the TD thread and search my user name on Youtube of a video of the insane loudnessQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike0202
It actually sounded louder with the Y pipe. Maybe all the rasp or is it the vid? TD sounded better though.Quote:
Originally Posted by SSwt00SS
I just bought a 2000 camaro ss today with 23000km would a straight pipe be to loud