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I've just been to the LS1 sounds website for some exhaust ideas and now have a question.
The many links to the different levels of exhaust note, have combinations of various manufacturers.
I might have misunderstood the site, but are different manufacturers headers, y-pipes and rear sections inter-compatible?
Cheers.
Yes, in some cases there may be some fabbing involved, but most of it is pretty straight forward and easily interchanged.Quote:
Originally Posted by SS Camaro UK
Mine has Pacesetter headers, Texas Speed off road Y-pipe, and Mufflex catback. Sounds like a hodge podge but it actually fits very nice together.
Headers and y-pipes can be a little tricky to get right but for the most part they are compatible. I have the same setup as Firebirdjones minus the catback and it does fit pretty nicely. Some manufacturers make their own y-pipe to fit their specific header location and in those cases you're probably best going that route.
My Texas Speed y-pipe is fairly adjustable which i like but whatever you go with could probably be modified pretty easilly to fit your particular setup.
I suggest you get the Y-pipe when you get the headers, that way you are guaranteed a fit. The Y-pipe will then connect to the stock I-pipe inlet.
This can also make picking your exhaust setup more difficult. So many combinations, and everything affects the sound. My advice would be to do lots of research, ask questions - which will garner many opinions, and see what you want/like.
Hey thanks everyone, your opinions are most welcome :D
I'm gonna see if I can find the sound I want, on YouTube. I'll post my findings here for further help.
:cheers:
What kind of sound are you looking for? Smooth? Loud? More of a growl?
Good luck researching the sounds over the internet. I tried that before I decided on my Hooker Aeroflow. The quality (or lack of it!) of the sounds captured on the 'net varied widely. Some mufflers are loud all the time, some are quieter at cruise/idle and sound great at WOT or accelerating. Depends if you want the whole neighborhood to hear the American pushrod V8 or just the neighbor! Also it depends on the Y-pipe, is it with convertors or not. Convertors will calm the sound.
A loud growl sounds like a good option :devil:Quote:
Originally Posted by tatertot91
I think the whole neighborhood needs to hear the sound of an un-muzzled American V8, there are so few of them in my city - it would be a treat for them, especially if it wakes them up and stops them from being late for work:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Too Fast
I'll need a Y-pipe with cats for emissions initially, but I'll get an ORY eventually and swap them about at test time.
One option is to consider a cutout in your I pipe, so you can be very loud when you want, then close it to be quieter. I've had this setup with an electric cutout valve for several years. With it open it just sounds incredible.
Just my input but i'm very fond of my GMMG, a lot more than my neighbors :lol:
It's loud but not obnoxious like dumps and had a real nice growl driving around.
I have videos but they really don't do it justice
Then you need the mufflex system, it sets off car alarms :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by SS Camaro UK
Ditto the electric cutout.
do you have single or dual c/o`s ?Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackSS1
DM, you had a brain fart. A cut-out in the I-pipe would be a single cut-out. I've heard some of these cut-outs, they are loud! And then you can shut it and be relatively quiet again. I did consider getting a dual electric cut-out for my ORY, but it was another $500 and I was already spending almost $1,000. Sometimes I wish I did it! Even a stock LS1 sounds pretty damn good open headers.
Someone on road heard my car and told me it sounded badass but i should get a cutout to quiet it down so i don't get tickets :think:
It is single cutout, fits perfect under the passenger side back seat.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSSguy
I could hardly hear my cam before, but open that valve and it rumbles like crazy at idle, and wails like a Sprint Cup car at WOT
Ive never been to England..yet ( Ill get there someday)..but ive seen it on TV and from relatives ( i have one whos married to one) etc...LOL i can imagine a snarling beasty sounding SS throttling past some of those little cars ive seen, How many American muscle cars do you see where you live?Quote:
Originally Posted by SS Camaro UK
Oops ok you got me! Didnt see that on first glance! But yeah i am thinking on getting c/o but not sure if duals at the ends of my Y pipe would be more like open headers and flow better as opposed to a single c/o in the I pipe that has to funnel down from the Y to the I?Quote:
Originally Posted by Too Fast
I can only imagine that being they are so straight and narrow compared to any other muffler and you have two so the flow is probably much more than going into one muffler, I gotta go to youtube and hear your video.Quote:
Originally Posted by tatertot91
Then i definately want one or two...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackSS1
[QUOTE=Too Fast;2807092] I've heard some of these cut-outs, they are loud! And then you can shut it and be relatively quiet again.
Thats the reason id go for co instead of and all the time loud muffler set up. Ive got Magnaflow right now and granted it has a nice rumble to it and howls pretty good at wot BUT sometimes some other muscles with Flows or the louder SLP`s LM`s come by at a stop light at idle and theirs is rumblin away .I also want c/o because i can be stealth around the cops and loud any other time.
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Originally Posted by SS Camaro UK
Agree with^ I did the internet thing and its real hard to judge the true sounds,It does make it easier since you know what sound in general your looking for though, No matter what you get theres always someone who thinks that their set up is better ,,,so you just have to try and hear them in person from a car like yours to hear the differences...because a certain set up on an SS will sound different on a Mustang or a Chrysler etc etc.Good Luck and let us know what you get!Quote:
Originally Posted by Too Fast
I take it you haven't installed headers yet. I loved my magnaflow with LTs and an ORYQuote:
Originally Posted by SuperSSguy
Yeah ive got headers- KooKs Lt`s, Kooks catted Y and Magnaflow 3'' SS catback..and yes i do love the deep non raspy sound! But id like to be able to be louder at times :ahh:Quote:
Originally Posted by tatertot91
^^^Your catted Y helps make the sound so deep and non raspy.
Tater-saw your videos on Youtube....i think it gets the message across pretty good ,on how your exhaust sounds. I like the one of that kid in a WS6 w/open headers - he was having so much fun with his ''toy''-but i think he did the infamous 3rd gear miss a few times..been there done that :lol: we talked about why already so.....anyway think you need to do more videos though..some screamin burnouts maybe?.Quote:
Originally Posted by tatertot91
Here's how my exhaust sounds -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4si...e_gdata_player
QTP LT's into a custom stainless ORY, back to an adjustable Borla, with no restrictor plates. It'll draw some attention.
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Here's how my exhaust sounds -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4siI1cuTxo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
QTP LT's into a custom stainless ORY, back to an adjustable Borla, with no restrictor plates. It'll draw some attention.
Quit messing around and go right for the big stuff :D
Pacesetter long tubes, Texas Speed off road Y, Mufflex 4" system with Magnaflow muffer to a single hidden tailpipe. It sets off car alarms :lol:
Edit: If I ever get this photobucket to work right,,,,ugh.
A friend of mine has your setup Walt with a cutout and I like that you can quiet it down when uu want
Here is an idea of what mine sounds like
Camaro SS LTs, ORY, GMMG, CME - YouTube
Is that your car? Love how you incorporated a donut into an exhaust sound clip. You are as bad as I am.Quote:
Originally Posted by tatertot91
camera was rolling and it was a little slippery out, couldn't resist. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by az gt eater
^^^rain racer lol.
Sounds great..got cam?Quote:
Originally Posted by Knight
Hey it saves your treads and is fun too!......:woot:Quote:
Originally Posted by Too Fast
Thank you. Yeah, it's cammed. Quite a bit of work done to the motor....and the rest of the car.....Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSSguy
When you do, if possible, don't visit just London; it's very expensive and doesn't really reflect the whole country. Most of all, prepare for shocking gas prices :eek2: they'll make your eyes water.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSSguy
It certainly is a head turner.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSSguy
I think it's about 5 at most, my car is very exclusive here.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSSguy
^^ Im sure your gas prices are higher and its per liter but just in the last two days California gas prices are up to $5.00 + in some cities its like $ 5.65 for just regular !!...not even super...The oil shiesters are blaming a recent fire @ Chevron refinery in Vallejo and one in southern Calif. for the dramatic price increase saying that the supply and reserves are very low...i know that in other parts of the country and world this is nothing but its alot to the average working joe....and muscle car owners.
I've said it in the past, wait a couple years and $5 a gallon gas will be normal fair. It's only a matter of time before everyone see's it, not just California.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSSguy
Our reserves are low because some dip shit decided it was a good idea to ship some of our oil reserve over seas where they can get more money for it. Just like they are selling our hay and alfalfa over seas now, and guess what,,,,Now they are predicting a shortage and prices are going up. Whodathunkit. Our government is just brilliant.
YUP ! I agree here there trying to divert water with this peripheral canal crap so that it diverts water fron N.Cal to S.Cal and they also want to spend money on a stupid high speed bullet train that will cost the state tax payers millions,probably billions of dollars... money we dont have! Our roads and infastructure are crumbling at our feet, police and fire stations are closing theres NO jobs people are loosing their homes to forclosure and some ass wipes want to waste money on useless projects so they can get their names slapped on it for stature! Time for a change!Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebirdjones
:lol: that's what everyone said 4 years ago and look what that got us. I don't think we'll be any better off this November either.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSSguy
I agree, we need a change (ALOT OF IT) but I don't see the change I think we need ever happening.
:yup: I started a thread here about this a while back.. Unfortunetly I was right..Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebirdjones
Sorry Cali,, looks like I was right and then some.
The poor folks across the pond are paying by the litre..
IMHO,, That's why you see so many sub-compact cars over there.
True but staying with a sinking ship without trying to jump off and swim to shore is ludicrious ..and dumb! luckily i can say i wasnt one of those ''everyones'' who believed in the second coming of christ or the phoney rhetoric of ''hope and change''. 4 more years of this administration will only screw things up worse then they are already, Not to say a new one will do any better but its got to be better then the nothing weve got now.IMO. All polititians are whores basically any way so?Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebirdjones
It seems to me that politicians are universally useless. I personally think that they screw things up on purpose so that they can promise to fix them at election time. We have multi-party politics here in the U.K. and I've arrived at the conclusion that they're all the same shit, they just have different names.
This is the sound I'm looking for. Is there any difference between a Loudmouth 1 and a Loudmouth 2 ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv-YY-HKxFE
Spintech exhaust makes a mean growl. I have one on my ss now and it's a sound like no other.. I went with the 3" y-pipe to a 4" muffler then back to the dual 3" exhaust.. You will not find one comparable, at least i haven't... Check it out and let me know what you think..Quote:
Originally Posted by SS Camaro UK
I've had a look and it does sound good.Quote:
Originally Posted by smslyguy
I fear my choices may be limited to what is available here in the U.K. The cost of shipping from the U.S could be an issue.
LM1 is louder than LM2. I have LM1 plus catted y and headers. Here is my car and how it sounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by SS Camaro UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89U-Y...e_gdata_player
Will-sounds good to me, I have catted Y also and though they tend to quiet down the db level they also make it non-raspy imo..I already have a Magna-catback so im not going to swap it out ( i dont think) Im going to get a c/o. I need to keep it somewhat stealth for everyday but want to have it when i want it,,Cant risk being too loud the cops here can ticket you and send you to a smog referee if they think youve modified the emissions so.......? also its funny ,in your video the birds were chirpin before you started your car...after ? no birdies .. i guess you scared the crap out of them...:lol: anyway it sounds great!! Real throaty.Quote:
Originally Posted by 98TransAmWs-6
This is what I drive in England.
http://youtu.be/jtba7dKbCEY
Here is what she sounds like idling...
http://youtu.be/xqqQu-NIBjk
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The exhaust is stainless works longtube headers with bassani true duals.
:lol: I never noticed that, I may even gut my cats or buy a test pipe to put in place of the cats to see how I like the sound difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSSguyWill-sounds good to me, I have catted Y also and though they tend to quiet down the db level they also make it non-raspy imo..I already have a Magna-catback so im not going to swap it out ( i dont think) Im going to get a c/o. I need to keep it somewhat stealth for everyday but want to have it when i want it,,Cant risk being too loud the cops here can ticket you and send you to a smog referee if they think youve modified the emissions so.......? also its funny ,in your video the birds were chirpin before you started your car...after ? no birdies .. i guess you scared the crap out of them...:lol: anyway it sounds great!! Real throaty.Quote:
Originally Posted by 98TransAmWs-6
Nice car :thumbup:, does driving on English roads differ very much from Driving on American roads?Quote:
Originally Posted by bene
When I'm out in my Camaro, it never fails to amuse me how many "boy racers" will pull along side in their 4-bangers and give it some on the gas pedal. Their faces are a picture when you, only lightly, do it back.
It is a lot different. There are more twisty, bumpy roads here in England and A LOT narrower while in the states the roads are WIDER and are often straight.
I had a few encounter with the boy racers... One at Bury St Edmunds' theatre and those guys had their little meet (pretty cute) across the theater and the whole time they were revving their engines trying to get attention from the people were coming out from the movies. Well I was one of them and I parked my Z28 a few cars away from their corner and I pretty much silenced those noise makers with the V8 rumble echoing against the walls.
The other time was a Focus ST. I just got back from my MOT and feeling a bit cheeky coming home, not looking for trouble but I would give it a go if opportunity passes me by which happened with this bloke in his Focus ST. He was pacing beside me and I gave him the chance to pass me as I slowed down but he slowed down as well. So I said to myself what the hell let's go, I down shifted to 3rd and the car growled and my Z28 got LOUDER. Of course, that is all she wrote as the Focus backed off and left me alone after that.
Sounds good, FBJ.