Exhaust question (with video)
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Exhaust question (with video)
Hey, I'm wanting to upgrade my exhaust and want it to sound kind of like the one in the video. I read it has 2.5" pipes, a H-pipe and Flowmaster 40s. Would it have that "Corvette sound" if it had a X-pipe instead? Thanks in advance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaQiF7ZBWFs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaQiF7ZBWFs
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Here is mine.
427 BBC, Headman headers, 2,5" pipes, X-pipe, flowmaster mufflers.
Hope you like it
Günther
427 BBC, Headman headers, 2,5" pipes, X-pipe, flowmaster mufflers.
Hope you like it
Günther
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Hey, I'm wanting to upgrade my exhaust and want it to sound kind of like the one in the video. I read it has 2.5" pipes, a H-pipe and Flowmaster 40s. Would it have that "Corvette sound" if it had a X-pipe instead? Thanks in advance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaQiF7ZBWFs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaQiF7ZBWFs
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I don't really think it is possible to get the same sound out of our corvettes like these old full body muscle cars. My reasoning is that the mufflers are toward the middle of the car on most old cars and have a few feet of tail pipe. The corvettes as you know have only about 8" of tail pipe if that. The corvette has a unique sound all its own.
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I don't really think it is possible to get the same sound out of our corvettes like these old full body muscle cars. My reasoning is that the mufflers are toward the middle of the car on most old cars and have a few feet of tail pipe. The corvettes as you know have only about 8" of tail pipe if that. The corvette has a unique sound all its own.
In that video you can hear the resonance from the tailpipes. Sort of like what you hear if you pat your hand on the end of a vacuum cleaner hose. I have read on more than one occasion that Flowmaster mufflers are intended to be used with longer tailpipes than we have on our Vettes. Maybe you should check out Magnaflow or Pypes systems that are designed for the C3. I have a Magnaflow system on my car that sounds great but the videos that I have don't really represent what it would sound like on a 350. The LS1 has a different firing order so the sound won't be the same. If you want to hear a Magnaflow system on a big block check out the 16841 system on the Magnaflow website.
Rick B.
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I don't really think it is possible to get the same sound out of our corvettes like these old full body muscle cars. My reasoning is that the mufflers are toward the middle of the car on most old cars and have a few feet of tail pipe. The corvettes as you know have only about 8" of tail pipe if that. The corvette has a unique sound all its own.
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