Muffler Eliminators
Safety Car
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 4,176
Likes: 7
From: Jennings LA
wel i got the LT1 and its head pounding sometimes, but i love it, i dont know what to do about the resonator? should i take it out? will it get really loud or what? mine makes a sweet noise sometimes. its hard to describe but sometimes its almost like a swirl noise or like a scream i duno might be because of my tips, i have stock tips like the c4's but it sounds wicked.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,662
Likes: 8
From: Knoxville Tennessee
I removed the 2 cats and replaced with straight pipes on my LT1. It gave the exhaust a healthier sound. Now, I am considering removing the resonator or the rear mufflers. My first thought is to cut off the rear mufflers and have straight pipes installed in their place using the rectangular extensions on the mufflers. Or I could replace the resonator with an X pipe. I would like to ride in cars with both done to them but haven't found anyone locally that has done this yet. Coaster makes a good point, why spend hundreds of dollars when a local shop could fab the same thing much cheaper.
Bernie
Bernie
Safety Car
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 4,176
Likes: 7
From: Jennings LA
I removed the 2 cats and replaced with straight pipes on my LT1. It gave the exhaust a healthier sound. Now, I am considering removing the resonator or the rear mufflers. My first thought is to cut off the rear mufflers and have straight pipes installed in their place using the rectangular extensions on the mufflers. Or I could replace the resonator with an X pipe. I would like to ride in cars with both done to them but haven't found anyone locally that has done this yet. Coaster makes a good point, why spend hundreds of dollars when a local shop could fab the same thing much cheaper.
Bernie
Bernie
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1643448
here is a pic of the muffler eliminator pipe with the LT1 tips cut off my original mufflers and welded on. fabbed up at my local muffler guy for $40.00
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,662
Likes: 8
From: Knoxville Tennessee
Your muffler shop did a great job installing your eliminators with the LT1 tips! I believe I could make an X pipe out of 2 3/4 y pipe to replace the resonator. I will have to give this some thought.
Bernie
Bernie
Safety Car
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 4,176
Likes: 7
From: Jennings LA
Racer
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 307
Likes: 0
From: MI
Here is my old exhaust elims on a stock lt1. i bought an after market exhaust and didnt like it i am now go to do this all over again loved it. http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Picture003.flv
Safety Car
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 4,176
Likes: 7
From: Jennings LA
Here is my old exhaust elims on a stock lt1. i bought an after market exhaust and didnt like it i am now go to do this all over again loved it. http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Picture003.flv
mine is not quite as raspy as yours though. but with my 3.75 gears I am allways in the good noise zone and the gurgle / pop on decell with theese low gears makes in sound like a Indy car I often leave it out OD in town 
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 129
Likes: 0
From: Sugar Land, TX (suburban Houston area) U.S.A.
St. Jude Donor '09, '13
So the factor resonator is just straight pipes w/ holes?
What gains does the X pipe offer...sound or performance?
No one has a sound clip of the the muffler delete yet?
Thanks.
JKK
92 LT1
What gains does the X pipe offer...sound or performance?
No one has a sound clip of the the muffler delete yet?
Thanks.
JKK
92 LT1
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,096
Likes: 28
From: Baltimore MD
Instructor
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 192
Likes: 0
From: Dayton WA
I did mine (92) but had a 3" x 10" straight thru muffler welded to a 3 1/2 chrome bologna sliced chrome tip....has the supurb sound but no resonating in the cab....plus old school look....I love it....best of both worlds
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,151
Likes: 0
From: Strongsville Ohio
i have a 94 LT1 and i can notice a little powerloss but not enough to worry me and realy care. but the sound completly makes up for it. im still debating what to do about the resonator. I wanna take it out and have the X-pipe welded in. just waiting to see and make sure its the righ thing to do
Safety Car
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 4,176
Likes: 7
From: Jennings LA
do it you wont be sorry. I wa hesitant also. once the resonator was off and we opened it up to find basicly nothing, I felt better.
Racer
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 416
Likes: 2
From: Aquilla TX
In my 95 vette I had an x-pipe installed and it sounded better but not where I wanted it. I then put 2 V FORCE mufflers on it and it growls real well now. The V FORCE are exactly like the Flo Thru and is 1/2 price. 2 V FORCE mufflers installed plus a computer check $140.00.
Cruizer
Cruizer
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 168
Likes: 0
From: Crystal Lake IL
Is it awsome. Everything else is stock with the cats. if you didn't have cats it might be too loud, but the cats eat up a lot of the sound. The honest reaction from everyone who has heard it so far, their jaw just drops. They love it. My only question is, because the muffler went down to 2.5" pipe, that's what they put on. I wanted the 2.75". Does anyone think that 1/4" smaller makes any difference in sound or performance? I highly recommend it.