Made a huge mistake in my exhaust mod. What now?
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Originally Posted by Ghostcustoms
I would get some flow masters instead of magnaflows...
That thing is uggllllllllyyyyy!!! IMO.
Flow Masters over Magnaflow???? Yeah right! We now know you only drive rice now! Flow Master is played out, just as the sound is as well.
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Originally Posted by jmproductions
The people at Midas are idiots, it's not the mufflers. You have too much pipe diameter. A custom tune should put more on the top end than you ever had before but you may not be able to get all of your low end back with those 3" pipes.
Just got off the phone with Nelson Tuners and he said a tune most likely will not gain back what it sounds like I lost. He also recommended I swap out the exhaust. I'll wait for Westens response (I don't expect anything different) but like I mentioned earlyer I've resigned myself to spending the cash to replace the exhaust.
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Originally Posted by Submariner
At this point it looks like I'll go with a Gibson duel side swept
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Originally Posted by jmproductions
I don't think you need to change the whole system. It might be cheaper/easier to just change the pipes from the manifolds to the mufflers like SS_bnoon_SS said, especially if you like the way it sounds now.
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Originally Posted by Submariner
It would cost me more to do that than to replace the system with a Gibson. Up here in Maine not many people can do a decent job of bending exhaust (Nobody does mandrel bending) and those who do it demand a premium price. And there is no guarentee that will restore the lost power.
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Originally Posted by Submariner
It would cost me more to do that than to replace the system with a Gibson. Up here in Maine not many people can do a decent job of bending exhaust (Nobody does mandrel bending) and those who do it demand a premium price. And there is no guarentee that will restore the lost power.
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I hope you have not already went with the Gibson. I installed one on my truck after two others sytems and wish I had not. The fit was not good at all. I had to heat bend and hammer to just get the thing to fit. then once on the resonance was unbearable. Right now the truck is parked and when I do ride in it I have to wear ear plugs. I was promised by Gibson that this system would not do that and would get me back to a nice sound. I also lost gas milage with it. And that is not form my foot being into it b/c I can't stand to do it. I also pull a trailer almost every ohter day and from what I have been told either go with a three muffler set up from Magnaflow or a deual 3" in 2.5 out Flo-pro would be the best bet. This will make it quieter but give you back you torque. At least that is what I am being told b/c I ordered my mufflers and they are lost some where so i am still waiting.
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If everyone is tellingthis giy to put smaller pipes on his truck, then how does GM get away with putting dual 3" pipes on its 6.0 and 8.1 trucks/vans and still have them run OK.
i would do the tune, adding timing advance in the low rpm WILL improve throttle response and help low rpm torque.
peace
Hog
i would do the tune, adding timing advance in the low rpm WILL improve throttle response and help low rpm torque.
peace
Hog
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Originally Posted by hog
then how does GM get away with putting dual 3" pipes on its 6.0 and 8.1 trucks/vans and still have them run OK.