MorepowerTY

I was thinking the same thing about doing that on my SS 6.0 How do you think that would sound? How much low end TQ would I lose?

04EvilSSS

On a NA 5.3/6.0 motor taking the muffler off will knock off a lot of low end TQ. I know this because I did this to my 2000 silverado (5.3). I lost low end, but I felt like I gained some HP in the top end. But low end sucked, especially when I was spinning some 35" mud tires.

Just get a hi-flowing muffler like a Dynomax or Magnaflow. You can get a muffler for under $100, and it will sound good and not lose low end.

James B.

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It's not just "loud", it's feloniously loud. It will be really cool for the first ten minutes and then you'll realize it's making your head hurt.
Years ago, before I could weld or had a welder, I had to drive to the exhuast shop with open headers. It was so loud I remember holding up traffic for driving so slowly. I've also driven with only stock catalytic converters with turndowns. That's a lot quieter but it resonates and pounds so loud and deap that it sets off car alarms everywhere. The firing order of the Gen-I SBC burbbles a lot more than the Gen-III engines do, so maybe your would be a bit less -but it's still loud as hell.

Here's a seldom-shared video of mine where I had just the cats on after the trans swap and my brother and I decided to torment a parking structure at less than 800 RPM. I kid you not - the alarms started going off just driving around the OUTSIDE.
http://bertok.us/pics/parking1.mpg
Idle: Gen1 SBC and dumped cats only: http://bertok.us/pics/cats-only.mpg
Merging, Windows down: Gen-1 SBC and dumped Cats only: http://bertok.us/pics/4L80E-merge.mpg
Merging, Windows up: Gen-1 SBC and dumped Cats only: http://bertok.us/pics/4L80E-merge2.mpg

That's all I've got for sound clips. Like I said, fun for a short time, annoying in the long run.

MorepowerTY

Thanks for the info. Maybe I won't do it then.