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Old 08-22-2004, 11:33 PM
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whats too much size for a single exhaust ?

the way I figure is one 3.5 will have about the same flow area as
2.5" true duals, actually less
I plan on going with a 3.5" Ypipe like the 1 flowmaster makes
into single 3.5 pipe all the way back to say a 3.5 center in center out
aerochamber dumped before axle.

Would this hurt performance and how much rasp would there be?

and how much better would 2.5" true duals be and why?
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You can't go too big with these trucks. The more the better. They like to breathe.
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with a 5.3, i wouldn't go over a 3" unless it were some bad *** 5.3.
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with a stock or jsut mild 5.3 I wouldn't go biger then 3 inch. Now if you have a cam, headers, tune, or a supercharger or something then it would help you going a little bigger.
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Are you going to be running cats? I had the dual 3'' x-pipe setup and then went to a single 4'' setup. At idle and wot the 4'' sounded badass, but at 2500-3500 the rasp was really bad. Im now running the dual setup again. As far as performance i didnt feel a loss or gain between the two.
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yes I will be running the cats
I alread have headers and tune and waiting on a good deal on a 216/220

I ordered this morning so hopefully it will turn out allright if not Ill just do it over
with a single 3 inch setup
Ill try to get up some sound clips when I get done
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