ideas for exhaust upgrade

[95_bowtie]

i have a 95 ecsb z71 all stock, i want to upgrade the exhasut. headers or no headers? if no headers should i get a upgraded manifold? 2 pipes with 2 cats and 2 single mufflers and 45 behind rear wheel. i have no experience in parts for vehicles and whats best. im a handyman, welder, i can take it apart and put it back together but i dont know whats best to put on. need help. and fyi i live paycheck to paycheck but some weeks i have a few extra hundred laying around. im willing to save up but i dont want to go to crazy. thanks in advance.

 

[FastOrange]

honestly, this setup sounded great on my dads 1995, Just loud enough to be heard, but quiet enough not to bother anyone, i would recommended it to anyone.

-Flowtech Shorty Headers
-Flowtech Y-Pipe
-3" pipe
-3 Single in/out Flo-Pro (Flowmaster knock off)
-3" tail piep exiting behind rear tire on a 45*
-3" Magnaflow Stainless tip

 

[95_bowtie]

sounds like a nice setup. is there a difference between one muffler and 2 and 1 cat or 2?

 

[FastOrange]

sounds like a nice setup. is there a difference between one muffler and 2 and 1 cat or 2?

most people who run duals use two muffler, Single exit exhaust only use one muffler, and it will also save you abit, and honestly, i like the looks of a nice single full 3" exhaust over 2.5" duals

if you dont have emissons, i wouldn't run cats.

 

[95_bowtie]

i want to have two 3" 45 behind the tire and probably a 3.5 or 4" tip. i have emissions so i need cats.

 

[FastOrange]

you could run a Single in Dual out muffler, if you wanted.

thats a pretty big tip.

 

[1990GMCSIERRA]

**** cats,,no y pipe,,tru duals all the way
and 4 inch aint rly big,,thats what i had on my f150

 

[RHamill]

Obviously my truck came with factory true duals up until the stock muffler that was on it, would running a DI/DO and dumping it there be as loud as running a SI/SO on each pipe and dumping them.

 

[ZaneDickerson]

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I just put headers on mine...
not worth the trouble. They will leak and barely made any difference in sound.
A LITTLE louder and not much difference in tone.
My setup is pace setter shortie headers, 2.5 true duals with xpipe and 12 inch glasspacks with 4 inch tips.
loudest one around..

 

[RHamill]

I wanna take the cats off, and run true dual flowmaster 10 dumps, but I dont want my truck running bad from the lack of oxygen sensors.. How bad will it kill my gas mileage doing that?