Restomod 72 K10 "Good Memories"

[Richard]

Originally Posted by NDM

70 series? As in flowmaster? I went with 18 in long 4x9 magnaflows. I also did an H pipe since the x was going to require a ton of nonsense. Had I not been so excited to get to drive it, I would have taken time to do the x pipe. I did v bands to allow me to swap to an x pipe in the future. I am very curious how much different it would sound.

Fyi, I tig welded almost all of my exhaust but found a great mig wire for stainless that allow welding with the same mig gas that I use for steel. (308L wire) It has alot of spatter but if you basically cover the surrounding area it makes 304 exhaust welding much faster.

Mine is a driver and I always regretted the amount of time I spent tig welding the exhaust when it just ends up looking like a used exhaust pipe.

Don't get me wrong, it looks nice but ends up looking old anyways. If it was a show car then okay but mine are work horses.

Yes, Flowmaster "big block" muffler. Have had a single 3" on my 94 for 25 years and like it. Flowmaster chambered sound. They are pretty mild without the loud obnoxious characteristics of the 40-50 series. X pipe was put in just to try it. Never done it. Expecting the 72 to be a bit louder than the 94. But hopefully still pretty tame. As far as debate on straight though vs chambered. HP difference would probably be in the single digits. Engine is forced induction so I would bet difference between the two would be within margin of error.

Have a tig myself. Am doing the whole exhaust with my mig. All the tube is aluminized steel, not stainless. The sooted areas around the tack welds are from the coating burn off. Way I see it the 30 year old exhaust in the 94 has no rust and is steel. Prefer to spend the added cost of stainless elsewhere on my project.

While I look forward to sharing my truck at meetups and maybe a show or two. I am not building a show truck and do not consider it to be one.
Thank you for the comments.