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gldevall · 04-21-2003, 08:01 PM

I'm going tomorrow to get my exhaust hooked up. And my question is, should I run dual pipes out the back or dump it right before or after the rear axle? All suggestions need please. BTW the new motor runs like a top; cranks on 1st try everytime.

c10scotty · 04-21-2003, 08:17 PM

i would go all the way out, and put some stainless steel tips on there. you will probably get more interior resonance if you dump under the bed

TIMSPEED · 04-21-2003, 08:52 PM

Here's another vote for true dual 2½" ran out the back. I'm going with that setup on wednesday. I'm gonna use Hooker Maximum Flow Mufflers with Square exhaust tips.

**swervin ervin** · 04-21-2003, 08:59 PM

Out the back for sure.

gldevall · 04-21-2003, 09:05 PM

Thanks guys. I just put the stainless tips I have underneath the roll pan to see how it would look. I would say it looked tough. I am going to run it out the back. Here are the tips I'm using.

gldevall · 04-21-2003, 09:07 PM

Mike is that your mufflers mounted just before the tips?

*1FaastC10* · 04-21-2003, 09:59 PM

pipes out the back look like crap IMO, turn them out behind the rear wheels.

**swervin ervin** · 04-21-2003, 10:57 PM

Gary,

yes it is. I have no where else to put them. I have a single cat because of emissions and wanted two mufflers. No way to fit them behind the cat, so I split it behind the cat and ran duals out the back.

79BIG10 · 04-21-2003, 11:39 PM

I've got mine dumped under the bed before the axle. I've done them out back with megaphones but love the dumped so much better.

gchemist · 04-22-2003, 12:18 AM

Dump them babies!! Only problem is stain marks on where you park it. I like the dump sound of the flowmaster. Sweet coming down the road.

Prerunner1982 · 04-22-2003, 02:03 AM

i like the dumped sound, they also make everything after them black.. (ie, rear axle and shocks and such.) i use to love the out the back with big echo tips... but as i have grown i have gotten away from them (like many other things), i like the clean no pipe look.

gldevall · 04-22-2003, 02:43 PM

TTT
Need some more opinions.

BigRed · 04-22-2003, 03:02 PM

I have mine dumped in front of the axle and like the rumble it gives! However, when I get mine rerouted, I'll probably have them at an angle in front of the rear wheels with just a small bit of the tips showing. But, if I get a stepside bed (which I hope I do), I'll probably dump them in front of the axle again. It's all a preference thing. Run them how you like and enjoy.

gldevall · 04-22-2003, 04:13 PM

Well, I think I'm going to dump them in front of the axle and if I don't like it, I'll go back and get it ran out the back.

**swervin ervin** · 04-22-2003, 04:57 PM

Well, no matter if anyone likes them or not, I can't dump mine. I must have a way for the emissions tech to stick the probe in the tail pipe when I get it tested. He would turn it down if he couldn't get to it.

On another note, I lost one of my damn stainless tips today. That sucks big time. I got pissed and ordered two new ones. That sucks too. They are 35 bucks a piece.

Bobs76 · 04-22-2003, 05:22 PM

Mine are dumped just in front of the axle, gives it a great sound, hooker headers with flowmaster mufflers...the only draw back is you need a damn good stereo if you want to hear music.

bigblock73 · 04-22-2003, 06:33 PM

Mine will be dumped just in front of the rear tires, barley visible to the eye.

Mike, are you installing a c-notch??

Clean that frame up while you are at it too!

-Jeff

gldevall · 04-22-2003, 09:20 PM

Well, I have mine dumped before the axle. Sounds freaking awesome!! Mike I have those stainless tips that I need to send back. Would you be interested? 2 1/2" in and 3" out. I can let them go for $50 shipped to you. They were $ 23.00 each and throw in $ 4.00 for shipping.

**swervin ervin** · 04-22-2003, 10:07 PM

Gary, thanks for the offer, but when I couldn't find my tip today, I ordered two more from Summit. Stupid how I lost one. When I had the exhaust system installed, I didn't have tips on it. The guy tacked some short pieces of pipe at the back. I put the stainless tips over these pieces. I guess the tack weld broke. You can bet it won't happen again. They will be welded all the way this time.

Thanks again.

gldevall · 04-22-2003, 10:09 PM

Yeah I saw where you ordered some right after I posted that. Just a bit too late. I should have some pics of the new engine up sometime this week.

**swervin ervin** · 04-22-2003, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bigblock73
Mike, are you installing a c-notch??

Clean that frame up while you are at it too!

-Jeff

I notched it a couple weeks ago. Didn't clean the frame though.

04-21-2003, 08:01 PM	#1
gldevall Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Walker, LA Posts: 2,925	Exhaust help!! I'm going tomorrow to get my exhaust hooked up. And my question is, should I run dual pipes out the back or dump it right before or after the rear axle? All suggestions need please. BTW the new motor runs like a top; cranks on 1st try everytime. __________________ Gary -1986 SWB: lowered 4/6, SOLD!!! -Best 1/4 mile: 14.51 @ 91.01 MPH -2001 Pewter Tahoe, billet grill, Corsa Sport Cat-back, K&N FIPK SOLD!!! -2004 Z-71 Extended cab with a flowmaster, BDS 6.5", 3" BL, 35x12.5x18 Trail Grapplers on Pro-Comp 18x9 wheels

04-21-2003, 08:17 PM	#2
c10scotty ~THE SILVER BULLET~ Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: WYOMING Posts: 285	i would go all the way out, and put some stainless steel tips on there. you will probably get more interior resonance if you dump under the bed __________________ ~1980 c10 chevy scottsdale~ ~2.5/4 drop 305/th350c~

04-21-2003, 08:52 PM	#3
TIMSPEED Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,321	Here's another vote for true dual 2½" ran out the back. I'm going with that setup on wednesday. I'm gonna use Hooker Maximum Flow Mufflers with Square exhaust tips. __________________ I have a few cars... See Them Here

04-21-2003, 08:59 PM	#4
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Out the back for sure. __________________ Mike 1985 Chevy C-10

04-21-2003, 09:05 PM	#5
gldevall Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Walker, LA Posts: 2,925	Thanks guys. I just put the stainless tips I have underneath the roll pan to see how it would look. I would say it looked tough. I am going to run it out the back. Here are the tips I'm using. Attached Images __________________ Gary -1986 SWB: lowered 4/6, SOLD!!! -Best 1/4 mile: 14.51 @ 91.01 MPH -2001 Pewter Tahoe, billet grill, Corsa Sport Cat-back, K&N FIPK SOLD!!! -2004 Z-71 Extended cab with a flowmaster, BDS 6.5", 3" BL, 35x12.5x18 Trail Grapplers on Pro-Comp 18x9 wheels

04-21-2003, 09:07 PM	#6
gldevall Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Walker, LA Posts: 2,925	Mike is that your mufflers mounted just before the tips? __________________ Gary -1986 SWB: lowered 4/6, SOLD!!! -Best 1/4 mile: 14.51 @ 91.01 MPH -2001 Pewter Tahoe, billet grill, Corsa Sport Cat-back, K&N FIPK SOLD!!! -2004 Z-71 Extended cab with a flowmaster, BDS 6.5", 3" BL, 35x12.5x18 Trail Grapplers on Pro-Comp 18x9 wheels

04-21-2003, 09:59 PM	#7
1FaastC10 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 6,399	pipes out the back look like crap IMO, turn them out behind the rear wheels.

04-21-2003, 10:57 PM	#8
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Gary, yes it is. I have no where else to put them. I have a single cat because of emissions and wanted two mufflers. No way to fit them behind the cat, so I split it behind the cat and ran duals out the back. __________________ Mike 1985 Chevy C-10

04-21-2003, 11:39 PM	#9
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,774	I've got mine dumped under the bed before the axle. I've done them out back with megaphones but love the dumped so much better. __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

04-22-2003, 12:18 AM	#10
gchemist BAD BOW-Silverado XST Join Date: May 2000 Location: Senior Member from Austin, TX Posts: 6,431	Dump them babies!! Only problem is stain marks on where you park it. I like the dump sound of the flowmaster. Sweet coming down the road. __________________ Gerardo a.k.a. Mad Chemist Silverado XST videos

04-22-2003, 02:03 AM	#11
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,904	i like the dumped sound, they also make everything after them black.. (ie, rear axle and shocks and such.) i use to love the out the back with big echo tips... but as i have grown i have gotten away from them (like many other things), i like the clean no pipe look. __________________ Jon 1982 Chevy Silverado 350/th350.... RETIRED 1993 Jeep XJ 2 door(Cherokee) 4wd 4.0ltr/AX-15 (5spd)/NP231 .... Oklahoma Roll Call

04-22-2003, 02:43 PM	#12
gldevall Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Walker, LA Posts: 2,925	TTT Need some more opinions. __________________ Gary -1986 SWB: lowered 4/6, SOLD!!! -Best 1/4 mile: 14.51 @ 91.01 MPH -2001 Pewter Tahoe, billet grill, Corsa Sport Cat-back, K&N FIPK SOLD!!! -2004 Z-71 Extended cab with a flowmaster, BDS 6.5", 3" BL, 35x12.5x18 Trail Grapplers on Pro-Comp 18x9 wheels

04-22-2003, 03:02 PM	#13
BigRed Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 1,680	I have mine dumped in front of the axle and like the rumble it gives! However, when I get mine rerouted, I'll probably have them at an angle in front of the rear wheels with just a small bit of the tips showing. But, if I get a stepside bed (which I hope I do), I'll probably dump them in front of the axle again. It's all a preference thing. Run them how you like and enjoy. __________________ Scott Shelbourne

04-22-2003, 04:13 PM	#14
gldevall Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Walker, LA Posts: 2,925	Well, I think I'm going to dump them in front of the axle and if I don't like it, I'll go back and get it ran out the back. __________________ Gary -1986 SWB: lowered 4/6, SOLD!!! -Best 1/4 mile: 14.51 @ 91.01 MPH -2001 Pewter Tahoe, billet grill, Corsa Sport Cat-back, K&N FIPK SOLD!!! -2004 Z-71 Extended cab with a flowmaster, BDS 6.5", 3" BL, 35x12.5x18 Trail Grapplers on Pro-Comp 18x9 wheels

04-22-2003, 04:57 PM	#15
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Well, no matter if anyone likes them or not, I can't dump mine. I must have a way for the emissions tech to stick the probe in the tail pipe when I get it tested. He would turn it down if he couldn't get to it. On another note, I lost one of my damn stainless tips today. That sucks big time. I got pissed and ordered two new ones. That sucks too. They are 35 bucks a piece. __________________ Mike 1985 Chevy C-10



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04-22-2003, 05:22 PM	#16
Bobs76 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Granbury Texas Posts: 141	Mine are dumped just in front of the axle, gives it a great sound, hooker headers with flowmaster mufflers...the only draw back is you need a damn good stereo if you want to hear music. __________________ If it aint got t*ts or wheels I am not interested!!!!!!

04-22-2003, 06:33 PM	#17
bigblock73 yeller Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 13,824	Mine will be dumped just in front of the rear tires, barley visible to the eye. Mike, are you installing a c-notch?? Clean that frame up while you are at it too! -Jeff

04-22-2003, 09:20 PM	#18
gldevall Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Walker, LA Posts: 2,925	Well, I have mine dumped before the axle. Sounds freaking awesome!! Mike I have those stainless tips that I need to send back. Would you be interested? 2 1/2" in and 3" out. I can let them go for $50 shipped to you. They were $ 23.00 each and throw in $ 4.00 for shipping. __________________ Gary -1986 SWB: lowered 4/6, SOLD!!! -Best 1/4 mile: 14.51 @ 91.01 MPH -2001 Pewter Tahoe, billet grill, Corsa Sport Cat-back, K&N FIPK SOLD!!! -2004 Z-71 Extended cab with a flowmaster, BDS 6.5", 3" BL, 35x12.5x18 Trail Grapplers on Pro-Comp 18x9 wheels

04-22-2003, 10:07 PM	#19
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Gary, thanks for the offer, but when I couldn't find my tip today, I ordered two more from Summit. Stupid how I lost one. When I had the exhaust system installed, I didn't have tips on it. The guy tacked some short pieces of pipe at the back. I put the stainless tips over these pieces. I guess the tack weld broke. You can bet it won't happen again. They will be welded all the way this time. Thanks again. __________________ Mike 1985 Chevy C-10

04-22-2003, 10:09 PM	#20
gldevall Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Walker, LA Posts: 2,925	Yeah I saw where you ordered some right after I posted that. Just a bit too late. I should have some pics of the new engine up sometime this week. __________________ Gary -1986 SWB: lowered 4/6, SOLD!!! -Best 1/4 mile: 14.51 @ 91.01 MPH -2001 Pewter Tahoe, billet grill, Corsa Sport Cat-back, K&N FIPK SOLD!!! -2004 Z-71 Extended cab with a flowmaster, BDS 6.5", 3" BL, 35x12.5x18 Trail Grapplers on Pro-Comp 18x9 wheels

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