I was up at a car show and this 98 and up Z had dual muffler dumpping out before the rear end. I didn't think you could do that on these cars. Did he run his headers to cats to mufflers or did they simply cut the exhaust up by the cats and ran it back anyway it sounded nice like the old muscle cars did. Anyone has any ideals fire away.
Thanks

 

1. Buy a set of LT's - I'd go with Jet-Hots, they're the best deal for $540 shipped!

2. Buy a Dr. Gas 3" X-pipe (pipe itself, or preferably the kit cuz that'll make it easier) - about $220 after shipping from www.drgas.com

3. Buy two Dynomax 12" x 3" In/Out bullit race mufflers (about $40/ea at www.jegs.com)

4. Go to a good exhaust shop and have it all installed and have them make turndowns for the bullits and make sure they angle them either in a little if you want it to be a little quiter, or out a little, you do not want the turndowns facing straight down cuz that will cuz a ton of excess noise and rattling and shaking inside the car (or at least that's what i've heard)

The setup above is exactly what I have and it is goin on the car on Tuesday, I can't wait!!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks, buy the way what headers are you refering about?

 

Jet Hot headers are the one's he was talking about. Jet Hot used to take the Hookers and coat them, but recently they designed their own headers after the hookers and made a few small changes on them. There are a lot of guys over here in TX with true duals. Go over to LS1.com in the Texas forum and PM Lane. He does a lot of the installs, and could give you some muffler recommendations. People are trying different mufflers all the time and getting different results.

 

so basically its a true dual setup

 

yup, there have been a lot of guys around me getting this setup. There is a shop around here that is doing it for somewhere around $500 installed.

 

not bad how much hp gain do you get from true dual exhaust? or is just just for looks and sound?

 

I have talked to a local exhaust shop in my area and they told me that putting Dual Exhaust on my 02 Z is illegal ?? Does anyone know if that is true for Cali ??

 

If you don't mess with the cat location it's legal. Generally you get a BS blow off from a shop like that when you're asking them to do something they haven't got the skill to do, but they don't have the cajones to just say "we're not sure how to do it and don't believe it's possible". It's your red flag to stay as far away from that shop has possible.

 

I have been thinking about this... I recently sold my 94 z, and I am trying to figure out what to get next (LS1 vs LT1). I am leaning towards the LS1 due to the configuration of the stock exhaust/cats. It seams that you can add shorty/mid length headers, leaving the cats in the stock position, and then making a true duel set up from there. Although If I go true duel, I will not have cats, but will put the stock set up back on for testing... another reason I would stay with shorty/mid length headers... easy re-install of stock parts.

 

You cant dump the exhaust before the rear axle (yes that is actually a California Law) But anyway...

 

my buddy got one for 350 i think