Exhaust Recommendations lt1???????

[JRP5985]

I have no upgrade but a simple coolant bypass... Right now I want to open up the sound and exhaust for under 60 bucks. What are your thoughts? Also...Air intake advice on a budget??

[JoeliusZ28]

Exhaust: get a cutout. $30 part, ~$30 install at a shop = $60

Intake: remove the factory airbox, and use a clamp-on cone filter on the end of the other plastic piece. Also get rid of the donkey dong in the elbow, plug it with a shampoo bottle or something.

-OR- you could do the LS1 lid mod and really see some gains. its cheap but its a good 3-4 hour project.

[BP_Z28]

How does cut outs sound w/stock manifold???

[JoeliusZ28]

pretty good, i ran an ecutout with stock manifolds and cat for a good few thousand miles and opened it quite a bit.

[Lucky SOB]

Well yes for $60 you're not going to get more than a loud unrefined sounding car. Best LT1 exhaust I've ever heard was a set of long tubes into an edelbrock cat back believe it or not

[PewterPan]

i put a k&n air filter on my stock intake about a week ago and you can really notice the difference. the thing screams. ive been meaning to take the reservoir off my elbow too, but i cant think of/ find anything that will plug it...do you really even need to plug it?

[prorac1]

I have the flowmaster 2 chamber cat back (american thunder) and love it. Flows well and sounds great. But you have to get the 2 chamber, not the 3 chamber. The 3 chamber is to quiet and very restrictive.

[1BADAIR]

zoomies
out da hood

[klrlt1]

-OR- you could do the LS1 lid mod and really see some gains. its cheap but its a good 3-4 hour project.[/QUOTE]


Where did you get the lid and what did you have to do to get it to fit? link or pics?

[JRP5985]

will I get better flow beating the packing out of the cat?

[JoeliusZ28]

Where did you get the lid and what did you have to do to get it to fit? link or pics?

I actually had a really nice writeup until my domain host screwed me over, now i have to re-create it. the basic idea of it is this:

1) First follow this guide to make the lid fit: http://www.lt1engine.com/tech/ls1-li...k-camaro-hood/

2) Get an LS1 radiator support. cut out the center and shave down the bottom so that it fits down snug around the lid, and looks factory.

edit: here is a crappy "in process" picture... which is all i have right now, sorries. This was taken before i did most of the cutting on the LS1 rad support.

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