While single is good I'd rather have dual mostly because of better flow and because alot of the time when you think musclecar you think duals. But, if the car would have to be higher, I think I'd still rather have single. Nothing should compromise great handling and I feel that it should be n/p for them today to figure out how to make the cars low and fit both pipes and mufflers. Also you gotta add in that Third and 4th Gens have proven that single exhaust is effective. Opinions?!

 

Duals.

I don't see how applying true duals would change much of anything handling wise or ride height wise if it were engineered to have the duals from the get go.

 

Whatever it takes to get us a 5th gen. We can work out the exhaust in the aftermarket, just BRING US A CAMARO (that doesn't suck)!

 

True Duals.

It flows better than single exhaust, and the sound is incredible. Just listen to a Mustang, don't you want it to sound similar? The Corvette has true duals, and sounds VERY different than an fbody.
In fact, it sounds exotic. Problem is the firing order. However, a LT1 with true duals is .

The fbodys should have a distinctive sound like the Vette/Stang. You can hear these cars from far away and can tell what they are. An fbody from far away sounds exactly like a Silverado until you see it going by and realize it's an fbody.

 

Well, I don't think so, at least when real SBC's were used. I can always tell the F-Body SBC sound from a truck. I dislike the sound of M*stangs and Corvettes/LS1's don't sound mean. (LT1's were OK) I'd like to get that performance Chevy engine rumble back, but it can be had with single too.

 

Exactly, trying to throw the hint out there. Single can sound good and a high performance Chevy 350-up V8 with singe exhaust is 1 of my favorite sounds, but a high performance Chevy 350-up V8 with dual 3" or bigger exhaust and Flowmaster 2 chambers is like, WOW. Nothing like it. Just incredible.

 

[incorrect]Mustang does not have true duals - it only has dual outlets from the single muffler it uses. [/incorrect]The sound of the Mustang has to do with the displacement of the engine, firing order, muffler, plus other things.

Corvette has true duals, and there is no way that it affects its handling. It does not have to sit any higher, it was simply engineered from the beginning.

Does Corvette have an H pipe? Otherwise it would sound like two 4-cylinder engines. They had a problem with Viper sounding like two 5-cylinder engines (and especially due to its unique firing order), so on 2003 they added an H pipe.

Besides, Corvette LS1 does not sound any different than F-body LS1. The only difference is in the tuning of the exhaust at the muffler level

 

true duals

they sound better, flow better, and have better bragging rights

 

It must have a true dual exhaust. No matter what it does for the perfomance numbers, just the sound and image alone should be good reasons. American made, V8, and dual exhaust. I'm a GM guy in and out, but the Mustang does have a very, very nice sound with Flowmasters...as good as any V8 i've ever heard. My LT1 Impala has a nice rumble too

 

V8 Mustangs are true dual. They have been since the mid eighties.

 

I stand corrected. How does it work with the muffler, then? I thought that Mustangs have ONE muffler?

 

V6 Stangs have 1, V8s have 2.

 

They have an "H-Pipe" off the exhaust manifolds (These have either 4 or 6 catalytic converters on them, depending on the year - one reason "off road H-pipes" are so popular) which then hooks into the two pipes (one on each side). They route back to the mufflers, located before the rear axle and then over the axle and on each side of the gas tank. This is especially visible on the old 5.0LX mustangs.

Maybe you saw some sort of aftermarket exhaust. I have a friend with a 5.0 and a single muffler and pipe, but that's off of the turbo.

 

dual! nothing sounds better than dual exhaust!

 

Whichever is cheaper to build. Why waste money on 4-6 cats when you can get away with 1 or 2 with a y-pipe then dual outlets on the muffler? As long as there is room to put in duals at the owners discretion I say single. The engineers (me in a few years) need to leave space for running duals. If the engineers pay attention to customization and support the aftermarket like the Mustang then the F5 has a higher chance of success starting with simple things like the exhaust possibilities.