Is anyone running true duals in a catback setting? Most of the people that I see running true duals are using LT's and ORP. Is anyone running an X-pipe after the cats into Bullets? I thought that I had my mind made up to buy a catback system, but for the money of most catbacks, I could get true duals installed. Any input would be welcome. TIA

 

it basically comes down to what u want to do

i have flp headers and i thought bout duals but did borla instead with electronic cutout for track and whenevr i wanna be loud at the flip of a switch hehe

 

my headers go into 2.5" duals with no cats that goes to an X-pipe then thru dynomax bullets and dumped before the axle..



you can kinda see it hanging down under my car in 2 pics on my site.

 

With the location of the cats, I don't see why you couldn't do a true-dual exhaust with the stock manifolds and cats but I've have yet to hear of anybody that's done it.

I'm sure any good exhaust shop could do it.

 

hows the dynomax bullet muffler..... i got that with my borla welded in intermidiate pipe

 

I would imagine that even a catback true dual system would flow better than a 3" catback single pipe. If I decided to remove my cats, what would I need? Would I just need some O2 sims? Would I be able to accomplish the same thing as the sims with a programmer (Predator or Hypertech)? I plan on doing this install sometime next week.

 

i dont know what you mean by a catback true dual exhaust. thats an oxymoron.

you would be surprised how well a single exhaust flows

 

The cats can remain in place and still have a true dual exhaust system. The cats are placed on the downpipes from the manifold. The X-pipe could be placed after the cats, then two pipes out of the X into two mufflers dumped or over the axle. I dont see how this is an oxymoron.

Anyways, I am just going to go ahead and order the LT's this week and do it right. I work for a Chevy dealership, so I will just have to hope for the best if I have any warranty issues.

 

that wouldnt be a catback dual exhaust..

thats dual exhaust.. that happens to have cats.

they are allready where they need to be... they wouldnt have to be moved...

 

A catback exhaust system uses the cats that are currently in place. I think that it is just a matter of terms. If I use the current cats, then I am going cat-back whether I use duals or a prefabbed system. I think we both know what I am trying to say though, and we will just agree that it is all just terminoligy from there.