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On 1/3/2019 at 11:50 AM, Grjfer said:

Orange piping, under $16. Did the front and back doors. 

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So how did you do this, please?  I like it.  I like it a lot.

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7 hours ago, Cujo said:

So how did you do this, please?  I like it.  I like it a lot.

It's called piping or welting, I got it from an eBay seller hattrick15. After that it's just a press-fit into the saem between the pieces. Very simple, quick and easy.

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On 3/28/2019 at 10:18 AM, Thejet07 said:

Tried out the “freakin genius” mod. Unfortunately, I heard no difference except the rattle was gone. Oh well. Guess I’ll just have to buy a muffler for a deeper tone. Thanks for the tip though


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You decide what muffler you're getting? I want a little deeper rumble, enough to hear it on startup and accelerating. Not going to disable AFM though and I dont want an obnoxious chop. I can find Borlas for around 100 on ebay and I can cut and weld it, but I dont want to swap between multiple setups to find what I like.

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If you can find the Borla GMPP muffler, it’s perfect. I love it with the resonator cut out and the flapper clamped open. 

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You decide what muffler you're getting? I want a little deeper rumble, enough to hear it on startup and accelerating. Not going to disable AFM though and I dont want an obnoxious chop. I can find Borlas for around 100 on ebay and I can cut and weld it, but I dont want to swap between multiple setups to find what I like.


I haven’t gotten around to it yet but was looking at the borla pro xs # 40359. I would like to cut out the flapper but haven’t heard someone post a video on highway or any of their results on a 5.3l. If you decided to bite the bullet please post a clip. Thanks


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If you're getting old and feeble like me, slap one of these in your valve cover and get all of that oil inside the engine rather than rust-protecting the side of it:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/10-14-LS3-L99-Valve-Cover-Oil-Filler-Tube-Extension-NEW-GM-2-TAB/131665757630?hash=item1ea7e405be:g:8I0AAOSwd0BV7Cwm

 

By the way, check to see if the tabs in your valve cover are at the 3 and 9 positions.  If they are at 12 and 6, then you'll end up 90 degrees out of phase.  Don't ask how I know.

 

(You "digital" people won't be able to figure this out!)

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On 1/3/2019 at 11:50 AM, Grjfer said:

Orange piping, under $16. Did the front and back doors. 

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Here’s mine with medium gray. Could not do the back doors. Seams were EXTREMELY tight; was afraid I would damage the material.

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Looks good, and yes the back doors are tight, but doable. I used a plastic putty knife to assist.


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I haven’t gotten around to it yet but was looking at the borla pro xs # 40359. I would like to cut out the flapper but haven’t heard someone post a video on highway or any of their results on a 5.3l. If you decided to bite the bullet please post a clip. Thanks


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I had this in my '14, 5.3L. I left the flapper clamped open and get the resonator. It had a deep tone and wasn't too loud at all. Sounded awesome. I would just take the valve out though to prevent the fffffff sound... There was NO drove anyway.

I have the 6.2L now so unfortunately I couldn't buy this again since it's 3"piping.
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Got tired of oiling down the side of my engine with spillover from 5 qt jugs.  A little work with a Dremel tool to cut another tab path and a nice steady place for my funnel.  You have two tabs at the 12 and 6 positions.  Have to cut a new path for the 12 in the new fill tube.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/97-09-LS1-LS6-LS2-LQ9-LQ4-Valve-Cover-Oil-Filler-Tube-Extension-NEW-GM-1-TAB/381504135243?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20160323102634%26meid%3D0c63fdea0c464d4fba7774bd308d8dde%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dag%26sd%3D381503368459%26itm%3D381504135243&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1

 

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