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I've been checking out prices for duel exhaust. I can get one muffler with two outlets for $260. or true duels (two mufflers) for $490. Would I be able to tell that much diffrence either way? Its the same price for flowmasters or magnaflows.

Darkanion Senior Enthusiast

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I've been checking out prices for duel exhaust. I can get one muffler with two outlets for $260. or true duels (two mufflers) for $490. Would I be able to tell that much diffrence either way? Its the same price for flowmasters or magnaflows.

I'd check with your local muffler shop and see if they have any dual-in/dual-out mufflers with built-in crossovers (to help equalize pressure between the two pipes). It seems like the dual-in/dual-out with built-in crossovers should be cheaper than two separate mufflers and having to have an x-pipe or crossover pipe.

 

Here's a thread on what I had done.

 

Here's some pictures of what I had done.

 

Best of luck and let us know what you come up with!

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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I've been checking out prices for duel exhaust. I can get one muffler with two outlets for $260. or true duels (two mufflers) for $490. Would I be able to tell that much diffrence either way? Its the same price for flowmasters or magnaflows.

Single inlet dual outlet mufflers work really well on these trucks. Great sound. You'll lose a little bit of low end torque and gain a little mid and high rpm power if it is like most of the others here. No advantage to going with a dual muffler setup. It's more complex and more expensive but it ends up sounding about the same - plus- without a crossover pipe it will pop like hell when you back off of it.

 

I vote for single in dual out. :jester:

Wingnut Senior Enthusiast

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You should be able to get a single-in, dual-out muffler welded in there along with some custom bet pipes after it...For under $200.

 

Add $40 for the whistle-tip to go wooooWOOOOOO!

Darkanion Senior Enthusiast

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Does putting tips on change the sound that much?

I have been told that the tips effect the sound. I have not heard the differences first-hand, though.

L29er Senior Enthusiast

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i had and 80 gmc with true 2 1/4 duals and i added 3" "boom tubes" and it made the truck sound a million times better, very deep aggresive sound they were only 18 inches long and 3" diameter and were chrome slash cut tip so they looked good too!!

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