j4nash Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 any one put a new exhaust system on your ss. when i get mine i was thinking about putting Edelbrock headers on with a borla cat back system on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Instigator Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 I was wondering about one of the flowmaster kits myself. Anybody try a different exhaust yet? Im sure any silverado xtra cab short bed kit would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4nash Posted May 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 Flowmaster is not made as well as borla. Flowmaster has been known to rust faster than some others. I have a borla system on my 96 Chevy and it still looks good no rust and it sound good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 If it is quality/look that you are going for, stick with the Borla cat-back. But, I think you will lose some of the performance sound that it comes with from the factory. Flowmaster would be the better way to go for good performance sound - in my opinion. Eldebrock mufflers sound incredible also. I had a Borla cat-back on my 99' GMC Sierra w/JBA cat-forward headers and I think I lost a lot of the performance sound I should have gotten from just the headers by putting on the Borla. Hands-down the best system you will ever buy though. Price versus performance gained, doesn't seem worth it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4nash Posted May 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 what do you guys think of the newMagnaFlow Stainless Steel Mufflers compared to other brands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsen Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 Flowmaster is not made as well as borla. Flowmaster has been known to rust faster than some others. I have a borla system on my 96 Chevy and it still looks good no rust and it sound good. i have never seen a flowmaster rust. i have had them on every car and truck i have ever owned( no bs its the truth). i had one on my 94 chevy from about 2 weeks after i bought it new, till i sold it a couple of months ago, and no sign of rust. then again i live in sunny cali and don't have to worry about snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 There are a few companies that have some options however just ordering a system just for any extended cab short bed won't get you what your looking for as the 6.0l truck's exhaust use twin pipes feeding straight into the muffler instead of the regular y-pipe set-up that is used on 4.8 & 5.3's. I don't know for a fact but it is rumured that one side on the exit end of the factory muffler is a dummy. I run a Magnaflow dule in dule out unit on my truck, it sounds good without much resonance. But to be honest I couldn't tell any real performance difference. Bear: 01"Pewter"C3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad ss Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 i recently put on new mufflers on my ss. i took out the factory muffler and had two dynamax race flows put on the stock y-pipe. it sounds really good. not too loud and not to mellow either. i would reccomend the dynamax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridnlow135 Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 I also have flowmasters on every car i have (94 Chevrolet Silverado, 99 2 door Tahoe and had on previous trucks) and have never had one rust! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSilverado60 Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 I have a flowmaster on my 2000 and it rusted. It really suprised me. I have them on other trucks that i offroad and take to pismo beach and they dont have any rust problems, I dont know why this one did. Im in socal and it rusted, thats what really suprised me. Im goin to go with a set of spintech mufflers for the SS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B52Gunner Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 If you put a muffler like flowmaster, or any other on a new truck, you will get very little if any rust at all. However, do it on a truck 3 or 4 years old and it will rust. Why? electron transfer, kind of like cathodic protection on pipelines. Think of the exhaust as a big battery the system transfers electrons throughout itself and is equal, then you put in a foriegn object the new muffler and the system trys to balance the electrons by pulling or pushing to the new muffler and corrodes at the welds. Anyone who works on pipelines knows when you replace a section of pipeline you will have to either jumper the repair with cable to give the electrons a easier path of least resistance or isolate the repair with nonconducting couplings, still installing a jumper cable. It's true science is crazy. I think the term is "difference in potential energy" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4nash Posted June 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 Two years ago I put a borla system on my 96 and don't have a bit of rust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSilverado60 Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 my truck wasnt even 6 months old when i put the flowmaster on and had it rust. I really dont care that it did rust, but it did. We put a gibson system on my dads 93 dually about 3 years ago and that kit is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsen Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 Two years ago I put a borla system on my 96 and don't have a bit of rust borla is stainless steel and flowmaster has an aluminized coating on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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