1LE exhaust on a non-1LE car?
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Car: '87 Bitchin' camaro Z/28
Engine: 305 lg-4
Transmission: 700-r4, hopefully soon to be t-5
Axle/Gears: 3.23
1LE exhaust on a non-1LE car?
I have already blueprinted a nice 305 (using my stock block) to reach into the low to mid 300 horsepower range and am looking for exhaust to maximize this power. I am wondering if doing shorty headers with a y pipe to single cat set-up would be a better option than doing the flowmaster kit made to replace the 1LE dual cat system and adding two cats. Also, I am wondering how muchy extra work and or trouble would be involved with installing this dual cat setup. Thanks in advance
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Re: 1LE exhaust on a non-1LE car?
I'm not sure, but I thought the Flowmaster dual cat setup was no longer available. If you find one, let me know. For a 305 the 3" cat back setup is plenty.
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Car: '87 Bitchin' camaro Z/28
Engine: 305 lg-4
Transmission: 700-r4, hopefully soon to be t-5
Axle/Gears: 3.23
Re: 1LE exhaust on a non-1LE car?
I believe you can purchase one from classic industries/eckler's camaro. It's like $400
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Re: 1LE exhaust on a non-1LE car?
It's all about the $$. How much do you have?
Running the shorty headers, Y-pipe and single 3" exhaust on a 305 no matter how powerful won't lose anything to the dual exhaust your wanting, and it'll be cheaper. You can get a single 3" set up for under $700 installed. Running a dual...at least $900 would be my guess, especially if you buy all mandrel bent tubing for it. Might be a little less if you source all the individual pieces yourself and then put them together.
Running the shorty headers, Y-pipe and single 3" exhaust on a 305 no matter how powerful won't lose anything to the dual exhaust your wanting, and it'll be cheaper. You can get a single 3" set up for under $700 installed. Running a dual...at least $900 would be my guess, especially if you buy all mandrel bent tubing for it. Might be a little less if you source all the individual pieces yourself and then put them together.
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Car: '91 GTA, '92 T/A Convertible
Engine: GTA: 350 w/Vortec heads, T/A: 305
Transmission: Pro-built 700R4
Axle/Gears: GTA: 3.27, T/A: 2.73
Re: 1LE exhaust on a non-1LE car?
No such thing as a "1LE" exhaust system. The dual cats were N10.
OZZ, did you mis-read his original post? He mentions the dual cats, but not dual exhaust. Not criticizing, but trying to keep his intentions true.
OZZ, did you mis-read his original post? He mentions the dual cats, but not dual exhaust. Not criticizing, but trying to keep his intentions true.
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