silverado exhaust

I have a 2000 silverado with a 5.3 in it. I was wonderin what kind of dual exhaust i should put on my truck without spending a lot of money. I have considered a y pipe or some sort of true dual exhaust set up with more than likely glass packs. Which of the two would i like better. I want somethin that has a deep tone to it but when you get on it i want it to be loud. Which of these two set ups would I like the best or if there are any others anyone can thank of i would appreciate it.

I have a '99 Silverado with the 5.3L with just a single in dual out Borla muffler. It has a nice tone, not to loud and not too quiet and my friends and others have complemented me on it many times. I am really happy with it, I've had it now for 3 years and just like the stainless still is suppose to, no rust!! I got it installed for $200. Anymore questions just ask.

borla, gibson, corsa...

all make great systems if you want to spend the money... or you can buy most of their mufflers separately...

how about a flowmaster system. I have a 200o 4.8 I want a exhaust system on. Around here the cheapest ones r flowmasters.

I have Flowmasters on my 2000 6.0L. big boys too....the sound is sweet, but there IS an resonance at very low rpms - say 40-45 mph. It could become annoying if held at that speed for a long time.
I agree that Flowmasters are easier on the wallet. One note though,
I just put them on my 91 Corvette(did it myself), and I took the time to
paint them with black hi temp engine paint before installing them.
I'll have zero rust on these!
that silver paint flowmaster puts on there is cheap/thin stuff - the rust shades showed thru on my truck real quick....I'll fix that soon.
Anyway...if you put them on there...be sure to paint them again with a good quality paint.
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Originally posted by TexasF355F1
I have a '99 Silverado with the 5.3L with just a single in dual out Borla muffler. It has a nice tone, not to loud and not too quiet and my friends and others have complemented me on it many times. I am really happy with it, I've had it now for 3 years and just like the stainless still is suppose to, no rust!! I got it installed for $200. Anymore questions just ask.

i wanna know where you got borla installed for $200 !!! i want either gibson or borla because they aren't as loud as those crappy flowmasters, and they give you better HP gain.

It's not cat back which you are probably thinking of. Its just the muffler.

I have taken my truck to two different exhaust places and both places said they cannot put true dual exhaust on my truck (2000 silverado). Both places wanted said they could y it. I know of at least three or four trucks as new as mine with true. I was wondering why is it they cant do it. I have heard the truck wont start but i find that hard to beleive.

Flowmasters are, like you guys said, kind of crappy, so what else would be good, besides borla, or Gibson. Those seem kinda high. I was thinking of putting true duals on my 2000 Silverado, but as the other guy, I don't know which muffler! I don't want it loud, I want it to bark at high RPM's, and give it that rumble at low. The engine is a 6.0L so it will sound real nice if I find the right mufflers.

i want a system that will give low nice rumble at idle but will go fuckin loud when i step on it

I have a 2003 Silverado Ext Cab 5.3L and i just got a Borla exhaust, but i requested that they don't go all the way to the back, i had the shop where i was getting them run the tip to the front of the rear passenger tire,,, like the lighting has 'em. but the tips are the style of the 2002 ss camaro.,,, and they gave my truck a good boost of performance, it sounds like it's suppose to, when you step on it, it makes the noise,, but once your on the road the noise reduces but the power doesn't.

usually muffler shops who refuse things like true dual refuse due to legality issues.. look in the phone book under billy-bob, but be careful you don't get one of those jerks that rips people off and gives mechs a bad name..

you were right about the true dual exhaust, my boyfriend has a 2000 6.0 L and it often takes 2 or3 times to start the damn thing, this was never a problem until the exhaust was put on.

When I look under my 2000 2500 it looks like dual exaust until it gets to the back muffler it has two pipes going in and one going out. Does this truck have factory duals? exept for the one pipe exit out the back

I have the Y setup on my 93 silverado w/ glasspac's and 3" chrome tips. The shop told me the chrome tips really made a difference. I'm very happy with the sound. But, when they first put it together for me they put on cheap mufflers that they recommended cause they thought that would be more to my liking. I returned them after a few days. Very happy with the glasspac's.

It all depends on the catalytic converter. legally you cant change anything before the cat. If you have a single cat, you cant make it into dual. Even if you were to put one cat on each side, its still illegal. Its rediculous but thats what every place told me so i resorted to buying my own equiptment and making a complete exhaust system all the way back from my headers. AND even with buying all the tools, i was still under the price that one shop said it would cost for them to do it. i recomend cherrybombs, for the price and for the sound. cant go wrong for 20 bucks, thats what i'm putting on my truck.

Cherrybombs? For less than 20 bucks you can glue a chili can on your tail pipe and get about the same performance and sound. There is no freakin law on how your supposed to have an exaust system! If it passes emissions, you're good to go. If you pull the stuffing out of your cat, the orange light comes on and thats to tell you that you won't be passing emissions. My brother has a whipple supercharger on his truck and blew both cats out in a couple hours. Good thing they are warrantied until 80,000 miles. My other friend has a garrett turbo on his silverado and he blew the cat stuffing out too. My brother and I both have flow masters. It's basically just a single in, duel out with stainless tips, coming up to $400 bucks. My truck was louder than his before he supercharged it because I have a ram air intake system. The pipes helped a little with the mid to high torque, not much difference in horsepower. The true cold air intake on my truck helped the most. I have a scoop in my air dam that forces air into the box encasing my k&n tip (on the package it said for off road use only, and I haven't have one problem passing emissions). That keeps my truck much cooler. Two of my friends have magnaflows and I like the sound better than mine. I'm also slightly concerned about the back pressure design of the flowmaster cause it seems like everytime I install a flowmaster on my truck, I get exaust leaks in the donut gaskets right after the collecter. That might also have to do with my truck running constantly at 4000 rpms or more (yea, I have a lead foot)

Tell me guys what you think. I was thinking true duals with X-pipe and magnaflows on my 2000 6.0l. Is there any way to get around the starting problem with true duals on this engine? Also, will I get bad mileage with this setup. Thanks in advance for input.

My 2000 6.0 factory exhaust has true dual with 2 converters until the back muffler two pipes in but only one out. just can't understand why they didn't go all the way out. Is this a common setup for 2500? most 1500 I seen have single exhaust

I have taken my truck to two different exhaust places and both places said they cannot put true dual exhaust on my truck (2000 silverado). Both places wanted said they could y it. I know of at least three or four trucks as new as mine with true. I was wondering why is it they cant do it. I have heard the truck wont start but i find that hard to beleive.
have a2000 2500 4x4 put flowmasters dauls on it they are true duals and no problems to start

Hate To Bust Everybodys Bubble, But I Went From Flowmasters To Glasspacks To Nothing At All On My 03 5.3. The Converters Are So Restrictive That With Any Muffler Its Just Gonna Sound Like A Little Turbo Muff. I Like Mine A Little Louder Than Most Though. Next Is The Cats And Then A Borla Pro Xs Single In And Dual Out.

i want a system that will give low nice rumble at idle but will go fuckin loud when i step on it
I have 2001 silverado 5.3 its y'd with straight pipes out to the sides behind tires sounds great at idle and really barks when you get on it!
does anybody know what knd of H.P gain I might be getting?

I have 2001 silverado 5.3 its y'd with straight pipes out to the sides behind tires sounds great at idle and really barks when you get on it!
does anybody know what knd of H.P gain I might be getting?
Everything I've read, you actually lose hp without a muffler. Personally nothing sounds better than a complete exhaust system. Straight pipes sounds like a hillbilly in my opinion.

I have a 99 Silverado Z-71 with the 5.3 V8. I first had a Y-pipe dual system with aluminuzed pipe. It wasn't very loud, infact it lasted about 2 years before it started to rust. I finally went to a total stainless steel True dual system with no mufflers. If you want it to last, go with stainless. One drawback-I got a ticket for the loud exhaust, oh, and by the way stainless is about 3-4X the cost of aluminized pipe.