Doug Thorley vs. LC Engineering

^ look at the dt header dyno...lce doesnt do a very good job "representing" theirs, this dyno is a little biased in my opinion

 

idk i just copied and pasted lol


fyi LC Engineering sells both their own header and the DT one...

 

oh i know you did just copy pasted it was just for future reference to compare them a little better

 

the one thing is tho that LC engineering does specialize in toyota 4 cyl applications. so idk. i don't really know anyone with the LC engineering headers tho. but i have heard the dt ones and they sound great.

 

I've youtubed the LCE's paired w/their free flow exhaust system and it sounded very nice, which is why I'm looking into this duo! Which leads me to a question, and hopefully one of you very smart people has the answer! If I were to get both the LCE exhaust and headers will they fit a reg cab truck, or will cutting be involved? Thanks and I hope I didn't derail this thread too much!

 

If you get the red cab exhaust there shouldn't be any cutting if they fabbed it correctly. Speaeking from experience be careful with headers and a catback because I feel as though I lost some low end and backpressure from running headers and exhaust. If I did it again id run just a aftermarket header

 

ya but it would still sound like ass with the stock muffler

 

No it won't sound like ass with the stock muffler, in fact it sounds stock with the stock muffler. The aftermarket header does not cancle out a cat or anything that would alter the sound. On my old car aftermarket cat sounded like shit because it deleted a cat but ours don't have one

 

maybe yours is in a better condition than mine. but my stock muffler sounds badddd. kinda like its falling apart inside. and if i were to do exhaust work i would want a better sound out of it as well, but thats just me

 

So a loss in backpressure would cause a reduce in power and is LC's exhaust system is cat back? And what would you reccomend instead of rolling with that exhaust system?

 

Thanks for the link, i faved it!

 

Can anyone provide a sound clip of the LC Engineering for the second gen?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btz8y796rg8

 

We should try and convince the LCE guys to cut us a deal, atleast something. Im down!

 

i'm down. looking to get better a little better lower end torque. Put me in for one, just need make sure it can fit my 2007 AC.

BTW, stock sounds like crap, within my first week of having my taco got a cherry bomb muffler put on for $140, and well worth it now (not for any performance gains, but needed to get away from the stock sound)

 

that has to have some sort of non stock muffler because the header for sure wont make that much noise!

 

u should try the dynomax super turbo when you get tired of the bomb

 

i know this isn't the best bang for the buck, but it's much better then stock

 

Have DT header on mine and I love it.