hey guys i have a 1996 v6 camaro and i want to do my exhaust on it but i want as little rasps as i can get what would be the best option i have to do
i no long tube headers help out but would a true stright help

 

true duals no unless you have a real sleeper ,all you need is like I have Auto zone thrush cat back ,its much louder then stock ,an a few tips 5 hp

 

thats my main plan is to have a sleeper car

 

you need to start with z28 car, the cost to build 3.8L is big money ,there fun I got my 95 z28 first an now with 406 sometimes its just nice to get in the less intence car my 99 3800

 

My hole plan is to have a V6 to beat V8s lol

 

There are some turbo kits out there with good results. . I want to do a turbo some day just to tinker ,a turbo v6 be nice!

 

I'm going to end up putting a super charger in it lol if the funds r there

 

IMO There is no such thing as a sleeper Camaro. People will assume you have an LS motor and you took the badges off. An LS car with a few boltons can easily break 12 seconds in the 1/4. If you offering to race the only people that will accept will people that can outrun an LS motor with boltons. Plus super charges whine, so most car guys that hear your car would assume a supercharge LS 9 second car. A sleeper is a 1987 4 door Fairmont with 750hp or pretty much any car that never had a fast version and is not commonly modded.

I drove a 96 3800 for 5 years with a Flowmaster then a Magnaflow exhaust. Most of my friends are car guys. All of them assumed it was a V8 until I showed it to them. Even telling them it was a v6 was not enough.

Building a boosted 3800 even to be as fast as a shock Ls1 is neither cheap nor easy. You really want to match someone else build. One screw up on the tune one wrong set of bolts and the whole motor is scraped. Even decent car builds who have done other cars can go through a couple of engines before they get the boost right. FYI 3800 respond better to turbo then superchargers.
For what it will cost you to get your 3800 too 400hp you could buy and build 5.3 to 750hp.
I am not saying you should not do it, I just wanted to be sure you had the facts. Search for Musicmans posts. Get gave up on the 3800 amd went to the 5.3 but theter is a lot of good info in his posts. There is also a current turbo build going on in the project section.

Good luck whatever you do.

 

yup if your a good mechanic or got one there is a thread on 5.3l lsx engine in ther 3,8l car ,but I still think the z28 cars gives you more to work with ,couse you got to build up everything on a v6 car look at project bish ,look at them all then figure out where your going ,but have atleast 5K to start an plan for more ,for that amount you can get a z28 for less if your shop with 300 hp to start aprox