How loud w/out cats in exhaust
 

Hey guys I am a new camaro owner. Never really had a camaro before and now I have a 95 z28 6spd. I love the car but it needs some exhaust. I was looking at summit racing and jegs to find some exhaust but I am a little confused about whether the car stays in with these exhaust systems or not. I don't want anything too loud but definitely want some rummble. I am going to get headers/y-pipe and a cat back system. I was wondering what a good cost effective exhaust system would be. IE... flowmaster, edlebrock, magnaflow..... Will it be really loud with removing the cat? Or should I keep it in there? If I remove the cat does any system come set up for that? Also where would be a good place to look for exhaust? I see bbk makes headers for my car which comes with a y-pipe. Is this a good set up? I really want the tips to be stainless and come straight out the back, with a large like 3" or bigger diam. Let me know what you guys are running and how it sounds. Thanks in advance for the help.......
P.S. will I have to do some kind of chip to run the exhaust and maintain driveability?

RE: How loud w/out cats in exhaust
 

AS the name implies, cat back system means everything from the cat back is changed, but the cat stays.

RE: How loud w/out cats in exhaust
 

Yeah but do they make a system where the cat goes? Or is there a test pipe to buy and put in place of the cat?

RE: How loud w/out cats in exhaust
 

You can replace the cat with a test pipe, if you can find it, or just have a plain pipe welded in. If you have smog inspection the car will fail without the cat.

RE: How loud w/out cats in exhaust
 

catco hi flow cats are only $50 on ebay...

and you can get a magnaflow for $69.99 on zzperformance.com