Exhaust
#1
Exhaust
I am getting some ideas on what exhaust I should put on my 96 3.8. First question, can you put true duals on the v6 camaro? Second question, what do you think sounds best on a camaro? I am planning on running headers too.
#2
You can run true duals, but you would have to custom up a lot of it; and I don't believe it's worth it. A good catback, headers, cat and y pipe would probably net you near 30-40 hp. I have seen write ups of people comparing performance gains by using a X pipe versus a y pipe and the gains in hp have been minimal, if that. I believe one of the more in depth writeups was on a Mustang forum, in which the guy provided dyno results of his car with a y pipe and a x pipe.
#4
As for a deep tone I've heard 3.8's with Magnaflow catbacks and they sound almost like a V8. I'm not quite sure about the horsepower gains, but I'm planning on buying a magnaflow for my car.
#8
I have a Magnaflow catback and SLP CAI, sounds good, but you still know it ain't a V8. magnaflow's exhaust is supposed to be pretty damn good in terms of flow and performance, Flowmasters has a bad reputation for not giving much in terms of performance gain. You need to hit up youtube and listen to different setups; I personally never liked the Flowmaster sound. They sounded ok at idle but they all seemed to whine out more than other brands.
#9
As some of the other posters have said, flowmasters give off a whiney sound and they aren't really good if you're looking for performance gains. Another one you could consider is a Borla Catback.