Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Calendar
Go Back   NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds > Tech Forums > Engine / Power / Tuning

Notices


Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 11-29-2005, 08:32 PM   #26
95firebirdconvertible
 
95firebirdconvertible's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Cape May, NJ
Posts: 188
iTrader: (0)
The Rumbler is my favorite exhaust I have ever heard on the v8 and v6 on our cars. I am going with Flowmaster because it is only going to take $280 out of my pocket. Everything else is $400+. I could go the cheapest route and buy a Dynomax Super Turbo Muffler (sounds great), but I want the full cat-back. 3.4's do sound better than 3.8's. I am going to get rasp no matter what. So sorry to you Savage Messiah, I cant afford the $400+ Magnaflow.
__________________
-Rick

Bright White '95 Firebird Convertible 3.4L A4 - Flowmaster American Thunder Cat-back, Zexel Torsen Posi-traction, Black Checkered Stripes, Clear Corners, Misc. Appearance Mods.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2077741

South > All
95firebirdconvertible is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2005, 09:37 PM   #27
Savage_Messiah
2007 Member of the Year
 
Savage_Messiah's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Seabrook, TX
Posts: 14,281
iTrader: (1)
from the exhaust guys my magnaflow 15620 was 320, i dont knwwo what you'r talking about 400+

is the flowmaster stainless steel? if not start saving up for another one when it rusts through

you getting 2.5" or 3"
__________________
WF=DF

Kommandant
of the ACL (Anti Canadian League)

Quote:
Originally Posted by LTb1ow View Post
Junk the pos, spend the money on beer, acquire headache.

Same result cept this headache doesnt last months.
Savage_Messiah is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2005, 10:18 PM   #28
95firebirdconvertible
 
95firebirdconvertible's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Cape May, NJ
Posts: 188
iTrader: (0)
Exhaust Guys? Send me the link... The Flowmaster is Aluminized, good for the amount of time I am keeping the car. Both Flowmaster and Magnaflow is 2.5" for the v6.
__________________
-Rick

Bright White '95 Firebird Convertible 3.4L A4 - Flowmaster American Thunder Cat-back, Zexel Torsen Posi-traction, Black Checkered Stripes, Clear Corners, Misc. Appearance Mods.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2077741

South > All
95firebirdconvertible is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-30-2005, 07:33 AM   #29
JL8Jeff
Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
 
JL8Jeff's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
Posts: 6,216
iTrader: (3)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Savage_Messiah
from the exhaust guys my magnaflow 15620 was 320, i dont knwwo what you'r talking about 400+

is the flowmaster stainless steel? if not start saving up for another one when it rusts through

you getting 2.5" or 3"
That's a really decent price for a Magnaflow setup.
Please tell me you didn't use the Magnaflow dual 3.5" ricer tailpipes!
__________________
69 Z28 JL8 4 wheel disc brakes - being restored
09 Silverado Z71
JL8Jeff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-30-2005, 08:16 AM   #30
Savage_Messiah
2007 Member of the Year
 
Savage_Messiah's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Seabrook, TX
Posts: 14,281
iTrader: (1)
that's what comes with the catback, I'm not about to go out and buy some new tips I have better things to spend my money on... plus they really son't look that big on the car.



__________________
WF=DF

Kommandant
of the ACL (Anti Canadian League)

Quote:
Originally Posted by LTb1ow View Post
Junk the pos, spend the money on beer, acquire headache.

Same result cept this headache doesnt last months.
Savage_Messiah is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-30-2005, 01:04 PM   #31
ar0ck
Resident Camera Guy
 
ar0ck's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: North Jersey
Posts: 10,971
iTrader: (2)
Social Networks:

The magnaflow 3.5" Tips are SEXY!


Old Pic
__________________
ar0ck is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-30-2005, 05:24 PM   #32
enRo
13 Second Club
 
enRo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Netcong, NJ
Posts: 5,799
iTrader: (6)
IMHO, those tips are disgusting, as in the most ugliest ****ing aftermarket tips that have graced an Fbody. No offense to you guys with the 3.5" , but chrome 2.5"s will look 2x as better, but thats just me.
__________________
2019 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro ... M6, Voodoo Blue Fun Machine
1987 Pontiac Trans Am ... 305 TPI, T5, Project Car
enRo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-30-2005, 06:52 PM   #33
Brando56894
15 Second Club
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Vineland
Posts: 6,621
iTrader: (0)
i partially agree with noah, they look alright on camaros but look ****** on firebirds no matter what way you put it. once i get my magnaflow im gonna have the shop cut/take the tips off and weld on some chrome dual twins then ill be in business. IMO those 3.5" tips look about as good as the tips on my stock exhaust (the rectangular ****s), like kasey said he doesnt really care what his tips looks like and he has better things to spend his money on, me on the other hand, i think tips either make or break the car, i wouldnt mind spending around $150 for the perfect tips. right now i think my car looks great (aside from minor things that you dont notice from far away) my cars all bright red and the chrome is shiny then i look at my exhaust and im like D'OH! they look nasty and dont add to the car at all. im debating on what size to get for my magnaflow. what would sound better on my 6 banger 2.5 or 3?
__________________
- Founder of the bunny
- Pancake Bunny Club Member #3

OG!
Brando56894 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-30-2005, 06:55 PM   #34
Savage_Messiah
2007 Member of the Year
 
Savage_Messiah's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Seabrook, TX
Posts: 14,281
iTrader: (1)
what about that huge dent in your wheel?

3 inch all the way cuz i know you wanna get on performance sooner or later

3inch would sound... like my car.
__________________
WF=DF

Kommandant
of the ACL (Anti Canadian League)

Quote:
Originally Posted by LTb1ow View Post
Junk the pos, spend the money on beer, acquire headache.

Same result cept this headache doesnt last months.
Savage_Messiah is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-02-2005, 03:09 PM   #35
Brando56894
15 Second Club
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Vineland
Posts: 6,621
iTrader: (0)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Savage_Messiah
what about that huge dent in your wheel?
if you think the rim thats on my car now is bad, you should see the stock rim that i bent up! it was so bad, that even if they put a new tire on it it wouldnt hold air! it also sliced the tire and i dunno if i want my car as loud as yours kasey :unsure:
__________________
- Founder of the bunny
- Pancake Bunny Club Member #3

OG!
Brando56894 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-02-2005, 06:09 PM   #36
Savage_Messiah
2007 Member of the Year
 
Savage_Messiah's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Seabrook, TX
Posts: 14,281
iTrader: (1)
my cars not loud you pansy
__________________
WF=DF

Kommandant
of the ACL (Anti Canadian League)

Quote:
Originally Posted by LTb1ow View Post
Junk the pos, spend the money on beer, acquire headache.

Same result cept this headache doesnt last months.
Savage_Messiah is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-03-2005, 05:30 PM   #37
Brando56894
15 Second Club
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Vineland
Posts: 6,621
iTrader: (0)
at times it is, i guess im just used to how quiet mine is...
__________________
- Founder of the bunny
- Pancake Bunny Club Member #3

OG!
Brando56894 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-03-2005, 05:36 PM   #38
foff667
Keyboard Tough Guy
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Trenton, NJ
Posts: 6,341
iTrader: (0)
your car is pretty obnoxious kasey...and yes they are probably thee ugliest tips ive ever seen.
foff667 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-04-2005, 01:49 AM   #39
Savage_Messiah
2007 Member of the Year
 
Savage_Messiah's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Seabrook, TX
Posts: 14,281
iTrader: (1)
Quote:
Originally Posted by foff667
your car is pretty obnoxious kasey...and yes they are probably thee ugliest tips ive ever seen.
but not LOUD...
__________________
WF=DF

Kommandant
of the ACL (Anti Canadian League)

Quote:
Originally Posted by LTb1ow View Post
Junk the pos, spend the money on beer, acquire headache.

Same result cept this headache doesnt last months.
Savage_Messiah is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-04-2005, 04:59 PM   #40
Brando56894
15 Second Club
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Vineland
Posts: 6,621
iTrader: (0)
obnoxious, loud, same thing.... and yes it is especially when everything in the freakin car rattles! for example the damn change in the cup holder which continuessly rattles! this is for everyone that thinks kaseys exhaust is obnoxious would cuttin it down to a 2.5" instead of 3" make it sound better/less annoying?
__________________
- Founder of the bunny
- Pancake Bunny Club Member #3

OG!
Brando56894 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-04-2005, 05:55 PM   #41
NJSPEEDER
NJFBOA Co-Founder
 
NJSPEEDER's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: All up in your kool aid!
Posts: 12,235
iTrader: (10)
not really. all that the tubing diameter really changes is the spm at which it resonates and it will effect the pitch a little.

if you are worried about your V6 sounding liek crap i will save you a bunch of money and time right now, it is a V6, it will sound like ass, to avoid this find the most silencing muffler in history and put two of them on the car.

on the other hand if you actually want an exhaust system that will support some performance gain you may as well go 3inch. the engine already processes enough air to take advantage of it and it will only improve as you add other mods.
__________________
Tim - NJSPEEDER
Currently F-bodyless

New Jersey F-Body Owners Association
NJSPEEDER is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-04-2005, 09:48 PM   #42
Ian
Banned Camp Director Emeritus
 
Ian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Somerset County
Posts: 8,395
iTrader: (7)
Yeah, pretty much any aftermarket exhaust you put on there will sound like cat ****. but using smaller tail pipes might help out a little....might.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by baddest434 View Post
and 1 more smart ass answer by you and i'm going to reach into this monitor and grab you by the throat
Ian is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-05-2005, 05:57 PM   #43
Brando56894
15 Second Club
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Vineland
Posts: 6,621
iTrader: (0)
ehh i already told my dad to get me the 3" (for christmas that is) so since im gonna be doing other **** to it then yea ill just stick with the 3 inch. this question has been on my mind, if you remove something that requires one of the "ready flags" (for example the cat) what will happen when it gets inspected? is that what bill does (or can do) in addition to deleting the code so it wont through a SES? cuz i was thinkin about getting a cut out but i already have the bullet muffler here, its just the option of which one do i want to use? also i remember a few of you guys (mainly alex) saying a cutout would sound liek complete ass. i like the sound of matts GP, is that what mine would sound like with one or nah?
__________________
- Founder of the bunny
- Pancake Bunny Club Member #3

OG!

Last edited by Brando56894; 12-05-2005 at 06:07 PM.
Brando56894 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-06-2005, 01:03 AM   #44
Savage_Messiah
2007 Member of the Year
 
Savage_Messiah's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Seabrook, TX
Posts: 14,281
iTrader: (1)
speaking from driving aroudn open y-pipe for a day... it's fun and obnoxiously loud, but above say 2k rpms sounds liek AAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, and you get tired of it reeeal quick.

I will put it this way... even tho theres a cat bolted up for inspections, I have had it tuned out and deleted... they plugged in and scanned, all the readiness tests passed and my emissions passed.
__________________
WF=DF

Kommandant
of the ACL (Anti Canadian League)

Quote:
Originally Posted by LTb1ow View Post
Junk the pos, spend the money on beer, acquire headache.

Same result cept this headache doesnt last months.
Savage_Messiah is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-06-2005, 10:39 AM   #45
GP99GT
Mr Fantastic
 
GP99GT's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Milford NJ
Posts: 7,917
iTrader: (2)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Savage_Messiah
speaking from driving aroudn open y-pipe for a day... it's fun and obnoxiously loud, but above say 2k rpms sounds liek AAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, and you get tired of it reeeal quick.

I will put it this way... even tho theres a cat bolted up for inspections, I have had it tuned out and deleted... they plugged in and scanned, all the readiness tests passed and my emissions passed.
you shouldve heard my car with open manifolds, lol

it sounded like an old school rat rod at WOT, and sounded cammed at idle...

and i dunno about 3.4's sounding better than 3.8's...the 3.4's kinda have a tinny hollow exhaust sound.
__________________
Matt

B18B1 FTW

Last edited by GP99GT; 12-06-2005 at 10:41 AM.
GP99GT is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-06-2005, 10:43 AM   #46
Tru2Chevy
Co-Founder / Site Admin
 
Tru2Chevy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ewing, NJ
Posts: 22,476
iTrader: (8)
Social Networks:

Quote:
Originally Posted by GP99GT
and i dunno about 3.4's sounding better than 3.8's...the 3.4's kinda have a tinny hollow exhaust sound.
60* > 90* .

- Justin
__________________
1999 Camry - Beigemobile DD
2002 Suburban - Wife's DD
2004 Grand Cherokee - Not running / Project / Selling?

Tru2Chevy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-06-2005, 01:49 PM   #47
Savage_Messiah
2007 Member of the Year
 
Savage_Messiah's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Seabrook, TX
Posts: 14,281
iTrader: (1)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy
60* > 90* .

- Justin
I agree (in terms of sound)
__________________
WF=DF

Kommandant
of the ACL (Anti Canadian League)

Quote:
Originally Posted by LTb1ow View Post
Junk the pos, spend the money on beer, acquire headache.

Same result cept this headache doesnt last months.
Savage_Messiah is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-06-2005, 06:26 PM   #48
Brando56894
15 Second Club
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Vineland
Posts: 6,621
iTrader: (0)
yea im guess ill just go with the bullet then
__________________
- Founder of the bunny
- Pancake Bunny Club Member #3

OG!
Brando56894 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-06-2005, 09:31 PM   #49
Savage_Messiah
2007 Member of the Year
 
Savage_Messiah's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Seabrook, TX
Posts: 14,281
iTrader: (1)
good call
__________________
WF=DF

Kommandant
of the ACL (Anti Canadian League)

Quote:
Originally Posted by LTb1ow View Post
Junk the pos, spend the money on beer, acquire headache.

Same result cept this headache doesnt last months.
Savage_Messiah is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-06-2005, 10:28 PM   #50
Brando56894
15 Second Club
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Vineland
Posts: 6,621
iTrader: (0)
no cutout means more money for hood and/or exhaust and tips
__________________
- Founder of the bunny
- Pancake Bunny Club Member #3

OG!
Brando56894 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

  NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds > Tech Forums > Engine / Power / Tuning


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

» Sponsor List














All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:56 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.