What kind of exhaust for my 01 v6

[Cleveland]

This summer i am going to have a job and that means possibly a little extra money. I want to put a better exhaust on my car so it will sound way better. I was thinking some flowmasters. Any suggestions otherwise? How much do you think this would cost me??

Thanks

[Matt56]

i would do longtubes first they will compliment your exhaust tone, people say catted mid pipes sound the best on the 6 cylinder but im running longtubes, off road x-pipe and flow master 40series and have gotten some compliments on the exhaust tone. i havent really heard anything else besides flowmasters in person on V6's. some say spin techs pro street muffler sounds good to. what are your plans for your car?

[court]

longtubes are good, i'd say get some high flow cats, i dont really think 6's sound very good without them, either go true dual or a H, X's make a more raspy sound. i've only heard flowmasters on a 6 but i've heard magna flows sound pretty good, but it's all up to you and what your taste is

[Boostaholic2184]

A turbo kit would make a sweeeet exhaust note...

[Torquer]

so would a V8!!!

[Matt56]

ahh yes i knew it was a matter of time until the V8 response came up. do cats if you cant get inspected for not having them.

[court]

might as well get it cammed with a supercharger... lol

[Matt56]

come on court no need to be sarcastic, you can find a nice used set of longtubes for 150-200 bucks, a mid pipe from 99-04 GT for 50, flows are cheap now-a-days, flow tubes are 50 bucks and then tail pipes arent hard to come by, at least its not single port

[Cleveland]

What are longtubes?

[court]

"longtube headers" they replace your stock "short" headers, instead of your mid pipe coming up to meet your stock headers the longtube headers will extend all the way down and under the car up to where your cats are now. hopefully that makes sense to you lol

[Cleveland]

I have true duals on it already. does this make a difference?

[court]

yes! they will give you a MUCH better sound and better performance, they are a very highly recommended upgrade

[Cleveland]

Ok so i have true duals. You think longtubes and flowmaster 40s would be good?

[court]

yeah, thats what most people do, i would say get some highflow cats too though, it'll give you a better sound AND make it legal

[Boostaholic2184]

FlowBastards are played out IMO.....there are lots of good exhaust companies out there to choose from other than BlowMaster

[Cleveland]

How much is all this stuff? Would it sound good with just flowmasters and not longtubes because i heard those are pretty high

[court]

the long tube ARE pretty expensive, and if you dont want to spend that much in it, it will still sound pretty good with just the flowmasters

what do you have right now?

[l_shizzle_l]

It'll sound ok but you will probally think it sounds freekin amazing. At least take your cats out if you arn't getting the longtubes tho.

[Cleveland]

What is on my car right now are forzaflows. Ive never heard of them but they came with the car.

[court]

lol i've never heard of that either

[Matt56]

you can run a off road H-pipe meant for stock manifolds (headers) i bought mine for i think 130 from mac through 50resto.com and i just pieced together the rest. alot of people do the 40 series flowmasters cause they sound better for the even firing motor in our cars, most of every other muffler will sound like a weed wacker

[Cleveland]

What size pipes should i put on it. I would have to replace the tiny ones that are on mine right now

[Matt56]

2.5 inch no bigger or your gona lose back pressure unless its boosted.

[Cleveland]

is that the best option or is that just what sounds the best?

[Matt56]

its the best option, and it is what sounds the best. you can do 2.75 then you would have to get it bent and fabbed up wich would cost more. if your not a memeber on
v6power.net yet i would strongly recomend visiting their site its based strongly on v6 performance and you can find alot of new and used parts on the site.

[Matt56]

these were just posted up for 150 shipped they will work with your car
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[Cleveland]

How should i go about doing this? Should i just figure out what i want and then go to different muffler shops and get prices?

[l_shizzle_l]

I would buy your mufflers somewhere else then bring them to them so you arn't charged their prices on the mufflers.

[court]

yeah, go get everything you want (headers, mufflers, cats, whatever) and then go find the place that will put it all together for the least amount of money

[Matt56]

yeah, go get everything you want (headers, mufflers, cats, whatever) and then go find the place that will put it all together for the least amount of money

but make sure they do decent work and are not sloppy with their welds

[court]

but make sure they do decent work and are not sloppy with their welds

+1!

[stang21034]

I got a 4,2 and have it came with longtubes, hi flow cats
x pipe and spintech muffler s it it sounds. Badass
shit some people think it a v8
it has a good tone to it

[oscarhdz]

go with a long tubes an x pipe and 2 magnaflow straight thru mufflers, with 2 1/2 inch tubes all the way, and it will sound awsome really agresive, thats my setup and guys they dont know me they all think my car its a v8, and running it sounds awsome too.

[l_shizzle_l]

I got a 4,2 and have it came with longtubes, hi flow cats
x pipe and spintech muffler s it it sounds. Badass
shit some people think it a v8
it has a good tone to it

shit you need to hear my car then. Ever want to go with a catless x pipe?

go with a long tubes an x pipe and 2 magnaflow straight thru mufflers, with 2 1/2 inch tubes all the way, and it will sound awsome really agresive, thats my setup and guys they dont know me they all think my car its a v8, and running it sounds awsome too.

I agree with everything but I would go with a chambered magnaflow miffler personally.