Thats what I was thinking.

 

Borla For The Win Hehehehe

 

I have the Hooker setup and LOVE it. I have long tubes with not cats so at idle its still somewhat loud. However with cats Im sure it would be plenty tame at idle. As far as driving, if the rpms are low enough on my setup its not much louder than stock, once sticking your foot in it though it sounds simply nasty. Good overall design/quality for a fair price.

Aaron

 

Did anyone actually notice any gains from any of these systems? Also I've been looking up prices and I can't find any cat-backs for under 380 + shipping except for the hooker. Anyone got any good links with some good prices?

 

I picked up 1mph in the 1/4 using a Flowmaster catback part #17144 (3" single outlet) on an otherwise stock car. That's about what you'll get with most catback exhausts and I guarantee that's still well under $300.

 

I believe I bought my Hooker setup through Summit if I remember right. I really dont think you can go wrong with it. The overall build quality is good and it fit very well. As far as performance change, I can't really say because I installed long tube headers shortly before so there was pretty good gains with those.

Aaron

 

B&B triflo
hands down.
looks the best.
IMO sounds best.
not very restrictive.
expensive though
I ran a 13.56 with a Moroso Cai and catback in my red 94 before I did any other mods.
never did a baseline =[
see pics in linky.

 

One of my friends actually had this system. I talked to him about getting the dual outlet flowmaster an he told me that system suck and the single outlet was much better. I just really like the dual oulets and don't really want to do single. I'm probably just gonna do the loudmouth ll system and then figure out down the road what to do about the sound when I decide to do the headers and ORY. I'm just trying to get the most performance I can get out of a cat-back and I think the loudmouth is the most straight through design you can get for the cash.

 

Yeah, that's why I have a dual outlet Dynomax Ultra-Flow Welded Race muffler on my car now. However, if I had a Camaro and not a Trans Am, the single outlet thing wouldn't bug me at all.

Plus, you could go to an exhaust shop, have them weld in a pipe just ahead of the muffler, put a flange and a plate in there, then another tailpipe - basically make it like a Borla setup....

 

I was just curious. I noticed that some of these systems have dual 3 inch outlets and some have 2.5 inch outlets. Does this really make a difference in flow for an almost stock motor?

 

do you buy chance have a clip of your shoties/LM? I'm debating buying a LM

 

Na bro sorry I don't. It sounds mean though. Id go for it. Has sorta of a gargle noise when you let off the gas but I liked it.

 

Email any and all eBay sellers, and tell them you want the Magnaflow system of your choice shipped to your zipcode and you don't want any "free" catalytic converters. They should reply with an offer less than $300.

 

I really like my borla catback exhaust. It has a very nice sound at idle and it doesnt sound like a poorly tuned race car. But when you start to rev the engine on the road or still. Well lets just say you unleash the beast but the sound is deep and strong not high and raspy.

 

That comment about the single out flowmaster being a better design than the dual outlet ...

I'd have to question that. All the Flowmaster mufflers, other than their race mufflers have baffles in them to produce the sound they make. I dont see how there could be "that" much of a difference between them.

Go with what you like the sound of most. THey all flow so close that it makes no real difference in power. And when you get to the level where it would make a significant difference, the real thing holding you back will be that it is not true duals ... And you will run a cut out anyways,or do true duals.

I see no reason to choose one cat back over another from a performance stand point. If it matters that much, dont buy an exhaust now, save the money, and put it towards a true dual set up with nice straight through mufflers.