i have a 1997 camaro and i am looking to get exhaust that has a good deep rich tone. It is all stock. what kind would be the best? thanks

 

I'm very happy with my magnaflow catback. Pretty cheap, sounds great and is stainless steel

 

can you give me a link so i no exactly what kind? and how does it sound in the higher rpms?

 

http://www.jegs.com/i/Magnaflow/642/15620/10002/-1

It is kinda quiet at idle..but in higher RPMs it sounds great

 

well thats for the v8. i forgot to mention i have a v6.

 

I would personally keep it stock. However, my brother had me put a hooker aerochamber on his old 95 Camaro v6. It didnt sound too bad for a v6.

 

well if i had also put headers on it would it sound better... i got a estamate from a company to install them and stuff with pacesetter headers and mangnaflow exhaust and hi flow cat. and it was going to be like 1500. so i think im going to try to do it my self... IF i were to get headers also would i have to do pipe bending to get the exhaust to fit?

 

I know you probably dont want to hear this, but there really is no point in wasting your money on headers or a full exhaust on that v6. It will quickly become a money pit. A slow money pit. I understand completely about the muffler swap. Ive done the same. I also put an 80 series flowmaster on the wife's 98 3.8 camaro. But truthfully you are never going to see any real horsepower from that car without going turbo.

 

well i would have gotten the v8 but the only reson i didnt was because im 16 and the insurance for the v8 would have been way to expensive, not that the v6 isnt expensive enough. haha. i had also been thinking about just doing an engine swap to a lt1.

 

I understand that. Im just 26 and I have a brother that is 19. Truth of the matter is that it is more expensive to swap the v6 to the lt1 then to just sell off the current car and buy a running lt1 car. Even ls1 cars are getting cheaper and cheaper.

If I was you, put a muffler on it. That will help you get a decent sound out of it. Save up your money instead of putting it in this car. Take good care of it and in a year or two, sell it off and pick up a v8 car.

 

i think i will just get a glasspack muffler. does anyone no if they sound good?

 

I know that this is an old thread and I'm not sure if you've decided on your setup or better yet if you even still have the car, but I know glasspacks sound amazing on LT1's. Not sure how they'd sound on a V6, you got the 3800 II so it might sound decent. I'd go with a cherry bomb or a flowmaster muffler for now if I were you and then I'd base your next move on how that sound would suit you, they're relatively inexpensive and sound good on V6's.

 

I would stay away from Flowmater- he said he wanted a deep tone and on a v6 esp the Flowmaster will have a high-pitched tone at upper rpms.

I have heard Flowmaster's on more than one V6 and even on the V8's they have a higher pitched tone. Magnaflow is probably going to be your best attempt at getting a deeper tone. The fact of the matter is no matter what exhaust you put behind it its still a V6 and will sound like one to anyone with a trained ear.

 

The muffler is your choice, just try not to make it terrible loud, as far as the full system I wouldnt recommend it, if you decide you want to get a LT1 car just go out and buy one, sell yours ,or use it for parts when you get the new one