It seems as though you are looking for the Magnaflow exhaust, IMHO. Not too loud but louder than stock, a REAL demon when you press like hell, and it flows better that the Flowmaster. In fact, I think that they have sound clips at magnaflow.com. I will be getting these hopefully before Christmas. Just my .02

 

Seems like a lot of people say that catback X flows better than catback Y, but no one has dynos to back up that information. I've never seen dynos proving that *any* catback had greater/lesser power gains than any other.
That being said, if you're looking for the best power gain for the least dollar, and you don't care about sound - go for the cutout...
laters,
Shane

 

So what exactly are we saying here.....that for the best performance the cutout is hands down the way to go. If you want sound and performance go with dynomouth or loudmouth. If you just want sound go with a regular catback or just put on a different muffler...right? I was looking into prices and what about random tech? Is anyone running this system?

 

I got about 20-25 HP on my Corsa...Smooth and mellow inside when you are goin easy...Mean as hell @ WOT. Only complaint is that it gets a vibration noise going in park and reverse. Slight, but annoying for a $700 system...

Oh and the tips look fresh as hell. Despite the rattle, I still put in my vote for Corsa.

 

Hooker has a LS1 kit.

I vote for Hooker!

 

If I had the money Corsa would be my choice, but since I'm sort of on a budget for the next month, I decided to go with Hooker.

 

Who has the best price for the system?

 

"Dynomouth"

I've heard a couple of them and they sound GREAT! Plus, it's cheap to build. ($150 or less ... installed)

 

Do some looking.. im not your butler

usually 280.00 - 300.00

 

I like my Flowmaster. A good bit more agressive than stock. Sounds muscular. Agree with the previous post re: don't waste your $$ on a cat back for all the reasons he mentioned. I got mine done at a local exhaust shop. Installed with custom 3 1/2" chrome tips it came to about $260 - about $100 of that was the tips. The exhaust shop mgr said expect 8-10 additional hp. Hard to "feel" an extra 8-10 hp seat of the pants when you're already talking 310 hp !!!!!

 

I have the mac exhaust.. I like it for two reasons
(1.) no drone
(2.) the look

I have lots of sound files for you
http://ls1info.com/download.php

 

Magnaflow is a great setup if you dont want to much noise at idle but a bada$$ sound at higher RPM

 

Right here:

http://www.ftforce.com/camaro_exhaust.htm

Just scroll down to find the hooker.

 

I was in your position about 2 months ago, im new to the ls1 as well and i ended up with a corsa. i know you said around $350 but i think it was worth it and im more than satisfied. a lot of people complain about drone, i had a flowmaster cb on my 95z with headers and after an hour on the highway my head hurt plus it never looked that good. the only two entirely stainless catback systems (i think) are borla and corsa and then its just preference. but keep in mind you most likely dont want to install anything twice, so you might be better off paying a little extra up front.

its not the loudest exhaust but its one of the cleanest i think.

 

Hey thanks for all your replies guys.....sorry it took me so long to reply back. I just got over with the worst stomach virus I ever had in my life