Guys my sister in law called today wants my advice as to what catback to buy under $500 on a 98 T/A WS6 single exhaust(thats all she can spend) needs an answer today so she can order one Appreciate any help
Thanks Rick

The SLP LOUDMOUTH is about your only choice in that price range.

Loudmouth and hooker. I have had them both

if you are keeping the cats, get the loudmouth. I have one on my car and love it. (it was on before the turbo's too) sounded great. plus its stainless.

if you are dumping the cats, get the same one and have a diff resonator welded in. OR the hooker sounds nice and makes good power too.

Loudmouth if you want to be obnoxious. The Hooker is cheap and effective but not stainless. The Magnaflow sounds good and is stainless for about 430.

I have seen a couple used Borla systems recently for around 400.

I am running the Hooker setup right now but if I had it to do over again, I think I would go with a Magnaflow.

Buy a used SLP Loudmouth and slap a dynomax bullet on there!

I have an SLP dual/dual on my LS1 and I think it sounds great. Noticibly loud at WOT but not irritating when cruising. It's not raspy like the Loudmouth and it is stainless steel.

I just got a hooker cat back for my 95 new from advance auto for $259. I would think they also have them for a 98. It sounds great, fits great and I have no regrets.

Hey Rick,

The system I had on my 98WS6 was the Flowmaster American Thunder. I know people knock it for the no real gain in power but I had TONS of people saying how nice it sounded.

So, what are you up to these days?

Take Care,

Bill

I will only consider the Hooker Aerochamber cat-back after hearing about the dyno results at Thunder Racing. They have done some research on exhaust system effectiveness and had the best luck with Hooker Aerochamber mufflers and a Mufflex pipe. Unfortunately you can't just order Mufflex pipe. BUT, you can order the Hooker Cat-back.

exactly. The hooker areochamber is one of if not the best flowing mufflers (not resonators) out there. Will sound good with any manifold/cat combo. Probably the quietest out of all aftermarket catbacks but does have a nice mellow sound. Plus you can drop the muffler/tips in 2 minutes and have an over the axle dump.

ATR is a good choice like mentioned above. Sounds great N/A, bottle fed, and blown.

My, I havent seen BISHOP on this site for what seems like YEARS!

Hi Bishop

Hi, still here just lurking a bit.