Ok I have had my camaro for only 3 months and its a great car but what should be some of the first mods i should consider? I like the fuel efficiency of the car so thats why i stayed away from the z28 but the car needs a little something and i dont know where to start...

 

whisper lid with a drop in k&n filter followed by a 3" catback

 

whats the gain involved with these mods

 

Not too sure numbers wise but noticable especially in the top end

 

thanks for the input ive checked out the whisper lid and this will be at the top of my list if not on tomorrows list. Do you have the catback and if you do what muffler are you using?

 

Well I started off with SLP loudmouth and loved the hell out of it. The problem was I live at home and my parents didn't. They made me get rid of it and I bought Edelbrock's catback. The intermediate pipe on thier exhaust (straight part that runs along the driveshaft) is weird. It's 2.25 inch piping until where it goes over the axle then it goes to 3 inch. I had the muffler shop install this one and had them cut the 2.25inch section out and weld in a 3 inch pipe so it would be 3" catback all the way. It sounded great, no rasp or nothing. Then the muffler started to rattle as if a bomb had gone off inside and the stuff was just bouncing around. A few days ago I got a Hooker maxflow muffler welded in place of the edelbrock muffler. It sounds good but at WOT I'm still not sure how I feel about it but it still needs to burn in some. If I had the $$ I would've gotten Borla from the start because of quality, sound and the fact that you can adjust volume using little plates.

 

http://www.fullthrottlev6.com/forums.../rossborla.WAV this is a link to a sound clip of borla, anywho im going to bed

 

anyone else have a borla? How do they sound. the link before sounded like it was a clip of a v8.

 

it was not a v8 i promise

 

im blown away if thats truly not a v8, unbelievable sound from a v6

 

Is that with the cam?

 

The link wouldnt work for the sound, but I have a Borla.

I have a Borla Cat back, stock headers and the wisper lid.

In my opinion, it sounds "OK" , not like a V8 though! I have the block off plate installed and I drilled a few holes in it so it sounds the best I've ever had it I think, It sounds great down low thanks to the 3" piping, but up top without the small or solid plate it's just too loud and Raspy.

It's a quality system, thats why i bought it (their wasnt many V6 options a few years ago) It's T304 stainless steel so it has held up to the winters without any rust and other then a ocasional clunk from where it connects in the center on the cross bar (I used the wrong clamp and it rusted causing the clunk) it's been good.

I'd do some serious homework before you buy one, Everyone wants something a little different.

If I had a New V6 again I dont know what I would do.

 

Thanks for the feedback. If you still want to hear the exhaust link then you probably need to download quicktime. I just listened to it again and its still working. I still think it could be a v8 but im told its a v6. Chrisz24 so what kind of horses did you get from those couple mods?

 

Nope, it's not my car either. The guy who's car it is lives in Texas and his name is Ross. He's HAWGS on most of the forums that he's on. When you first buy an exhaust you should always leave it on for a few months before you decide to change it if you don't like it. The tone changes quite a bit in the first 3 months or so (burning in the exhaust).

 

deff. start with an intake,headers, caty. and exhaust. Throttle repsonse will be much much better and you will notice some gains. When your ready move onto bigger mods

I have magnaflow catback. 3" piping from the S pipe all the way back. I love it and i get alot of comments about the deep throaty sound it makes. Doesnt sound too raspy above 4k either. If money is a situation however i would recommend the slp loudmouth. quality exhaust for the price and looks real nice