Dual exhaust without sounding gay
01-21-2008, 11:53 AM
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Exactly.
The best way to get a good sound out of the 3.8 is to either gut out the cat, or put in a high flow cat, get some headers, and put the exhaust of your choice on it. Personally I dont believe the kind of exhaust makes much difference except in tone. All of them are going to sound rice at about 3k rpm. Even with mine built up, it doesnt sound 'good' at high rpm.
The best way to get a good sound out of the 3.8 is to either gut out the cat, or put in a high flow cat, get some headers, and put the exhaust of your choice on it. Personally I dont believe the kind of exhaust makes much difference except in tone. All of them are going to sound rice at about 3k rpm. Even with mine built up, it doesnt sound 'good' at high rpm.
01-21-2008, 01:48 PM
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maganaflow is a good choice, but i love my SLP Loudmouth. Especially at idle, I just love how it sounds. Never been to fond of the flowmaster exhaust. My favorite exhaust is the Borla, and I'd so trade my exhaust in for a Borla if I could get a decent price.
01-24-2008, 08:20 PM
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01-24-2008, 10:18 PM
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well i LOVED my 3.4 at idle. especially after my cam. but past half throttle or anything above 2500 rpm was so gay. get a magnaflow and keep everything else stock it will keep the rasp and **** down.
heres my clip for the dude interested. this was a cam, ported heads, stock manifolds, gutted cat, flowmaster muffler:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...mmedPorted.flv
heres my clip for the dude interested. this was a cam, ported heads, stock manifolds, gutted cat, flowmaster muffler:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...mmedPorted.flv
01-25-2008, 01:16 AM
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Why would you post on that worthless...dont know **** site? lol
Custom, Magnaflow, Elderblock, TSP, SLP are your best choices to go for on a 3.8l. As stated no matter what you put on you will have rasp at some level or point.
Custom, Magnaflow, Elderblock, TSP, SLP are your best choices to go for on a 3.8l. As stated no matter what you put on you will have rasp at some level or point.
01-25-2008, 09:04 AM
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The v8's get better highway mileage than the 3.8's, i'll have to find the thread about it, but its true. If it tells you anything crazylegs, I get about 12mpg on my 3.8L.
01-25-2008, 10:27 AM
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I average 24mpg, I filled my tank up drove around like normal and did the math. Then again as cars age they suck down gas crazily. My old 4 cylinder 100HP van got like 10mpg haha.
01-25-2008, 10:45 AM
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If its a 6 speed, I may be able to believe its close, but theres no way. They have similar, if not, the same size gas tanks and ones going to be feeding two more cylinders. I got close to 30mpg was my best trip last year to csf.