03 ss monte carlo exhaust system
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 177
From: Watertown, SD
hahahaha i wish, but sadly it is impossible to get these to sound like a v8 at high rpms... unless you can get ahold of Mr. Potteri'm not saying v8 sound is possible, just that you can make the fwd 3.8 sound beautiful in its own way with a little custom exhaust work
Apparently none of you have listened to a grand prix gt, both of my brothers grand prix gt's sound great with the stock exhaust, funny because my older brothers 02 grand prix gt has the exact same exhaust as mine and his sounds entirely different. You can't hear the monte carlo ss at idle.
Oh and 03l67ss what moron would put them in backwards? My brothers hasn't been touched, and I dont think my exhaust has either. It sounds terrible though. Like, I like my car until I realise it makes as much noise as a prius. The engine makes noise obviously, but like I said when the car is idling I can't here it at all, and the exhaust barely get's any louder when you rev it.
Oh and 03l67ss what moron would put them in backwards? My brothers hasn't been touched, and I dont think my exhaust has either. It sounds terrible though. Like, I like my car until I realise it makes as much noise as a prius. The engine makes noise obviously, but like I said when the car is idling I can't here it at all, and the exhaust barely get's any louder when you rev it.
Last edited by brendan127; Apr 26, 2012 at 07:28 PM.
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 744
From: Indiana
Apparently none of you have listened to a grand prix gt, both of my brothers grand prix gt's sound great with the stock exhaust, funny because my older brothers 02 grand prix gt has the exact same exhaust as mine and his sounds entirely different. You can't hear the monte carlo ss at idle.
Oh and 03l67ss what moron would put them in backwards? My brothers hasn't been touched, and I dont think my exhaust has either. It sounds terrible though. Like, I like my car until I realise it makes as much noise as a prius. The engine makes noise obviously, but like I said when the car is idling I can't here it at all, and the exhaust barely get's any louder when you rev it.
Oh and 03l67ss what moron would put them in backwards? My brothers hasn't been touched, and I dont think my exhaust has either. It sounds terrible though. Like, I like my car until I realise it makes as much noise as a prius. The engine makes noise obviously, but like I said when the car is idling I can't here it at all, and the exhaust barely get's any louder when you rev it.
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Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Seattle
Maybe it has something to do with the mufflers? If you look up the exhaust system for both cars they use the same resonator but different part numbers are shown for the mufflers. Unless the hangers are different (and that's the reason for different part numbers) why would they offer a different muffler when they could have coverage with 2 parts instead of 4?
I have heard the Grand Prix GT's in stock form with stock exhaust, and for the 3800 V6, that's about as good as they sound. And even that exhaust note is a little debatable. With this engine, the quieter it is, the better. They do not sound good at WOT with an aftermarket exhaust system. Only way it'll sound mean is with a turbocharger, a supercharger whine, or maybe a Cam, but I haven't heard a cammed 3800 in a long time.
Maybe it has something to do with the mufflers? If you look up the exhaust system for both cars they use the same resonator but different part numbers are shown for the mufflers. Unless the hangers are different (and that's the reason for different part numbers) why would they offer a different muffler when they could have coverage with 2 parts instead of 4?
Last edited by brendan127; Apr 26, 2012 at 08:09 PM.
I have heard the Grand Prix GT's in stock form with stock exhaust, and for the 3800 V6, that's about as good as they sound. And even that exhaust note is a little debatable. With this engine, the quieter it is, the better. They do not sound good at WOT with an aftermarket exhaust system. Only way it'll sound mean is with a turbocharger, a supercharger whine, or maybe a Cam, but I haven't heard a cammed 3800 in a long time.
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