Cheapest HP Gain 06 SS
Monte Of The Month -- May 2009
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 774
From: S.F. Bay Area
my magnaflows arent bad inside. really not. they purrr just right. i dont think i could've picked a better sounding muffler. i did some youtube searches and just didnt like the pitch of the flowmasters....it was too high for me. i think magnaflows are a little deeper.
this is a video of the inside noise of my car.....the aim of the video was to get the supercharger whine, but you can hear the magnaflows and what they sound like from the inside.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Xbp...eature=related
this is a video of the inside noise of my car.....the aim of the video was to get the supercharger whine, but you can hear the magnaflows and what they sound like from the inside.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Xbp...eature=related
Last edited by 2003supersport; May 14, 2009 at 01:47 AM.
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 379
From: Aurora, IL
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 6,452
My point has been proven. $7,800 on modifications. That's a ton of money (not like I haven't spent that much in my time)...My point is that once you start "modding" a car, it never ends.
Monte Of The Month -- January 2009
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 726
From: AZ
If you go to a small performace muffler shop you can geth the same out of a magnaflow setup for almost half cheaper.
First ask them what size your piping is to your mufflers, Tell them you want 3inches pipes out and straight piped with no u bend of no resonator and tell them you want the y pipe to be 3inched and tell them tips you can get in 3.5 inches or 4 inches, I would go with 4 inch tips they be nice.
You can put magnaflow mufflers on without buying the full kit or flowmasters
Magna flow is lower tone and flowmaster is louder tone
My exhaust for a full cat back custom made with 2.50 all the way out because mine is a v6 and flomaster 40 series mufflers and 3.5 inch tips are $400 when said and done thats very good since slp is the cheapest cat back for like $550
Mods, You can get a MPD Inc Intake, YOU will want this If You ever want to do a ram air hood by them that goes straight into their intake. Its a very nice intake and is heat insulated and the lid is removable easily. I love my mpd inc intake, I would love their hood if I had no stripes and it was cheaper but you can do thir intake then add their hood later.
If you can find a place to professionally tune your car and maybe dyno it at the same time you can find this for $400-$500 and gain alot by a expieriance person.
Do the intake and exhaust, because when you get it professionaly tuned you can tell the pcm you have a air intake and exhaust and will get the most out of those mods.
I did the exhuast and intake but my car only sounds better and performance nicely when its cooler here, But you can tell some hp gain
but with a tune you will get the most out of your performance mods.
I am learning all this myself and have done those mods and will be doing a tune soon.
When I finish my things I will post my results
Also your correct I can't stop modding my car, there is always more ways of getting performance and handeling and making it look good and sound good that some day I need to say no more, I will take it one mod at a time and it will be finished one day, not soon lol
First ask them what size your piping is to your mufflers, Tell them you want 3inches pipes out and straight piped with no u bend of no resonator and tell them you want the y pipe to be 3inched and tell them tips you can get in 3.5 inches or 4 inches, I would go with 4 inch tips they be nice.
You can put magnaflow mufflers on without buying the full kit or flowmasters
Magna flow is lower tone and flowmaster is louder tone
My exhaust for a full cat back custom made with 2.50 all the way out because mine is a v6 and flomaster 40 series mufflers and 3.5 inch tips are $400 when said and done thats very good since slp is the cheapest cat back for like $550
Mods, You can get a MPD Inc Intake, YOU will want this If You ever want to do a ram air hood by them that goes straight into their intake. Its a very nice intake and is heat insulated and the lid is removable easily. I love my mpd inc intake, I would love their hood if I had no stripes and it was cheaper but you can do thir intake then add their hood later.
If you can find a place to professionally tune your car and maybe dyno it at the same time you can find this for $400-$500 and gain alot by a expieriance person.
Do the intake and exhaust, because when you get it professionaly tuned you can tell the pcm you have a air intake and exhaust and will get the most out of those mods.
I did the exhuast and intake but my car only sounds better and performance nicely when its cooler here, But you can tell some hp gain
but with a tune you will get the most out of your performance mods.
I am learning all this myself and have done those mods and will be doing a tune soon.
When I finish my things I will post my results
Also your correct I can't stop modding my car, there is always more ways of getting performance and handeling and making it look good and sound good that some day I need to say no more, I will take it one mod at a time and it will be finished one day, not soon lol
Monte Of The Month -- January 2009
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 726
From: AZ
Bigger pipes and bigger tips do make a difference in sound. Its not alot but is a little.
The reason is thier larger so the air echoes a little more and when you have more hp gain and wanting it to escape through the mufflers having the most flow will give you the best performance and sound as you can get.
Also if they make headers for your car that be sweet but we know headers arn't cheap
Wish you the best getting the most bang for the buck
get intake and exhaust
then tune it by a pro they now how to set up your pcm and know everything you don't know
they can change the air temp setting shift points so many things that I didn't even know.
The pcms are holding so much out of the fatories that it can be released by a professional gm tech tuner.
Just a programmer you can chage some things but not everything and for the same price as a tuner a professional person who can tune your car can prove the gains through a dyno or do a stock run and then after a tune you can see the true differnece in times.
My gm tech tuner has done alot of great vehicles he is taking his new camaro ss out to tomorrow to do just a stock run and to do a run with it tuned by himself to prove how great it is in tuning,
Also better mpg in tuning which will pay for itself in the long run if you tune it.
The reason is thier larger so the air echoes a little more and when you have more hp gain and wanting it to escape through the mufflers having the most flow will give you the best performance and sound as you can get.
Also if they make headers for your car that be sweet but we know headers arn't cheap
Wish you the best getting the most bang for the buck
get intake and exhaust
then tune it by a pro they now how to set up your pcm and know everything you don't know
they can change the air temp setting shift points so many things that I didn't even know.
The pcms are holding so much out of the fatories that it can be released by a professional gm tech tuner.
Just a programmer you can chage some things but not everything and for the same price as a tuner a professional person who can tune your car can prove the gains through a dyno or do a stock run and then after a tune you can see the true differnece in times.
My gm tech tuner has done alot of great vehicles he is taking his new camaro ss out to tomorrow to do just a stock run and to do a run with it tuned by himself to prove how great it is in tuning,
Also better mpg in tuning which will pay for itself in the long run if you tune it.
