6th Gen ('00-'05): Exhaust on a budget
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I've been browsing some old threads reading about cat-back exhausts, mufflers, glasspacks and resonator deletes. My current one is stock and pretty rusty from harsh MN winters, and I don't have the money to do a full catback exhaust (oh how I wish). I want a little more growl and less whine. I've heard about our engines (3800) sounding raspy at certain rpms, but I think I'd be ok with that (aftermarket stereo system does help with that). I also just want to do away with the old, ugly resonator. What would be the avg cost of doing so, versus, say, a glasspack? And what are some good brands to go with that aren't outrageously expensive? Pros and cons of glasspack v. resonator delete?
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![](http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/chibiblacksheep/FrontofExhaustSystem.jpg)
![](http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/chibiblacksheep/RearofExhaustSystem.jpg)
^ That's the stock system ^
Here's what a front powerlog looks like:
![](http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/chibiblacksheep/Plog.jpg)
Here's a ZZP downpipe:
![](http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/chibiblacksheep/downpipe_front.jpg)
U-Bend deleted from the downpipe:
![](http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/chibiblacksheep/dp_installed_o2.jpg)
Downpipe from under my car:
![](http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/chibiblacksheep/dp_catandup.jpg)
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Thanks mike! That helps me a lot. I now know I have a hole in the resonator. Lol been debating on what to get for an exhaust as well. If I don't have to pass emissions should I go with a Catless downpipe?
Don't mean to hijack this,
Don't mean to hijack this,
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Hey mike:
I noticed 1 of those pics looks like you had your car on a rotiserre....You da man to flip your car just to show ashley what the pipes look like!![ROTFL](https://montecarloforum.com/forum/images/smilies/lmao.gif)
Great Pics!!! Thanks...
I noticed 1 of those pics looks like you had your car on a rotiserre....You da man to flip your car just to show ashley what the pipes look like!
![ROTFL](https://montecarloforum.com/forum/images/smilies/lmao.gif)
Great Pics!!! Thanks...
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