Cold air or exhaust

[97BlackFBody]

What would you prefer to buy first for a stock 3.8. Cold air intake or exhaust work.

[jonny985]

IMO, go for exhuast first. You will enjoy the sound more and see bigger gains. Then when you add the cold air, you will see evenm more gains becuase of the reduced back pressure.

[97firebird]

I second that. With an exhaust, you get looks, sound, and performance. You really can't beat that with any other mod!

Oh, and for exhaust, don't even bother with getting a muffler only. You *need* to get a catback to be happy. Look up the Edelbrock catback at www.summitracing.com (< $300)

[ August 10, 2002: Message edited by: 97firebird ]</p>

[Camaro3.8L]

Def. go with exhaust first, and as suggested, get a catback too, youll be much happier.

[93v6firebird]

def get a cat back first, but if you dont have the $$$ sitting around for a good one, do the custom CAI for 40 and then do the exhaust later =)

[gregmondro]

Flowmaster for $266 @ Jegs is a excellent price. Expect the whole thing to cost maybe $400 (high estimate) with the install.

People are gonna say that flowmaster sucks, but it kinda depends on what you want. If you want a nice sounding exhaust for a reasonable price, flowmaster is one of your options.

[Arctc Wolf]

I just got a 3" flowmaster exhaust w/ an 80-series muffler and resonator tips installed for $400. I was quoted $300 if I stuck w/ the stock flowmaster slash-cut tips. well worth the money. The good thing is, you get more top-end power, so you keep traction off the line while pulling hard to redline which is where you make the most power anyways.

[12secondv6]

Cold air first.
Then cat back
See, cat back is good cause it will finally make some noise but you want to be able to back it up first.
I had an intake first, then cat back, then more intake things and extra's then finally finished the exhaust
Edlebrock rules from summit!!

[shortdog273]

I also agree with 12sec. If your intake isn't modded, your exhaust will sound like crap. Well, at least mine did. Both the flows I used to have and the dynomax sounded like crap when I had to put the stock lid back on to take it to the dealer.

[V6Maniac]

Go with a muffler first. I suggest flowmaster because it's what I use and produces the tone that is most appealing to me. As for an intake, just get the K&N replacement filter as a temporary replacement over stock. It only costs about $20-30 depending on where you buy it from. The K&N is cheap enough that you could purchase it at the same time as your muffler and it will give you not quite as good a note as a CAI but it will sound and perform a lot better than the stock paper filter. Good luck to you. ;)

[RacerJ]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by V6Maniac:
As for an intake, just get the K&N replacement filter as a temporary replacement over stock.<hr></blockquote>


Total waste of money. [img]graemlins/thumbsdown.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/thumbsdown.gif[/img]

Save up for the cold air induction.

[93v6firebird]

I dunno if there are any proven gains from simply putting in a K&N filter into our cars at all...

[CamaroBill]

CAI kits are a waste of money, but a lid is a great idea. On www.installuniversity.com there are detailed instructions for Free Ram Air (FRA) mod that is equal to or superior to any of the aftermarket kits and it is absolutely free! If you have a dremmel tool and takes only 15 - 30 minutes to perform. I did this mod to both of my Camaros. After performing this mod, you can lift out the air filter and see the front of the A/C condenser sloping down to the front air deflecter and to the ground. Make sure to replace your air filter often or get a K&N or Holley PowerShot with this mod, though.