performance over sound which is better

[mikesoc82]

i know everyone talks about there flowmaster for the sound, but for our 3.8's... performance wise, what is the better free flowing performance upgrade over the sound quality?

[silver maro2002]

I would go with perfomance over sound. i have the magnaflow cat-back and i like it alot. and the sound is nice too at least in my opinion. also u get better performence gains over the flowmaster.


2002 Chevrolet Camaro
mods:
magnaflow catback
k&n airfilter
limo tint
black outs
rear indention letters

[jamie]

well B&B has dyno tested theres and gained something like 14RWHP or something like that. but i believe any 3" mandrel bent cat back will work the same. its just pipe. and any "performance" muffler is going to flow almost the same.

[mikesoc82]

there has to be a difference btw the different systems, you can tell me there is no difference btw a flowmaster and a borla.. what im looking for is performance, not sound because when it comes down to it there is still a 3.8 v6 under my hood and im more interested in the performance because its only a v6 so whats the sound going to to for me with out the balls to back it up.

[toast]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by mikesoc82:
there has to be a difference btw the different systems, you can tell me there is no difference btw a flowmaster and a borla.. what im looking for is performance, not sound because when it comes down to it there is still a 3.8 v6 under my hood and im more interested in the performance because its only a v6 so whats the sound going to to for me with out the balls to back it up.<hr></blockquote>

Well i went with the flowmaster 3inch system with a highflow cat and my e/t went from 15.3 to 14.85.

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[99CamaroBullet]

I am not to impressed with the sound of my Borla exhaust, but the HP gains were decent for a 3.8L, it really whines at high RPM's. And when its hot outside it makes a funny noise, which I believe is the heat shield on the cat.

[SixBanger]

No matter what anyone says, for the most part all catbacks flow the same. I would go with sound for this reason only.

[jamie]

i'm going to re-iterate again. the only parts of the exhaust that can inhibit flow. pipe size. catalytic converter. mandrel bent pipe. the muffler. now. once you decide to which size pipe you want, it'll come to muffler since all catbacks are mandrel bent. almost every "peformance" muffler is going to flow almost the same. especially since our cars don't put out a ton of horsepower. your choice for hi flow cat or not.