my dads exhaust question

[Tony F.]

my dad just recently bought a 2000 firebird, and he wants to put flowmaster on it, and it's a 3.8 v6! i've heard the v8's with flows, and they sound bad ***, but will it sound real bad, like the v6 mustangs with flows, cause they sound horrible! he really wants the deep rumble, kinda like a mustang gt!

[T-Punk]

It will sound great at idle and for normal driving but once you get on the gas you will get a little rasp int the upper rpm range. This will happen with any 3" exhaust system your get though. my opinion if you want it more for the look and the sound get a stock i-pipe off a trans am or z28 (plenty at junk yards) and then get an after market muffler or even the stock TA muffler for it. it will be cheaper and sound better but will not offer quite the perfomance gains of a 3" system.

[FloydSummerOf68]

Originally posted by Tony F.:
my dad just recently bought a 2000 firebird, and he wants to put flowmaster on it, and it's a 3.8 v6! i've heard the v8's with flows, and they sound bad ***, but will it sound real bad, like the v6 mustangs with flows, cause they sound horrible! he really wants the deep rumble, kinda like a mustang gt!

It won't sound like a good GT.
If you want a good sound out of it you'll have to do more than just a little flowmaster.

[Timbo1969]

It will never sound like an 8. No matter what you put on it, it will always sound like a V6. Headers and True Duals with an H-Pipe will make it sound much better than any aftermarket system.IMO I'll know for sure once I get my headers installed though.. ;)

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

i have headers and 2 1/2 cat bacc kto flow 80s

sound great and to a untranined ear a V8 till 3000-3500 rpm

[cero]

i have 2.5in can with 3in catback and magnaflow, and i love the sound