Moment of truth...whose 3.4L sounds best??!

[RichGot6banger]

Before I buy an aftermarker muffler, I wanted to see who thinks they have put together the BEST sounding 3.4L V6? What do you guys have (catback, cat/no cat, brands) and do you have pics or sound clips.

[Original 4th Gen V6]

If you are going for sound alone, go with headers to a gutted cat(or no cat) to a 3 inch I pipe to the borla rear section. I have just the borla rear section right now, but Ive heard a 3.4 with the whole 3 inch setup and it sounded really nice. If you arn't worried about the whole backpressure deal, go for the 3 inch I pipe.

[Tiago]

borla=600 dollar cutout with cool tips


I love how mine sounds, but everyone has their own opinion.

used to be pacesetter header, gutted cat, flowmaster 3in catback, now I don~t have headers anymore but I think it actually soudns better without them :eek:

[Blue Jay]

I personally think the B&B Triflow sounds the best, but thats my opinon.

[Liquid Silver]

I have a bola muffler on my car right now... no I-pipe or anything. I am going to throw on an edelbrock catback or a pacesetter tfx kat back setup with headers and a highflow cat all in one shot... the borla looks okay if you're into that quad-tip exhaust... the car sounds pretty good... sorta like a V8 at idle but then has that higher pitched rev.

[stagen]

You are going to hate the Pacesetter TFX catback if you already have a Borla. I have one with less than 10,000 miles on it sitting in my garage.

I'll put a link up tonight with a clip from my Borla.

[zlightning]

I think my spintech sounds the best. I have a 3inch high flow cat, 3inch i pipe, custom made y pipe, and 3inch inlet 2.5inch dual outlet spintech muffler.

[black34v6]

ive got a coupla sound files of what a stock 3.4L motor with just 1.6 roller tipped rocker arms, K&N FIPK, and 3" S-pipe back Flowmaster Dual-Exit Exhaust sound like.

when i get access to my server (stupid dns) ill post the files in here, so keep watching.

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here ya go:
the quality isnt perfect, but then again i was using some cheapy mini-tape recorder i got for 20.00 so go figure ;) heheh.

Clip 1 - Sitting in the drivers seat under a carport with the door open.

Clip 2 - Car still in carport, i walked about 2 feet behind the car, and held the recorder about my chest level while my wife sat in the car and applied the gas a little.

--edit--

hope that works for ya.

-R

[ January 04, 2002: Message edited by: Russell ]</p>

[BIG Daddy]

I'll try and post mine as soon as I can. Maybe tomorrow if I can get the laptop out. ;) [img]graemlins/evilgrin.gif[/img]

[TurboProject]

Is the pacesetter cat back a piece of junk? I was considering getting it. Where could I get a 3" high flow cat to go with it, the one with the ball type connection on rear and slip on in the front? Is the front slip on 3" as well?

[methodman]

I have a pacesetter and i love it, no problems so far. You can get all of those things at summit racing thats where i got my stuff.

jon

[BIG Daddy]

Well here's my sound clip. The hatch was open and the mic/laptop sat on the gas tank shelf. It starts out accelerating to 2000 rpms and then peaks at 3200 rpms like I shifted into 2nd. Then I let off the gas just to hear the Flowmaster "pop", hehehehe. :D The last 5 seconds is idle. My mods are all listed in the sig.

geocities.com/fr8d/3.4exhaust.mp3 (cut and paste! thanks Geocities! :rolleyes: )

[ January 07, 2002: Message edited by: BIG Daddy ]</p>

[RichGot6banger]

''big daddy'' is this the flowmaster 80? if so, what size piping do you have and is it catback. i like the sound! THANKS

[Tiago]

Ive also heard our moderator's (FIN) old 94 3.4 with a 3in I pipe and a cutout, sounded pretty damn good ;) LOUD too hehe :D

[Fin]

Thanks for the plug T [img]smile.gif[/img]

I'll add that I had a Dynomax muffler, but with the cutout open, alot of the exhaust was being dumped before the muffler. It sounded pretty good closed, too.